The Fox Goes on Pilgrimage

It tells a wise fable about an old and exhausted fox who, in order to find food for itself, thinks hard and invents a new trick. The film highlights the idea that the enemy can very skillfully change its appearance. It can achieve its low and evil goals not through strength, but through deceit and duplicity.

Directed by Nazim Mammadov, Bahman Aliyev, The Fox Goes on Pilgrimage leans on a strong ensemble — Huseynagha Sadigov, Aghakhan Salmanov, Firangiz Sharifova — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 1971.