A Lively Market Garden
About A Lively Market Garden
Vanya and Masha Knopochkin plant a garden, put up a scarecrow for the crows, and have to water the rows when the rain does not come. A starling helps. At the end the bird flies south with a bundle in its beak. Vladimir Suteev wrote and directed. A song in the film asks the rain to fall thick so the cabbage will grow. The Russian title is Vesyoly ogorod.
Cast & crew
More about A Lively Market Garden
Yevgeny Migunov was the designer. Aleksei Sokolov-Kamin wrote the music. Natalia Konchalovskaya wrote the song texts. Mikhail Druyan photographed it. Nikolai Prilutsky recorded the sound. Roman Davydov assisted. Russian Wikipedia times it at 10 minutes 54 seconds and says it was Suteev’s first film after he came back from the army. The technique is drawn, with rotoscoping.
Themes
Making
Suteev came back from the army and made a ten-minute garden year: planting, drought, pests, and the bird’s departure.
Look
Mikhail Druyan photographed the drawn garden and the rotoscoped movement.
Music
Aleksei Sokolov-Kamin wrote the music. Natalia Konchalovskaya wrote the words, including the line that asks the rain to fall thick for the cabbage.
Notes
- The children are the Knopochkins, the same family name used the next year in What Shall I Be?
- The song names cabbage, tomato, and celery.
- The starling leaves with its family, the bundle in its beak.
- Animator.ru lists the film as number 2962.
Scenes
- The Knopochkins plant the rows and set up the scarecrow.
- They water the garden when the rain fails.
- The starling flies south with a bundle.
Quotes
Дождик, падай густо, чтоб росла капуста!
