The Elephant and the Ant
About The Elephant and the Ant
The forest animals are at the fox’s wedding. The elephant decides that being the biggest means being the strongest, and he spoils the party. Someone smaller puts a stop to him. Boris Dyozhkin and Gennady Filippov directed, from a mountain fable by the Dagestani poet Gamzat Tsadasa. The Russian title is Slon i muravey.
Cast & crew
More about The Elephant and the Ant
Romana Fatueva wrote the script. Georgy Pozin was the designer. Russian Wikipedia times the film at 10 minutes 36 seconds. Voices include Yulia Yulskaya as the ant, Leonid Pirogov as the elephant, Lydia Knyazeva as the fox, and Vladimir Lepko as the bear. Nikolai Prilutsky recorded the sound.
Themes
Making
Dyozhkin and Filippov set Tsadasa’s brag at a wedding so the whole forest is there when the elephant starts shoving.
Music
Nikolai Prilutsky recorded the voices, including Yulskaya’s ant and Pirogov’s elephant.
Notes
- The wedding is the fox’s. The boast is the elephant’s.
- Yulskaya’s credit is the ant, which is the other name in the title.
- Tsadasa’s fable is the source, not a Krylov piece.
- Animator.ru lists it as number 2976.
Scenes
- The animals are already feasting when the elephant starts to boast.
- He spoils the wedding, and a smaller creature stops him.
Influenced by
- Gamzat Tsadasa’s mountain fable
