''Well, Just You Wait!'' (russian: Ну, погоди!, Nu, pogodi!, p=ˈnu pəɡɐˈdʲi) is a
Soviet
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, later
Russia
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n, series of animated short films produced by
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...
. In the 2014 all-Russian poll, ''Well, Just You Wait!'' won by a wide margin as people's favorite cartoon/animated series of all time. The most recent episode was produced in 2006.
The series follows the
comical adventures of Wolf (), trying to catch – and presumably eat – Hare (). It features additional characters that usually either help the hare or interfere with the Wolf's plans. The original film language is Russian, but very little speech is used, usually interjections or at most several sentences per episode. The series' most common line is the eponymous ''"Nu, pogodi!"'', yelled by the wolf when his plans fail. It also includes many grunts, laughs, and songs.
Characters
The Hare
The Hare, commonly transliterated into English as Zayats (russian: link=no, Заяц), is portrayed as a supposedly positive hero. He is less developed than the Wolf, and most of his actions are simply reactions to the Wolf's schemes. In later episodes, the role of the Hare becomes more active and developed, and he even manages to save the Wolf on several occasions. The Hare is portrayed as a percussionist in a number of episodes. The character was originally voiced by
Klara Rumyanova
Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (russian: link=no, Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929 – 18 September 2004) was a Soviet and Russian actress, voice actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.
Her child ...
.
The Hare is often mistaken as a female due to his appearance and voice; however, the Hare's gender is never explicitly indicated. The Russian word for hare, заяц(zayats), is of masculine gender, the female equivalent is зайчиха(zaychikha).
The Hare is almost always seen wearing the same green T-shirt and dark green shorts unlike the Wolf's ever-varying wardrobe. There are rare exceptions, however: in the prologue of Episode 8, he appears in an ice-skating outfit, and later on in the same episode, he is dressed with intentional absurdity as the grandfatherly
Ded Moroz
Ded Moroz (russian: Дед Мороз, ; Russian diminutive: russian: Дедушка Мороз, Dedushka Moroz, label=none; sk, Dedo Mráz; pl, Dziadek Mróz) or Morozko (russian: Морозко) is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nich ...
(Father Frost), the silliness of which is only heightened by the Wolf then appearing as his granddaughter,
Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.
This character has no apparent roots in ...
, also known as the Snow Maiden.
The Wolf
The Wolf, commonly transliterated into English as Volk (russian: link=no, Волк), is initially portrayed as a
hooligan
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Etymology
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who eagerly turns to vandalism,
abuse
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s
minors, breaks laws, and is a
smoker. His appearance was inspired by a person the director
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin (also known as Kotenochkin) (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Котёночкин) (June 20, 1927 – November 20, 2000) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator and artist. He was n ...
saw on the street, specifically a man with long hair, a protruding belly, and a thick cigarette between his lips.
The character was originally voiced by
Anatoli Papanov
Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
.
His most common line throughout the series when things are not going as he expected is "Nu, pogodi!" At the end of an episode (and at the end of the pre-title introduction), the Wolf usually exclaims the series' titular phrase, "Nu, Zayats... Nu, pogodi!" which translates as "Well, Hare... Well, just you wait!".
In spite of his rough appearance, many of the Wolf's attempts to catch the Hare are often characterized by unexpected abilities on his part (including
figure skating
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, ballet,
gymnastics
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, and
waltz
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History
There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...
ing) for humorous contrast; he can also play the guitar very well and rides a powerful
rocker motorbike
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. In the first episode, while climbing a high building to catch the Hare, the Wolf whistles the popular
mountaineer
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song, "A Song About A Friend" (a signature song of
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...
). In spite of these talents, most of the Wolf's schemes eventually fail or turn against him.
During the late Soviet and post-Soviet era, however, the Wolf gradually became more buffoonish than menacing. In the last episode (#20), for example, the Wolf is seen chewing a
lollipop
A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly, sucker, sticky-pop, etc. Lollipops are availa ...
instead of smoking and his drawing style is reminiscent of new Russian cartoons (russian: link=no, Новые русские мультфильмы) rather than the old Soviet
slapstick
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genre. The Wolf became increasingly timid or even outright cowardly during this time period, contrasting sharply with his initially "macho" persona and actor's voice.
The Wolf's most characteristic piece of clothing is his
bell-bottoms
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg. These are similar to flared jeans.
