Fox, Hare and Rooster
About Fox, Hare and Rooster
Olga Khodataeva’s cartoon follows the folk tale in which a fox turns a hare out of his bast hut. A bear and a goat try to help and fail. In this version the fox does not scare them off; she cheats them. A rooster takes the hare’s side, and at the end the animals drive the fox out together. The folk telling has no goat, and the last chase is the cartoon’s own ending.
Cast & crew
More about Fox, Hare and Rooster
Khodataeva directed. The Soyuzmultfilm restoration credits name O. Ulitskaya and E. Blaginina as writers, Pyotr Nosov as art director, and Nikolay Voinov as cameraman. Yuri Biryukov wrote the music. Animators on that credit list include Lev Zhdanov, Roman Davydov, and Elena Khludova. The catalog length is 11 minutes 42 seconds.
Themes
Making
Soyuzmultfilm issued the short in 1942, drawn from the Russian tale rather than from a new story. The changes are the goat, the fox’s tricks, and the shared ending.
Look
Nikolay Voinov shot the cels. Nosov’s hut is the bast house the fox takes from the hare.
Music
Yuri Biryukov composed the score.
Preservation
Soyuzmultfilm has circulated a restored print. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The folk tale frightens the bear away. Here the fox fools the bear and the goat.
- A goat does not appear in the traditional telling.
- The last shot is a joint chase, not the rooster alone at the door.
- Sound is credited to N. Bertrand and S. Rensky on the studio restoration upload.
- Voinov also photographed other Soyuzmultfilm fairy-tale reels of these years.
Scenes
- The fox puts the hare out of the bast hut.
- The bear and the goat are cheated, not frightened, when they try to get it back.
- The rooster joins the hare, and the animals drive the fox off together.
Influenced by
- The Fox, the Hare, and the Rooster (Russian folk tale)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1942. Лиса заяц и петух.webm)
