Evgeniya Karetnikova

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

A Soviet short feature film about the friendship between civilians on the home front and soldiers on the front lines during the Great Patriotic War. The film was made by Leningrad filmmakers in the spring of 1942 — the only feature film produced during the Siege of Leningrad.