The Old Man and the Bird

Snowflakes drift through the forest. An old man, as old as the hills, lives alone in a remote hut. The winter is so cold that he can barely move his limbs. When a robin flies against his window and falls to the ground the old man first has to pause for thought. Then he pushes open the heavy front door and stomps outside to help the bird. Out in the deep snow his strength begins to fail him. But no sooner does he take the tender creature in his hands than a change comes over him. Life radiates in luminous colours and returns to the old man's hut. As it used to. Or is this just one last memory? An inventively animated rumination on love, on bidding farewell and the cycle of life.

• Dennis Stein-SchomburgEditor · Writer · Director
• Roland FischerExecutive Producer · Producer
• Christoph NeugebauerDirector of Photography

Release date

February 10, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

7m

Genres

Animation

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