Ambulance
About Ambulance
In a country of hares the skins are so patched that Toddi is turned down in mating season. He is about to let the wolves eat him when he reads that Mr. Boa is offering help. The boa stops the wolves, dresses Toddi in fine clothes, and announces that every hare can trade an old skin for seven new ones. The others follow Toddi in. The boa keeps the skins, takes back the one he gave Toddi, and tells the wolves they may eat the hares.
Cast & crew
More about Ambulance
Lamis Bredis directed Skoraya pomoshch at Soyuzmultfilm. Aleksandr Medvedkin is credited with the script. It was accepted in May 1948, and the preparatory work was finished in August. The film came out in 1949. Elena Petrova was camerawoman. Nikolay Peyko wrote the music. Russian Wikipedia says the fable is aimed at the Marshall Plan. It also says a ban was never lifted, and that a print remains at Gosfilmofond.
Themes
Background
The Marshall Plan was offered to Europe in 1948. The Soviet government refused it. This short turns that refusal into a fable about a boa and a line of hares.
Look
Elena Petrova photographed the drawn satire.
Music
Nikolay Peyko composed the score.
Preservation
Russian Wikipedia says the ban was never cancelled and that a print is held at Gosfilmofond.
Notes
- The Russian title is Скорая помощь.
- Georgy Millyar is the name in the catalog cast.
- Mr. Boa is the millionaire who offers seven skins and then keeps the old ones.
- The wolves are his assistants. They strip the last skins once the hares have lined up.
Scenes
- Toddi, refused a mate because of his rags, starts toward the wolves.
- Mr. Boa dresses him and promises seven skins to every hare.
- The boa takes the skins back and lets the wolves eat.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1949. Скорая помощь.webm)
