The Bead Game

The Bead Game

The Bead Game

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The Bead Game

1977

0h 6m

6.7(30 votes)

Animation

Overview

To a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of war.

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