The Deer and the Wolf

1950 Animation 10 minutes Directed by Dmitriy Babichenko

About The Deer and the Wolf

A deer frees a wolf from a hunter's trap. The wolf then tricks the deer that saved him. The short is drawn from an Estonian tale.

Cast & crew

More about The Deer and the Wolf

Dmitriy Babichenko directed. August Jakobson wrote it. The Russian title is Олень и волк.

Themes

Music

Yuri Levitin wrote the music.

Preservation

A Commons transfer of the 1950 cartoon is online.

Notes

  • Vladimir Gribkov and Anatoliy Rzhanov are the catalog voices.

Scenes

  • The deer springs the trap.
  • The wolf turns on the animal that freed him.