The Fox, the Beaver and Others
Лиса, бобёр и другие
Lisa, bobyor i drugiye (ru)
De vos, de bever en anderen (nl)
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Лиса, бобёр и другие
Lisa, bobyor i drugiye (ru)
De vos, de bever en anderen (nl)
| Year | 1960 |
| Director(s) | Tsehanovskaya Vera Tsehanovskiy Mihail |
| Studio(s) | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Language(s) | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Comedy Literature (Rus./East Slavic) NSFW / 18+ Politics Romance Sports |
| Animation Type(s) | Drawn (cel) Live-action |
| Length | 00:18:15 |
| Wordiness | 5.60 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
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Description:
Two fables told by author Sergei Mikhalkov: "The Lion and the Label" (about a lion who gets labelled "Donkey") and "The Fox and the Beaver" (about a foxy lady who woos a dependable family man beaver). Aimed at adults.
"The Fox and the Beaver" was the first fable written by Mikhalkov (who later became rather famous for them). It was published in 1945 in the Pravda newspaper and became quite well-known. The original can be read here. It seems to have never been translated to English.
"The Lion and the Label" was first published in 1957, once again in Pravda (the original can be read here or here). A year later, it was published in a book with illustrations by Konstantin Rotov. Again, it seems to never have been translated to English. There is a video from 1974 in which Mikhalkov reads it (as he does in this movie, as well).
The song at 11:45 is a Russian version of an originally Italian melody: Mario Lanza's "Mamma Mia, Che Vo' Sapè"
DISCUSSION
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A solid film by Tsehanovskiy (the second film he directed together with his wife), though I'd say not as good as most of his earlier ones. He was in his 70s by this point, and nearing the end of his career. He, perhaps, felt himself compelled to change his visual style compared to his films of the late 1940s and 1950s (this is much more sparse and stylized), but underneath that outer layer he still seems to have heavily used rotoscoping for much of the animation. It's especially noticeable in the dancing scenes.
Like in his 1944 film Telephone, he once again chose to include live action footage of the writer himself reading his own verse.
Tsehanovskiy reuses a famous scene from his first film, The Post (1929) a number of times, when the Fox and the Beaver are traveling in a train.
I don't know, I have some trouble judging this one. It's a good adaptation of the source material, and fleshes it out nicely, but also stays quite safe throughout. It lacks both the bold, grotesque drawing styles of his early films and the quiet, naturalistic beauty of his middle period.