Night on Bald Mountain (1940)
Night on Bald Mountain (1940)
Overview
At Walpurgis Night (the Witches' Sabbath), Chernabog, God of evil, emerges from the peak of Bald Mountain (in reality Mount Triglav, in Slovenia) to summon all of his minions, including ghosts, vultures, demons, hags, and harpies, who dance furiously as he throws them into the mountain's fiery pit.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Not Rated
Overview
At Walpurgis Night (the Witches' Sabbath), Chernabog, God of evil, emerges from the peak of Bald Mountain (in reality Mount Triglav, in Slovenia) to summon all of his minions, including ghosts, vultures, demons, hags, and harpies, who dance furiously as he throws them into the mountain's fiery pit.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Primary
The film is an abstract animated short that visually interprets a classical music piece, lacking any discernible political or societal commentary. Its subject matter is inherently apolitical, leading to a neutral rating.
This animated short film, which follows a young girl's imaginative journey encountering fantastical creatures, does not incorporate explicit diversity, equity, and inclusion elements in its character representation or narrative themes.
Secondary
The film portrays a powerful, destructive evil that is ultimately banished by the dawn and the sound of a church bell, a potent symbol of Christianity. This narrative framing positions Christianity as a force of good capable of overcoming malevolence.
The film 'Night on Bald Mountain' (referring to the segment in Disney's Fantasia) is an animated sequence set to classical music. It does not contain any discernible narrative, characters, or themes related to LGBTQ+ identities, resulting in no depiction.
Based on the lack of available plot information for 'The Rite of Spring', it is not possible to determine the presence or portrayal of transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, no depiction can be identified.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film segment features Chernabog, a demonic entity derived from Slavic mythology, who is consistently portrayed as male in both the source material and the 1940 animated depiction. No characters established as one gender were portrayed as another.
The segment features non-human, mythical entities like Chernabog and various spirits, which do not have established racial identities in any source material or historical context. Therefore, the concept of a race swap does not apply.