The Stone Flower (Russian: Каменный цветок, romanized: Kamennyj tsvetok) is a stop motion animated film directed by Oleg Nikolaevsky.
[1] It is an adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's stories "The Stone Flower" and its sequel "The Master Craftsman".
The series included the following films: Sinyushka's Well (1973), The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (1975), The Malachite Casket (1976), The Stone Flower (1977), Podaryonka (based on "Silver Hoof", 1978[3]), Golden Hair (1979), and The Grass Hideaway (1982).
An unreliable and forgetful young boy Danilo is sent to study under the old stone craftsman Prokopych.
The legends say that those who see the legendary Flower start to understand the beauty of stone, but never return from the Mistress's domain.