The Golden Antelope

1954 AnimationFamily 31 minutes Directed by Lev Atamanov

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About The Golden Antelope

A rajah wants an antelope that strikes gold coins with its hooves. A country boy saves the animal. The rajah then forces the antelope to work for him, and the story punishes him for it.

Cast & crew

More about The Golden Antelope

Lev Atamanov directed this drawn fairy tale from Indian folk motifs. Nikolay Abramov and Nikolai Erdman wrote it. The Russian title is Золотая антилопа.

Themes

  • a hoof that mints gold
  • a boy who hides the animal
  • a rajah who will not stop
  • antelope
  • rajah
  • gold coins
  • Atamanov
  • Soyuzmultfilm

Look

Mikhail Druyan is the cinematographer on the animation.

Music

Vladimir Yurovsky wrote the music.

Preservation

A Commons transfer of the 1954 cartoon is online.

Notes

  • The voice cast includes Nina Nikitina, Valentina Sperantova, Ruben Simonov, Aleksandr Gruzinsky, and Kolya Tagunov.

Scenes

  • The antelope strikes the ground and coins appear.
  • The boy gets the animal away from the rajah.

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