A Night on Bald Mountain

Name: A Night on Bald Mountain
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1933-11-01
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 7.5

1933·Animation·9m

7.5

★

Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?

Directed by Claire Parker and Alexandre Alexeieff

woman director

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.8 / 5

Crew

Claire Parker

Director

Popular Reviews

14 reviews

NathanPRO

8.0★ · 11/19/25

Forgot to log this yesterday, but this was really cool!

SamWaMovie

Spooktober 2025 #20

Every time I watch some old silent era short I'm blown away, how on earth are they doing this shit. animated in such a strange, particular way that I can only relate it to the janky unnatural way AI videos move. absolutely bizzare and wonderful.

Leo

strange n surreal !!

Mae Clegg

What a weird little gem of a film. The art and feel of this short is very ahead of its time, feels more 60s than 30s. Creepy and sweet with art that makes you grin manically

Damian hargensen

8.0★ · 06/26/24

Fuck

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