History Naval origins
In the early 19th century, when a standardized uni ...
which can ambiguously be either part of the naval uniform or the 1970s fashion. He is most often seen in a pink shirt with a yellow necktie, but occasionally (Episode 7) appears in a naval undershirt (
telnyashka
The Russian telnyashka ( rus, тельняшка, p=tʲɪlʲˈnʲaʂkə) is an undershirt horizontally striped in white and blue (occasionally black or green) and which may be sleeveless. It is an iconic uniform garment worn by various Russian mi ...
) and in Episode 8, he appears in drag, impersonating the
Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.
This character has no apparent roots in ...
. In Episode 11 he wears a jacket in the beginning, but soon removes it when chasing the Hare. Not infrequently, he loses most of his clothes during the chase, going on in his chintz underpants only (those are a realistic depiction of Soviet-style underwear), though in episode 6, he retains only his shirt and pulls it down to cover up his "naked" hindquarters. Humorously, all of his clothing below the waist has a special opening for his tail.
In Episodes 1–16 the Wolf's hairstyle is basically unchanged, though in Episode 14 his hair gets briefly done in a style, not unlike
Elvis Presley
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's. In Episode 17 he wears a ponytail, and in Episode 18 his forelock is cropped and the mullet is tied into a ponytail. However, in the three final episodes he resumes his earlier hairstyle of episodes 1–16.
Other characters
The story also features a supporting cast of animal characters, the most commonly appearing of whom is the physically strong and heavy
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus ( ; : hippopotamuses or hippopotami; ''Hippopotamus amphibius''), also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extan ...
(russian:
Бегемот ''Begemot''), who participates in various roles (e.g., a museum caretaker, shop keeper, passer-by, doorkeeper, etc.) and whom the Wolf usually annoys and has to run away from. In ''Episode #5'' (1972), the Hare finds the Wolf hidden among watermelons (the Wolf's cap
camouflage
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s him in the scene). The Hare recommends to the passing Hippopotamus, who's also looking to buy melons, one which actually winds up being the Wolf's head. The Hippopotamus squeezes Wolf's head to test the ripeness of the "watermelon", and inadvertently forces him out of hiding. The episode ends with Wolf (on a washbowl) sliding down into the
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first unde ...
and slamming head-on into, and ending up under the Hippopotamus.
Another repeating character is the Cat (russian: link=no, Кот ''Kot''), who is an
illusionist
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and appears in several stage performances throughout the series. The Cat is shown to be a good magician, but very self-absorbed and highly sensitive to applause. In ''Episode #9'' (1976), the Cat traps the Wolf in his
levitation
Levitation (from Latin ''levitas'' "lightness") is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via any physical contact.
Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts ...
act (which saves the Hare from being caught). He drops the Wolf twice in his act to acknowledge and accept the applause from the Hare.
One of the most appearing on-screen secondary characters in a single episode is the
Walrus
The walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus'') is a large pinniped, flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in ...
(russian: link=no, морж ''Morzh''), who is the uniformed navy
captain
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of the ship in ''Episode #7'', who keeps interfering with the Wolf's attempts at boarding the ship and/or attempting to capture the Hare. However, once the Wolf is on board, he pretends to mop the deck in front of the Captain, tricking him into believing he is one of the crew members. The Captain is later seen closing the lid on top of the boat's storage room, which results in the Wolf and Hare being trapped together in the darkness.
Other animals are shown in the series, including bears,
red fox
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es, elephants,
beaver
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s, dogs, and pigs (in a swimming suit with three bras).
Production
1960s to 1980s
![Aleksandr Kurlyandsky at Nu, pogodi! press conference (crop)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Aleksandr_Kurlyandsky_at_Nu%2C_pogodi%21_press_conference_%28crop%29.jpg)
The original script for ''Nu, pogodi!'' was created for the animation studio Soyuzmultfilm in Moscow by the writers
Felix Kandel
Feliks Solomonovich Kandel (russian: Фéликс Соломóнович Кáндель; born 21 October 1932) is a Russian Jewish writer, residing in Jerusalem, Israel.
Early life
He was born in 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union to a Jewish family ...
,
Arkady Khait
Arkady Iosifovich Khait (russian: Аркадий Иосифович Хайт) (25 December 1938 – 22 February 2000) was a Russian Jewish satire, comedy, song and script writer, and a comedian in his late years.Жил-был веселый ...
, and
Aleksandr Kurlyandsky
Aleksandr Yefimovich Kurlyandsky (1 July 1938 – 21 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian writer, satirist, playwright, screenwriter, and author of books for children. He was born and died in Moscow, and was an Honored Art Worker of the Russia ...
, whose works included humourist and satirical writings.
