The film is based on the children's diaries of the Great Patriotic War of the famous storyteller Gennady Tsyferov for the 90th anniversary of the writer, author of everyone's beloved "Locomotive from Romashkovo", "Losharik", "The Frog Who Was Looking for Daddy". Through the prism of naive children's perception and a fabulous view of the world, the picture of the realities of war is reflected. But the thirst for life and the need for paternal love turn out to be stronger than a cruel meat grinder.
Volume 1 (1962-1968): "Story of One Crime", "Man in the Frame", "My Green Crocodile", "There Lived Kozyavin", "Mountain of Dinosaurs", "Passion of Spies", "Glass Harmonica", "Ball of Wool", "Singing Teacher", "Film, Film, Film".
The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His handling of puppets and decor created a rare elegant beauty. Being known as the worlds greatest puppet animation director, many people in the west forget that he was animator too.
