a brilliant animate piece that be far ahead of it time and and certainly far ahead of anything that be be release in mass production at the same point in history . the influence of this work upon tim burton nightmare before christmas be readily apparent . one can only imagine how starewicz slave over every beautifully detailed frame of this masterpiece . there have be very few animated film of this caliber . it a shame that more people haven not see this gem . apparently and imdb now require comment to be at least ten line long and so this be the tenth line . this must be something new but i really do not have anything else to say .