The Robust
About The Robust
In winter a mother dog dies fighting a wolf. Her puppy Krepysh is left half frozen. The rabbit Zaychikha takes him in. He spends the winter in the rabbit household and fights off the predators that come for his new family.
Cast & crew
More about The Robust
Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir Polkovnikov directed the 1950 Soyuzmultfilm short. Georgy Beryozko wrote it. Nikolay Voinov photographed it. Yury Nikolsky wrote the music. The Russian title is Krepysh.
Themes
Making
Amalrik and Polkovnikov's 1950 Soyuzmultfilm short puts Voinov on the camera and Nikolsky's score under the fights.
Look
Nikolay Voinov photographed the animal scenes, including the wolf fight that opens the short and the winter in the rabbit house.
Music
Yury Nikolsky composed the score.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The Russian title Крепыш means a sturdy youngster, which is the puppy's name.
- Zaychikha, a female rabbit, is the one who shelters him, not a male hare.
- The wolf kills the mother at the start. The rest of the winter is the puppy defending rabbits.
- Amalrik and Polkovnikov share the direction.
Scenes
- The mother dog dies in the snow fighting the wolf.
- Zaychikha finds the half-frozen puppy and brings him into the rabbit family.
- Krepysh stands off forest predators through the winter.
