''On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians'' (russian: links=no, По следам бременских музыкантов, Po sledam bremenskikh muzykantov) is a 1973
Soviet
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animated film directed by
Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock H ...
. It was made as a
sequel
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to ''
The Bremen Town Musicians
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (german: link=no, Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 27).
It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, w ...
''.
Zherzdeva & Gorokhov, who voiced the princess & the donkey in the first film were the only ones to reprise their roles.
Plot
The King, wanting for his daughter to be found and returned to his castle, hires Detective to carry out the task. He successfully kidnaps and returns Princess back to the kingdom, but Troubadour and his animal friends Bremen Town Musicians hurry to release her. Disguised as foreign rock singers, the group distracts the King and the Detective, while Troubadour rescues his love and together they escape once again.
Cast
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Muslim Magomayev - Troubadour, Detective and Atamansha
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Elmira Zherzdeva
Elmira Sergeyevna Zherzdeva (russian: link=no, Эльмира Сергеевна Жерздева, born 6 March 1936) is a Soviet singer and Meritorious Artist (since 1992).
Early life and career
Zherzdeva was born in Bolokhovo, Soviet Union. ...
- Princess
*
Gennady Gladkov
Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (russian: link=no, Геннадий Игоревич Гладков; born 18 February 1935) is a Soviet and Russian composer. He composed music for some of the most famous Soviet movies and cartoons, most notably '' The ...
- The King
* Anatoly Gorokhov, Leonid Berger and vocal ensemble - Bremen Town Musicians, the Robbers and the guards
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
External links
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''On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians''at
Animator.ruCartoon with English subtitlesvar2
1973 films
Films scored by Gennady Gladkov
Films based on The Town Musicians of Bremen
Films directed by Vasily Livanov
Russian sequel films
Soviet animated films
Soyuzmultfilm
Sung-through_musical films
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