Polygon (film)

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Movie
German title Polygon - Firing Range
Original title Полигон
Country of production Soviet Union
original language Russian
Publishing year 1977
length 10 mins
Rod
Director Anatoly Petrov
script Sewer Gansowski
music Vladimir Kutuzov
occupation

Anatoly Kuznetsov
Vsevolod Yakut
Alexander Belyavsky Oleg Mokshanzew

Polygon - Firing Range (OT: Russian Полигон , transcribed Poligon , military training area ) is a Soviet science fiction - Cartoons from the year 1977 .

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The story is based on the anti-war - science fiction credit history The shooting of Sewer Gansowski .

In the not too distant future, a scientist belonging to a major military power wants to avenge the death of his son, who died as a soldier in the war. He invents the ultimate weapon, an automatic tank that can read minds. This tank recognizes and reacts to human feelings of hostility and fear . He invites leading generals who were responsible for the death of his son to the demonstration of the weapon . During the demonstration, the scientist's guests are killed by the automatic tank. However, the scientist himself falls victim to his invention.

The film has an open ending .

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production

Polygon was made by Anatoly Petrov at the Soyuz multi-film animation studio . The animators were Vladimir Sarubin and Anatoly Petrov, the cameraman was Mikhail Drujan.

In the opening credits, the music Tanha Shodam (1972) by the Afghan composer Achmad Sachir is used in an arrangement by Paul Mauriat . In the West this song is best known under the title El Bimbo .

Animation technique

An unusual animation technique called photographica is used in film. Two layers of celluloid are created for each character, which are colored differently. The second layer is photographed out of focus in order to create a three-dimensional effect. With this technique it is possible to dynamically generate and adjust perspectives for each scene in order to make them look particularly realistic, without the use of CGI techniques, which were not yet available in 1977.

The characters are similar to famous actors and stars of the time. a .: Ringo Starr , Jean Gabin , Paul Newman , Yul Brynner and Mel Ferrer (as scientists).

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In German in the anthology Flight to Alpha Eridani , Culture and Progress 1970, pp. 252–274.

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