The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
About The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
After his grandmother leaves for the city, Makarka breaks trees, knocks down nests full of chicks, and cuts his name into a trunk. The old oak asks if that is allowed. Makarka says nothing is wrong. The trees and birds set on him until he asks to be forgiven. Olga Khodataeva directed. The Russian title is Skazka starogo duba.
Cast & crew
More about The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
N. Kopyevsky and D. Malinsky are the writers on the Russian Wikipedia credit. A Wikimultia list also names D. Galinsky. Pyotr Nosov was the designer. Yuri Nikolsky wrote the music. Mikhail Druyan photographed it. S. Rensky recorded the sound. The technique is drawn, with rotoscoping. Russian Wikipedia times a copy at 10 minutes 36 seconds and dates the release 1948. This record’s year is 1949.
Themes
Making
Khodataeva has the oak speak and then lets the forest answer, with rotoscoping mixed into the drawings.
Look
Mikhail Druyan photographed the drawn forest and the rotoscoped movement.
Music
Yuri Nikolsky wrote the music.
Notes
- The name carved in the bark is Makarka’s own.
- The oak speaks. The punishment is the trees and the birds together.
- He asks the trees for forgiveness at the end.
- Animator.ru lists it as number 2989.
Scenes
- Makarka cuts his name into the trunk after wrecking nests.
- The oak asks if that is allowed.
- The trees and birds drive him to ask forgiveness.
