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{{Infobox film
| name           = Why the Swallow Has the Tail with Little Horns
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| director       = [[Amen Khaydarov]]
| producer       = 
| writer         = [[Galina Dusenko]]
| starring       = Z. Sharipova
| cinematography = S. Artemov
| editing        = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = [[1967 in film|1967]] ([[USSR]])
| runtime        = 10 minutes
| country        = Soviet Union
| language       = 
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'''''Why the Swallow Has the Tail with Little Horns''''' ({{lang-ru|Почему́ у ла́сточки хво́стик ро́жками}}; [[Romanization of Russian|tr.]]:''Pochemu u lastochki khvostik rozhkami'') is the first [[animation|animated film]] made in the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]].  It was directed by [[Amen Khaydarov]] and released in 1967.

==Plot==
The film is based upon the traditional Kazakh fairy tale of the same name.

==Creators==
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| Director
| [[Amen Khaydarov]]
| Амен Хайдаров
|-
| Art Director
| [[Amen Khaydarov]]
| Амен Хайдаров
|-
| Artists
| V. Shchukin<br />E. Beyseitov
| В. Щукин<br />Э. Бейсеитов
|-
| Animators
| E. Beyseitov<br />B. Kalistratov<br />Galina Dusenko<br />E. Sultanbekov<br />F. Mukanov<br />Viktor Chuchunov
|Э. Бейсеитов<br />Б. Калистратов<br />Галина Дусенко<br />Е. Султанбеков<br />Ф. Муканов<br />Виктор Чугунов
|-
| Camera
| S. Artemov
| С. Артемов
|-
| Composer
| Nurgis Tlendiyev
| Нургис Тлендиев
|-
| Sound operators
| U. Davletgaliyev<br />Yevangelina Dodonova
| У. Давлетгалиев, Евангелина Додонова
|-
| Voice
| Z. Sharipova
| З. Шарипова
|-
| Text author
| [[Galina Dusenko]]
| Галина Дусенко
|}

==Reception==
The film was warmly received both by audiences and by professional masters of Soviet animation. It was accepted to a number of domestic and international film festivals, winning a prize at the 1968 [[All-Union Film Festival]] and the bronze medal in the children's films category at the 1974 [[New York Animation Festival]]. This success was especially noteworthy because the artistic group which worked on the film were not experienced in animation, being recent graduates of the Almaty Art College.<ref name="kursiv">Abubakirova, Diana. [http://www.kursiv.kz/culture/1195201066-narisovannaja-zhizn.html Нарисованная жизнь]. ''Kursiv''. June 5, 2008. {{ru icon}}</ref>

The artistic style of the film also received praise. In the words of Professor Baurzhan Nugerbekov: "The drawings and colours of the film are clear continuations of the smooth, flat designs of the Kazakh ornamental arts; of the clear and colourful compositions on artistic felts".<ref name="kursiv" />

==See also==
* [[History of Russian animation]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=4220 ''Why the Swallow Has the Tail with Little Horns''] at [[Animator.ru]]

[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:1967 in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Films based on fairy tales]]
[[Category:Soviet films]]
[[Category:Soviet animated films]]
[[Category:Animated short films]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani films]]


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