Most directors of Soyuzmultfilm rejected the script, but
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin (also known as Kotenochkin) (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Котёночкин) (June 20, 1927 – November 20, 2000) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator and artist. He was n ...
was convinced by the idea.
However,
Gennady Sokolsky
Gennady Mikhailovich Sokolsky (russian: Геннадий Михайлович Сокольский; 1 December 1937 — 27 December 2014) was a Soviet and Russian artist, animation director, animator, art director and screenwriter at Soyuzmultfilm ...
was the first person to direct the cartoon, more specifically a
pilot
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of it, which was given the name ''Nu, pogodi!'' A two and a half-minute short film with character designs very different from the later series was created, but it already featured the Wolf's titular catchphrase. It was shown as part of the first episode of the animation magazine ''
Happy Merry-Go-Round
''Happy Merry-Go-Round'' ( rus, Весёлая карусель, Vesyolaya karusel') is a long-running Soviet and Russian animated anthology series created by Anatoly Petrov and Galina Barinova for Soyuzmultfilm in 1969. It is presented as a col ...
'' in 1969.
[Жил-был веселый человек. Аркадий Хайт ("Once Upon The Time There lived a Jolly Man. Arkady Khait"), a documentary]
Kotyonochkin wanted the Wolf to be voiced by the actor and singer
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...
, but was not given permission by the officials. The actor
Anatoli Papanov
Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
was approved instead. Actress
Klara Rumyanova
Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (russian: link=no, Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929 – 18 September 2004) was a Soviet and Russian actress, voice actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.
Her child ...
, who commonly voiced cute and small characters, received the role of the Hare.
Svetozar Rusakov was responsible for the visual design of the series, including its characters.
In case of the music, the majority of the soundtrack throughout the series during Soviet times was edited directly from existing international
records
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** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity
** Boot sector or boot record, ...
, though there were also original compositions.
[http://pyostriy.livejournal.com/66012.html interview with ]Alexander Goldstein
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, music supervisor on episodes 7–14
The first episode aired in 1969.
''Nu, pogodi!'' was not intended to become a long-running series, but the cartoon reached immense popularity and Soyuzmultfilm received many letters from viewers asking for more adventures of Wolf and Hare.
Therefore, production of new shorts continued into the 1980s. However, it was temporarily halted for political reasons after the seventh episode in 1973, as script writer Felix Kandel and his family wanted to emigrate to Israel, but were denied by the Soviet authorities.
Nonetheless, production soon resumed, though without Kandel, as ''Nu, pogodi!'' viewers were among the highest
party
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leadership.
Episode 16, the last film created during the Soviet era, aired in 1986.
The series was put on hold after the death of Anatoli Papanov in 1987.
1990s to present
![Russia-2001-stamp-Anatoli Papanov](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Russia-2001-stamp-Anatoli_Papanov.jpg)
It turned out that all outtakes of Papanov's work for the series had been archived. The voice samples were used for the creation of the 17th and 18th episodes in 1993.
They were produced by Soyuzmultfilm in collaboration with the
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
Institute for Professional Advancement of Film, Television and Radio Workers (credited as Studio 13) and were co-directed by
Vladimir Tarasov
Vladimir Ilich Tarasov (russian: Владимир Ильич Тарасов; born 7 February 1939 in Moscow) is a Russian animator and animation director. He is best known for his Soviet-era science fiction short films, such as ''The Pass, Cont ...
. The 17th episode in particular was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of ''Nu, pogodi!''
Both shorts are notable for their use of
product placement
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for the sponsor of the films, AMT, as well as for
Nokia
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. Kotyonochkin's son Aleksey Kotyonochkin, who had also become an animation artist, took part in their production, although he had unsuccessfully tried to convince his father to not to participate. The two episodes were met with negative reactions.
![Aleksey Kotyonochkin at Nu, pogodi! press conference 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Aleksey_Kotyonochkin_at_Nu%2C_pogodi%21_press_conference_2.jpg)
In February 2005, the supermarket chain
Pyaterochka
Pyaterochka (russian: Пятёрочка, Pyatyorochka, lit=Five) is a Russian chain of convenience stores managed by X5 Retail Group. The chain opened its 15,000th store in the city of Zelenograd, Russia, in May 2019.
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The chain open ...
announced that they had purchased the rights to create two new ''Nu, pogodi!'' films.
The idea to support the production of new episodes arose during a corporate party of the company in 2003. Late Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin's son Aleksey was offered to direct them, but initially hesitated to accept, as he was not sure whether the standards set in Soviet times could be achieved, and also because of the failure of the 17th and 18th episode. He eventually agreed and assembled a team of young animators at the studio Christmas Films, their average age being 30. The production was funded by Pyaterochka with a budget of 400,000
dollars
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.
