Fairy Tale About Emelya
About Fairy Tale About Emelya
Emelya, a lazy simpleton, catches a pike while he is fishing through the ice. The pike teaches him the words "By the pike's command, at my desire," and the wishes start working. Buckets walk themselves home. His sled moves with no horse. The tsar notices, and Emelya marries the princess.
Cast & crew
More about Fairy Tale About Emelya
Panteleimon Sazonov and Vlad Bochkarev directed the drawn film at Soyuzmultfilm in 1938, from the Russian tale At the Pike's Behest. L. Lukatsky wrote the script. Iosif Kovner wrote the music. P. Lebedeva photographed it. S. Rensky recorded the sound. It runs 10 minutes 41 seconds. The Russian title is Сказка про Емелю.
Themes
Making
Sazonov and Bochkarev drew the pike's bargain at Soyuzmultfilm. Khitruk, still uncredited, was among the animators.
Look
P. Lebedeva photographed the drawn ice, the sled, and the palace.
Music
Iosif Kovner wrote the music.
Preservation
An 11-minute print survives.
Notes
- The wish line in Russian is По щучьему веленью, по моему хотенью.
- Animators include Lidiya Reztova, Vladimir Polkovnikov, Faina Yepifanova, Boris Dyozhkin, Leonid Amalrik, Lamis Bredis, and Boris Titov. Fyodor Khitruk worked on it and is not in the credits.
- The voices are not named in the titles.
- Sazonov had co-directed the 1935 Quartet. Bochkarev had directed issues of Kino-Krokodil.
Scenes
- Emelya pulls the pike up through the ice and learns the words.
- The buckets walk home by themselves.
- The sled carries him with no horse, and the tsar sees it.
Influenced by
- Russian tale At the Pike's Behest
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1938. Сказка про Емелю.webm)
Quotes
By the pike's command, at my desire.
