An Elephant and a Rope
About An Elephant and a Rope
Girls in a Moscow building jump rope from morning to night. Only little Lida, played by Natalya Zashchipina, cannot learn. In a dream a wise elephant tells her that before she can jump she must do a good deed.
Cast & crew
More about An Elephant and a Rope
Ilya Frez's first film as director, shot at Soyuzdetfilm in 1945 from a script by Agniya Barto. Gavriil Egiazarov was the cameraman and Lev Shvarts the composer.
Themes
Look
Gavriil Egiazarov shot Frez's debut at Soyuzdetfilm.
Music
Lev Shvarts wrote the score.
Notes
- Faina Ranevskaya plays the grandmother and Rostislav Plyatt a neighbor.
- David Markish plays Yura. Other children in the cast include Viktor Pavlov, Lyusya Kolomeyets, and Villi Mednikov.
- The Russian title is Slon i veryovochka.
Scenes
- The other girls jump rope while Lida cannot.
- An elephant in her dream tells her to do a good deed first.
Influenced by
- Agniya Barto