The scripts were written by ''Nu, pogodi!'' co-creators Aleksandr Kurlyandsky and Felix Kandel again, the latter being involved in the creation of new episodes for the first time in more than three decades.
The actors Igor Khristenko and Olga Zvereva became the new voices of Wolf and Hare, respectively.
It was stated that their voices are "virtually indistinguishable" from the original ones.
It was not possible anymore to simply insert popular international music into the shorts like during Soviet times, as copyright had to be taken into account now. The budget did not allow for obtaining music rights. Therefore, it was decided to approach a domestic artist, namely Andrei Derzhavin of the band
Mashina Vremeni
Mashina Vremeni () is a Russian rock band founded in 1969. Mashina Vremeni was a pioneer of Soviet rock music and remains one of the oldest still-active rock bands in Russia. The band's music incorporates elements of classic rock, blues, and b ...
, who immediately agreed to create a diverse soundtrack. In an interview, Kotyonochkin noted that ''Nu, pogodi!'' and Mashina Vremeni debuted the same year.
On 16 September 2005, a costume parade was held on the
Arbat
Arbat Street (Russian ), mainly referred to in English as the Arbat, is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the o ...
in honour of the cartoon's revival.
The premiere of episode 19 took place on 22 December of the same year.
Unlike the previous two episodes, the Pyaterochka-funded shorts are free of advertising, the sponsor is only mentioned in the credits.
For two years, the latest two ''Nu, pogodi!'' episodes were largely unavailable to the public and were only shown at certain film festivals. However, in late December 2007 a DVD was finally released in Russia which contained the two films, as well as a making-of film and comics drawn by Aleksey Kotyonochkin. As of now, it is available only in the supermarket chains
Pyaterochka
Pyaterochka (russian: Пятёрочка, Pyatyorochka, lit=Five) is a Russian chain of convenience stores managed by X5 Retail Group. The chain opened its 15,000th store in the city of Zelenograd, Russia, in May 2019.
History
The chain open ...
and
Perekrestok.
Regarding questions on a possible continuation of the series, Kotyonochkin stated in 2006 that it is "impossible to produce the series endlessly" and that they didn't intend to "copy ''
Tom and Jerry
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''". If a follow-up was made, it would be very different from the existing films according to Kotyonochkin, possibly a full-length film in the format of 3D animation with a brand new story.
Cultural references
![Vasnetsov Alenushka](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Vasnetsov_Alenushka.jpg)
The female Fox singer in Episode 15 is based upon
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...
. The Hare's subsequent performance in the drag is a parody of one of her songs popular at the time.
A cameo of a sitting girl in Episode 16 refers to
Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Васнецо́в; May 15 ( N.S.), 1848 – July 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered the co-founde ...
's painting ''Sister Alenushka Weeping about Brother Ivanushka''. The key is that Alyonushka is the heroine of the folk-tale ''
Brother and Sister
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''. She apparently mistakes the Wolf, who had been transformed into a goat, for her brother.
Critical and popular reception
The series was, for many years, hugely popular among the Soviet public, and it is popular in
the Federation to this day. The critical reaction of the director's colleagues was less favourable. The director's son Aleksey Kotyonochkin recalls how, although nobody said it to his father outright, the animators and directors of
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...
generally considered ''Nu, pogodi!'' to be of low class. For his part, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin was not a follower of
auteur
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films (many of which were being made at the studio at the time) and considered them to be examples of someone needlessly showing off.
Kotyonochkin disliked subtext and tried to create very simple, straightforward scenarios. The main idea of the series was simple; don't hurt the little guy or you will yourself get into a foolish situation. Because the series was so popular, however, it was often a subject for critical discussion and speculation – namely, that the series represented the struggle between the
intelligentsia
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(Hare) and the working class (Wolf). Aleksey Kotyonochkin dismisses these interpretations as groundless.
Since the 1990s, when the fall of the
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its s ...
allowed better exchange of films, both Russian and Western audiences have noted similarities between ''Nu, pogodi!'' and American cartoons, the most noticeable being ''
Tom and Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series c ...
''. The director has admitted that he was learning from
Disney
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animated films which were brought into the
USSR
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from Germany immediately after
World War II
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, particularly ''
Bambi
''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. ...
''. However, he did not see any ''Tom and Jerry'' episodes until his son bought a VCR in 1987.
Thematically, ''Nu, pogodi!'' places greater emphasis on various real-life situations and locations.
