«THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE»:RETURN TO THE FAIRY TALE

Issue: PROJECTS OF THE STATE FILM FUND OF RUSSIA FOR THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY

About the author

Name: Igor Alexandrovich Maev

Affiliation:
Organization: State Film Archive of Russia
Job title: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Bulletin of the State Film Archive of Russia

City, Country: Moscow, Russia

Name: Anna Sergeevna Khekhtel

Affiliation:
Organization: State Film Archive of Russia
Job title: Deputy Director of the Department of Project Activities, Head of the Educational Development Division, State Film Archive of Russia

Academic degree: Candidate of Sciences in Pedagogy

City, Country: Moscow, Russia

Abstract and keywords

Abstract: The article focuses on the restoration of the Soviet fairy-tale film «The Little Humpbacked Horse» (Konyok-Gorbunok, 1941) directed by Alexander Rou, one of the first color films in Soviet cinema history. It explores the unique two-color «bipack» technology used during production. Special attention is given to the restoration process, including digitization, color correction, and sound recovery stages.

Keywords: The Little Humpbacked Horse, Konyok-Gorbunok, film restoration, bipack two-color technology, cultural heritage.

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