STATE FILM ARCHIVE OF RUSSIA (GOSFILMOFOND) PRESENTS
The first color animated film of "Mosfilm" studio in the 3-color method of Pavel Mikhailovich Mershin. "FOX AND WOLf" was released on April 1, 1937
The colors of "FOX AND WOLF" were restored in 2011 from a color-separated original negative found in the collection of the State Film Archive of Russia (Gosfilmofond)
"FOX AND WOLF" author and artistic direction A. PTUSHKO production studio "MOSFILM" 1936.
Director and puppet designer: Sarra Mokil Camera: F. Firsov
animators: V. Levandovskiy, M. Benderskaya
Voice actors: M. Dagmarov, V. Gradova
Artists: Yu. Popov, A. Shelaputina, A. Nikulin
Music: A. Schwartz Sound: E. Kashkevich
Lyrics: T. Sikorskaya
3-color film according to the method and under the guidance of P.M. Mershin, Lab assistants: V. Shats, R. Dvoretskaya, A. Lisitsina
The color laboratory of E.T.L. "MOSFILM"
Oh, damn you... Shoo, shoo!
My cow did not come home...
I'll give the cow water to drink...
Get myself a little milk for lunch...
Done!
Here's my pie, all ready.
It sure is ready!
What a pie!
Oh, who's that? Take a look, woman.
- Look! - A fox!
Goodness me!
Bread and salt*, dear hosts! (*traditional greeting)
I don't suppose you could get me some fire?
Bold, aren't you... well, why not. woman, give her some fire.
Shoo! Damned bird! Go away!
Damned bird.
I'll get you now...
What's going on...
Oh God, you jumped onto my head!!... Move it, you...
Oh! Good gracious!
Where's the fox? Where's the pie?
What fox? What pie?
Oh!
The wolf [can defend himself]?, but what about the fox?
Little old fox is a most weak, small animal,
Everyone can do her harm.
Yes!
But look at the fox's cunning, it's the talk of the woods.
Let the wolf come, or two, or three,
The fox will outsmart them all!
Little fox, let me have some pie!
And what will you give me?
What will I give?
I don't have anything.
Give me the bull-calf.
Well then, take the bull-calf!
A pie, a pie, A very tasty pie!
Catch, bunny!
Okay, let's go!
Stop! Give me a lift, sister!
I'm hurt.
No, brother wolf, you'll break my cart.
I just need one paw.
One paw.
One paw? We can do that.
I apologize, it was an accident...
Well, bull-calf! Now I will eat you!
Ah!
Okay, old woman, you bake some pies.
And I will go fishing.
Go, go. But don't come back without fish.
Hey, you.... Come on!
The fishing's good today! So good!
Stop. Stop.
Come on, come on, you lean thing!
Oh!
My goodness! A fox!
Dead! What a find!
It'll make a fine collar for my woman's fur coat.
Come on, my dear, get in here next to the fish.
Well, old woman, here are some fish and a fox-collar for a fur coat.
Darling!
Is it really fox? - What else?
Oooooo! Ah...
Little fox sister, give me some fish.
Catch them yourself.
And how would I catch some myself?
Come, I'll teach you.
Go down to the ice-hole.
Sure... Hold on.
Put your tail into the ice-hole.
Come on, don't be afraid.
And now, repeat this...
Get caught, fish, big and small. [The last part of the film wasn't saved]
Get caught, fish, big and small... [How it went on:...]
The wolf's tail gets stuck as the waterhole freezes again [Film scanning - Vladimir Kotovsky]
The old man and woman head back to the waterhole and chase after the wolf, who tears off his tail [Frame by frame restoration Nikolai Mayorov]
The fox wrecks their house stealing pies and cream, meets up with the wolf and asks how the fishing went
"Fine", says the wolf, too ashamed to tell [Subs Alevtina & Eus, October 2017, ed. Niffiwan 2022]