Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland

Caoyuan yingxiong xiao jiemei

Also known as 草原英雄小姊妹, To heltemodige søstre fra beitelandet

This film was made by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and is based on contemporary events in February, 1964. It’s a retelling of how Mongolian sisters Long Mei and Yurong, ages 11 and 8 respectively, successfully walked nearly 70 kilometers after having been surprised by a blizzard while grazing their father’s sheep. Both girls survived with severe frostbite.