Cat Catovich
About Cat Catovich
A fox goes after the collar of Cat Catovich's wife. The cat and his friends turn the trick back on her. The film follows the Russian tale of a trusting rooster, a sharp cat, and a sly fox.
Cast & crew
More about Cat Catovich
Ivan Ivanov-Vano directed. Aleksandr Kurs wrote the script. It was Ivanov-Vano's first film at Soyuzmultfilm, drawn in 1937 from the tale The Cat, the Rooster and the Fox. Yuri Slonov wrote the music. The Russian title is Котофей Котофеевич. It runs 9 minutes 3 seconds.
Themes
Making
Ivanov-Vano's first job at the new Soyuzmultfilm studio was this short tale. He was unhappy with it afterward and said the drawings leaned on American cartoons.
Look
D. Karetny photographed the drawn cat, the rooster, and the fox.
Music
Yuri Slonov wrote the music.
Preservation
A print survives. It has been in the public domain in Russia since 1 January 2008.
Notes
- The production designers were A. Bergengrin and Yu. Popov. Animators included Boris Dyozhkin, Faina Yepifanova, Nadezhda Privalova, and Lidiya Reztova.
- D. Karetny photographed it. S. Rensky recorded the sound.
- Ivanov-Vano later said the film was not kept in the character of a Russian folk tale and was made under the influence of American animation.
- Under the Russian civil code it entered the public domain on 1 January 2008.
Scenes
- The fox goes for the wife's collar.
- Cat Catovich and his friends turn the trick around.
Influenced by
- Russian tale The Cat, the Rooster and the Fox
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1937. Котофей Котофеевич.webm)
