Quartet
About Quartet
A nightingale sings in the forest. A monkey, a donkey, a goat, and a bear decide to form a quartet. They scrape at the instruments and keep changing seats. The nightingale tells them that sitting down to play will not make them musicians. They enroll at a forest conservatory. Director Marabou hands out diplomas: the bear for accordion, the donkey for xylophone, the goat for trombone, and the monkey for saxophone. They walk off down a forest road playing, and the other animals dance.
Cast & crew
More about Quartet
Aleksandr Ivanov directed this color drawn cartoon, a remake of his own 1935 Quartet, from Ivan Krylov's fable. Emmanuil Dvinsky, Ivanov, and Panteleymon Sazonov wrote the script. Yevgeny Migunov was the art director. Mikhail Druyan shot it. Aleksandr Varlamov wrote the music. It runs 10 minutes 31 seconds.
Themes
Making
Krylov's fable ends when the nightingale refuses to coach the quartet. The 1947 film sends them to a conservatory and lets them graduate.
Look
Mikhail Druyan photographed the drawn forest and the four musicians.
Music
Aleksandr Varlamov wrote the score. Sergei Lemeshev sings the nightingale's part.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Erast Garin speaks the donkey. Sergei Lemeshev sings the nightingale.
- Animators include Roman Davydov, Gennady Filippov, Lidiya Reztsova, Boris Chani, and Valentin Lalayants.
- Sound was recorded by S. Rensky. Boris Wolf was the executive producer, according to Animator.ru.
- The Russian title is Kvartet.
Scenes
- The four switch seats and still cannot play.
- The nightingale tells them the seating plan is not the problem.
- Marabou issues the four diplomas, and the forest dances as they leave.
Influenced by
- Ivan Krylov's fable The Quartet
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1947. Квартет.webm)
Quotes
А вы, друзья, как ни садитесь, всё в музыканты не годитесь.