List of episodes
Note: The episodes of ''Nu, pogodi!'' were not named but rather numbered. Each episode has a different setting:
There was also a promotional 30 min. long episode show including various characters from Soviet cartoons released in 1981 called ''The Lost Episodes''. The show featured three never before seen sequences of ''Nu Pogodi!'' of approximate 10 min. length and were not re-released for home entertainment in spite of various full episode collections. They can, however, be seen on television on some channels during children cartoons time and are viewable through web video recordings (such as YouTube).
In August 2012, it was decided television airing of the cartoons would not cut out scenes of the wolf smoking because of
laws prohibiting material "deemed harmful to children". An agreement was made, "We will not cut anything, not even one cigarette."
Cast and crew
Directors
*
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin (also known as Kotenochkin) (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Котёночкин) (June 20, 1927 – November 20, 2000) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator and artist. He was n ...
− 1–18
*
Vladimir Tarasov
Vladimir Ilich Tarasov (russian: Владимир Ильич Тарасов; born 7 February 1939 in Moscow) is a Russian animator and animation director. He is best known for his Soviet-era science fiction short films, such as ''The Pass, Cont ...
− 17–18
* Aleksey Kotyonochkin − 19–21
Screenplay
*
Felix Kandel
Feliks Solomonovich Kandel (russian: Фéликс Соломóнович Кáндель; born 21 October 1932) is a Russian Jewish writer, residing in Jerusalem, Israel.
Early life
He was born in 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union to a Jewish family ...
(credited as Felix Kamov) − 1–7 and 19–21
*
Arkady Khait
Arkady Iosifovich Khait (russian: Аркадий Иосифович Хайт) (25 December 1938 – 22 February 2000) was a Russian Jewish satire, comedy, song and script writer, and a comedian in his late years.Жил-был веселый ...
− 1–16
* Aleksandr Kurlyandsky − all
Main animators – character development
* Svetozar Rusakov − 1–16
* Aleksey Kotyonochkin − 17–18
* Svetlana Davidova − 19 and 21
Voices
*
Anatoli Papanov
Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
(Wolf) − 1–16 (17 and 18 uses archive footage)
*
Klara Rumyanova
Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (russian: link=no, Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929 – 18 September 2004) was a Soviet and Russian actress, voice actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.
Her child ...
(Hare) − 1–18, (Robot Hare) - 14
* Igor Khristenko (Wolf) − 19–21
* Olga Zvereva (Hare) − 19–21
*
Oleg Anofriyev
Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...
(Captain Warlus) - 7
*
Gennady Khazanov (
Soviet Central Television
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Narrator, various voices) - 9
* Gennady Dudnik (Wolf (some lines)) - 10
*
Boris Novikov
Boris Kuzmich Novikov (russian: Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of Russia (1994).
Biography
Bo ...
(Referee Dog) – 13
*
Maria Vinogradova
Maria Sergeyevna Vinogradova (russian: Мари́я Серге́евна Виногра́дова; 13 July 1922 – 2 July 1995) was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1940 to 1995.
Filmography
References
...
(Japanese Hare) – 13
*
Vladimir Soshalsky
Vladimir Borisovich Soshalsky (russian: Владимир Борисович Сошальский; 14 June 1929 in Leningrad, USSR — 10 October 2007 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR ...
(Hippopotamus) − 15, (Wolf from the
Little Red Riding Hood
"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brother ...
) – 16
* Sergei Chekan (AMT Announcer) – 17
Camera
*
Yelena Petrova
Yelena Petrova (born 13 October 1966) is a Russian former judoka who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Petrova won bronze as well at the 1994 Goodwill Games
The 1994 Goodwill Games was the third edition of the multi-sport event ...
− 1–6
* Nina Klimova − 7
* Svetlana Kascieieva − 8–13
* Svetlana Koscieieva — 14
* Aleksandr Chekhovskiy − 15–16
* Lyudmila Krutovskaja − 17–18
* Dariya Kondoreva - 19-21
* Marina Erokhina - 19-21
Sound directors
* Georgi Martyniuk − 1–10
* Vladimir Kutuzov − 0 and 11–18
* Karlon - 19-21 and 38
Editors
* Tatyana Sazonova − 1–7
* Margarita Micheeva − 8–18
Animators
*
Alina Kukushkina
''Masha and the Bear'' (russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, translit=Masha i Medved ) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the ...
