Rider on the Bucket
Hiilisangolla ratsastaja
A poor musician and a cruel shopkeeper’s wife are the central characters in this puppet animation. A version of Kafka’s story that works on many levels. For children, it is a straight morality play about wealth and poverty, greed and sacrifice. For adults, it shows that even serious drama can be interpreted through puppet animation. The first part of Lillqvist’s Kafka trilogy.