Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea

Jan 1, 1995

0h 16m

★ 3.8

Overview

The Cyclops Polyphemus falls in love with the beautiful nymph Galatea, but she rejects him in favor of Acis, a shepherd. Furious, Polifemo goes in search of Acis to take revenge. Animated short film that explores the love and the sexuality from Greek myth of Galatea and Acis.

Genres

Animation

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

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Cast

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Tamara Syomina

Tatyana Kanaeva

Vadim Kurkov

Nikita Dzhigurda

Tatyana Chernopyatova

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