- 88
* Alexander Yakimenko - 40
* Roman Kozich - 40
* Ekaterina Grosheva - 38 and 43
* Oleg Kuzovkov - 38 and 44
* Lyubov Pavlovskaya - 38 and 50
* Viktor Arsentev − 1–15
* Oleg Komarov − 1–13
* Vladimir Shevchenko - 19
* Vasiliy Shevchenko - 19
* Natalya Malgina - 19
* Nataliya Bogomolova - 19
* Victor Ulitin - 19-21
* Tatyana Podgorskaya - 19-21
* Vladimir Maslenikov - 21
* Milana Fedoseeva - 21
* Boris Nagotnyakov - 21
* Rim Sharafutdinov - 19-21
* Alexey Ignatov - 20
* Pavel Nastanyuk - 20
* Ekaterina Shabanova - 20
* Marina Shabanova - 20
* Radik Kambulatov - 20
* Alexander Griga - 20
* Viktor Likchacev − 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15
* Oleg Safronov − 1, 2, 9, 10, 14 and 15
* Vladimir Krumin − 1, 5, 10, 11, 13 and 14
* Fedor Eldinov − 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15 and 16
* Vladimir Zarubin − 2, 4 and 9
* Leonid Kayukov − 2, 5 and 7
* Valery Ugarov − 3, 8 and 16
* Sergey Dezhkin − 3
* Yuriy Butyrin − 3, 4, 8 and 9
* Vladimir Arbekov − 8, 12 and 17
* Aleksandr Panov − 7
* Aleksey Bukin − 8
*
Aleksandr Davydov − 10, 13 and 17
* Aleksandr Dorogov − 14–16
*
Nikolay Fyodorov − 12
* Aleksandr Mazaev − 15 and 16
* Sergey Avramov − 14
* Olga Orlova − 16
Animation Supervisor
* Alexey Borzikh - 39
* Alexander Yakimenko - 40
* Svetlana Nikonorova - 88
*
Nikolay Fyodorov (film director)
Nikolay Petrovich Fyodorov (russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Фёдоров; 7 April 1914 – 11 May 1994) was a Soviet-Russian animator, director, writer and cartoonist working for Soyuzmultfilm from the 1930s to the 1980s and dire ...
- 53
* Maxim Grinats - 53
* Evgeniya Letunovskaya - 50
Music
A number of memorable tunes were written or selected to match the action sequences of the cartoon. The majority of the soundtrack was edited directly from various international lounge and dance LP records from the 1960s–1980s, many of which were part of the music supervisors' personal collections.
These recordings were not listed in the credits, so the origins of some remain obscure today.
Some of the known performers whose music was featured in Nu Pogodi are
Chico Buarque
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,
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ...
,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...
,
Digital Emotion,
Günter Gollasch,
Vyacheslav Mescherin
Vyacheslav Valerianovich Mescherin (russian: Вячеслав Валерианович Мещерин, 30 June 1923 — 6 October 1995. In Russian) was a Soviet and Russian musician and composer, founder of Vyacheslav Mescherin's Orchestra of Ele ...
,
Bill Haley
William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-sel ...
,
Ted Heath
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,
Leroy Holmes
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Biography
Holmes graduated from Hollywood High School, studied music at Northwestern Univer ...
,
Halina Kunicka
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*Halina Łukomska (born 1929), Polish soprano
*Halina Aszkiełowicz (born 1947), Polish former volleyball player and 1968 Olympic medallist
*Halina Balon (born 1948), Polish fencer
*H ...
,
James Last
James Last (, ; born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for "best bassist" in Germany in each of ...
,
Muslim Magomayev,
Paul Mauriat
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,
Hazy Osterwald
Rolf Osterwald, better known as Hazy Osterwald (February 18, 1922 in Bern – February 26, 2012 in Lucerne) was a Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist.
Osterwald began his career as a pianist. He arranged for Fred Böhler in the ...
,
Pesnyary
Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, be, Песняры, ) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin. Before 1970, the band was known under the name Liavony (Лявоны).
Style
Pesniary co ...
,
Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha (russian: Эди́та Станисла́вовна Пье́ха, ''Edita Stanislavovna Pyekha'', pl, Edyta Piecha, french: Édith-Marie Piecha) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent. She was the third popular ...
,
Franck Pourcel
Franck Pourcel (14 August 1913 – 12 November 2000) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor of popular and classical music.
Biography Early life
Born in Marseille, France, Pourcel started learning the violin at the age of six. Later, ...
,
Perez Prado,
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...
,
Eric Rogers,
Earl Scruggs
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,
Igor Sklyar
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,
Terry Snyder,
Studio 11,
Mel Taylor
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,
Klaus Wunderlich
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Biography
Wunderlich was born in Chemnitz. He played the Hammond organ model C3 then mid 60s changed to model Hammond H100. Wunderlich also tried ...
