The Guards of the Fields
About The Guards of the Fields
A swarm of rodents moves on a grain field and threatens the harvest. A few pioneers from a camp nearby go out and stop them. The crop is saved for the village and for the animals that depend on it.
Cast & crew
More about The Guards of the Fields
Pyotr Nosov directed the drawn short at Soyuzmultfilm. E. Kudryavtseva wrote the scenario. Olga Khodataeva was art director. Yury Nikolsky wrote the music. Nikolay Voinov was cameraman and Nikolay Prilutsky the sound man. Nail Dragunov assisted the director.
Themes
Making
Khodataeva designed the field and the camp. The short treats the rodent swarm as a raid and the children as the watch on the grain.
Look
Nikolay Voinov photographed the animation drawn under Olga Khodataeva's designs.
Music
Yury Nikolsky wrote the score. Nikolay Prilutsky recorded the sound.
Preservation
A digital copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Russian title is Chasovye poley.
- Animators credited on the Russian Wikipedia page include Yevgeny Trunov.
- The pioneers are on holiday at a camp next to the field when the rodents arrive.
Scenes
- The rodents pour onto the grain, and the children from the camp go out to stop them.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1949. Часовые полей.webm)