,
Billy Vaughn
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Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, where his father, ...
,
Helmut Zacharias
Helmut Zacharias (27 January 192028 February 2002) was a German violinist and composer who created over 400 works and sold 14 million records. He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians.
Early life
Helmut Zacharias was bo ...
,
Zemlyane
Zemlyane (russian: link=no, Земляне, lit=Earthlings) is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. The band achieved great popularity in the early 1980s and remains active.
A key artist in the VIA (vocal-instrumen ...
,
Yuriy Antonov and
Blue Effect
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.
The opening credits theme was edited from ''Vízisí'' (Water Ski), written by Hungarian composer
Tamás Deák and performed Magyar Rádió Tánczenekara & Harmónia Vokál.
Sometimes the words of the songs were modified or altogether substituted to correspond to the action, and a New Years holiday song (duet between Papanov and Rumyanova that later became a popular standard) was written especially for the series. Originally, the cult Russian singer/actor
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...
was cast for the voice of Wolf, but the studio did not get the approval they needed from a Soviet state organization to use him. However, some homage to Vysotsky remains, as in the opening episode, Wolf is whistling his "Song of a Friend".
![Andrei Derzhavin at Nu, pogodi! press conference (crop)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Andrei_Derzhavin_at_Nu%2C_pogodi%21_press_conference_%28crop%29.jpg)
When the 19th and 20th episode went into production, times had changed and the music rights would have to obtained first, which was not possible with the budget. A national artist,
Andrei Derzhavin of the band
Mashina Vremeni
Mashina Vremeni () is a Russian rock band founded in 1969. Mashina Vremeni was a pioneer of Soviet rock music and remains one of the oldest still-active rock bands in Russia. The band's music incorporates elements of classic rock, blues, and b ...
, was contacted instead, who composed the music for the films. The shorts also feature excerpts of preexisting Mashina Vremeni works.
Soundtrack
Episode 1 – "The Beach"
*Song about a Friend
есня о Друге*Last Electric Train
оследняя ЭлектричкаEpisode 2 – "The Fairground at Night"
*Ferris Wheel
ертово колесо(Muslim Magomaev)
*The Laughing Hussar (Hazy Osterwald-Sextett)
*A song about Hares
есня про зайцевEpisode 3 – "Road and Construction Site"
*Kalinka (Orchester Günter Gollasch)
*В.Игнатьев — Карусель (Victor Ignatiev – Carousel)
*My Little Suede Shoes (Billy May)
*Entrance of the Gladiators (Julius Fučík)
Episode 4 – "The Stadium"
*King-Winner
ороль-Победитель*Cha-cha-cha, Jamaica (Vladimir Chizhik)
*Brass Orchestra
rkiestry DęteEpisode 5 – "The City and the Train Station"
*By the Long Road
орогой Длинною*O Sole Mio
*El Choclo
Episode 6 – "The Countryside"
*Yas was Mowing Clover
асiў Ясь канюшыну(''
Pesnyary
Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, be, Песняры, ) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin. Before 1970, the band was known under the name Liavony (Лявоны).
Style
Pesniary co ...
'')
*
Jujalarim (Sugra)
*Sabre Dance
анец с Саблями(Aram Khachaturian)
*At the Kolkhoz Poultry Farm
а Колхозной Птицеферме(Mescherin Ensemble)
Episode 7 – The Sea Voyage"
*Only Us Только Мы (Friendship)
*Boat Dance
*Balaton (Studio 11)
*Toy
грушка(Victor Ignatiev)
Episode 8 – "The New Year Celebration"
*Snow Maiden
негурочка
*Joker (Orchester Günter Gollasch)
*A Banda (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)
*John Grey
жон Грей(Matvei Blanter)
*La Cumparsita
Episode 9 – "The TV Studio"
*Little Man (Franck Pourcel)
*Tired Toys are Sleeping
пят усталые игрушки*A Priest had a Dog
Попа Была Собака*Caravan Twist – Bill Haley & His Comets
*Wheels (The String Alongs)
*The Football March
Episode 10 – "The Construction Site"
*Kazachok
asatschok(including ''Katyousha'' verse) (Dmitri Dourakine)
*Popcorn I
оздушная Кукуруза I(Gershon Kingsley)
*Blue is the Night (Terry Snyder and the All Stars)
*Strip Tease in Rhythm (Helmut Zacharias)
*Jolly March of the Builders
есёлый марш монтажников(Nikolai Rybnikov)
*Meetings (Claudia Shulzhenko)
Episode 11 – "The Circus"
*Entrée March from ''
Circus
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'' – Isaac Dunayevski
*Easy Livin' Coming Closer PopCorn (James Last)
*Trompeten Muckel (James Last)
*Spinning Wheel (Ted Heath Orchestra)
Episode 12 – The Museum"
*Lotto-Zahlen (Klaus Wunderlich)
*Corn Flakes (Klaus Wunderlich)
*Drums A-Go-Go
*Zorba
орба*Onde Del Danubio
*Triumphal March – Helmut Zacharias
Episode 13 – "The Olympic Games"
*Flight of the Bumblebee (Hummelflug)
олёт Шмеля(Klaus Wunderlich arrangement)
*Cannonball (Pete Tex)
*How High the Moon (
James Last
James Last (, ; born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for "best bassist" in Germany in each of ...
)
*Dolannes Melody
*Moliendo Cafe (
Perez Prado and His Orchestra)
*Train Forty-Five
Episode 14 – "The Nu-Tech House"
*Petersburger Nächte (
Hugo Strasser
Hugo Strasser (April 7, 1922, Munich-Schwabing - March 17, 2016, Munich-Trudering) was a German swing and jazz musician, composer, clarinetist and big band leader of the Orchester Hugo Strasser (Hugo Strasser Orchestra) since 1955. The orchestra ...
)
*Besame Mucho (
Klaus Wunderlich
Klaus Wunderlich (18 June 1931 – 28 October 1997) was a famous German easy listening organist.
Biography
Wunderlich was born in Chemnitz. He played the Hammond organ model C3 then mid 60s changed to model Hammond H100. Wunderlich also tried ...
)
*Million Alyh Roz (
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...
)
*Grass by the House
рава у Дома rava u Doma– Zemlyane
*Get Up Action (Digital Emotion)
*Go Go Yellow Screen (Digital Emotion)
*Bavarian Affair (The Black Hole) – Empire (Methusalem)
*The Beauty and the Beast (Digital Emotion)
*Shaky Railcar
ачается вагонEpisode 15 – "The House of Culture"
*Iceberg
йсберг*
Swan Lake
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– Dance of the swans – Tchaikovsky
*Beneath the Roof of Your House
од Крышей Дома ТвоегоEpisode 16 – "In the World of Russian Folk Tales"
*Sea, Sea
оре, Море(Yuriy Antonov)
*Green Light
еленый свет*Komarovo
омарово
Episode 17 – "Exotic Land on Island"
*Korobushka
orobeiniki*Don't Put Salt in my Wounds
е Сыпь мне Соль на Рану*
Lambada
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–
Kaoma
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*March of Stalin's air force
арш сталинской авиацииEpisode 18 – "Supermarket"
*Taganka
аганка–
Shufutinsky уфутинский*
On the Hills of Manchuria
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а сопках Маньчжурии*Hafanana (
Afric Simone
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)
Episode 19 – "Airport and Beach"
*Marionetka (Марионетка)
Episode 20 – "
Dacha
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Community"
*Chocolate Hare (Шоколадный заяц)
Episode 21 – "New Year"
*Good mood (Хорошие настроение)
Video games
''Nu, pogodi!'' has been adapted into a number of video games. In 1984, an
LCD game
Handheld electronic games are very small, portable devices for playing interactive electronic games, often miniaturized versions of video games. The controls, display and speakers are all part of a single unit. Rather than a general-purpose s ...
titled ''Nu, pogodi!'' was released in the Soviet Union. Between 2002 and 2010, the Russian video game company SoftClub released five different PC games based on the cartoon series.
Remake
In 2019, Soyuzmultfilm announced an upcoming remake of Nu, Pogodi. Volk and Zayats were given new designs and three new characters were introduced; Ulya the Roe Deer, Shu the Hedgehog, and Tim the Badger. One of the only living original creators, Felix Kandel, expressed his displeasure at seeing the remake and offered to pay the studio to not release it. The political party
Communists of Russia
The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...
requested that the
State Duma
The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...
ban Soyuzmultfilm from making the remake. Soyuzmultfilm planned to release the remake in winter 2020, but was forced to delay several times and announced finally a release of winter 2021.
The first episode was released on December 17, 2021, to mass negative reviews.
The first episode can be seen on YouTub
here
See also
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History of Russian animation The history of Russian animation is the visual art form produced by Russian animation makers. As most of Russia's production of animation for cinema and television were created during Soviet times, it may also be referred to some extent as the histo ...
References
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''Nu, pogodi!''at
Animator.ru
Animator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and (to a lesser extent) the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It also includes a forum, a news block, ...
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‘’Nu Pogodi Complete Collection Archive
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