Winni Puch

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Movie
German title Winni Puch
Original title Винни-Пух
Country of production Soviet Union
original language Russian
Publishing year 1969
length 11 minutes
Rod
Director Fyodor Chitruk
script Boris Sachor
Fyodor Chitruk
production Soyuzmultfilm
music Mieczysław vineyard
camera N. Klimowa
chronology

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Winni Puch ( Russian Винни Пух ) is a three-part Russian cartoon series by Fyodor Chitruk from 1969 to 1972 based on the book Pooh the Bear by AA Milne . It is considered a classic of the Soviet cartoon.

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Part 1: Winni Puch (1969)

Winni Puch is hungry and goes to look for food. He sings a happy song and finally comes to a big tree. The tree is buzzing and Winni Puch concludes that bees must be nearby. Where there are bees, there has to be honey too, and Winni Puch actually discovers a beehive in the treetop while climbing the tree. However, the branch on which it is hanging breaks off and Winni Puch falls into the depths. He goes to Piglet (Russian: Pjatachok) to borrow balloons from him. Piglet has a blue and a green balloon from a visit to the rabbit and Winni Puch is thrilled. Piglet can imitate foliage with the green balloon, while he can represent the sky with the blue one. The bees won't suspect anything.

On the way to the tree, Winni Puch bathes in a mud puddle to give herself the shape of a rain cloud. At his instruction, Piglet obtained an umbrella. Winni Puch climbs up the tree with the help of the balloon to the bee's nest, but the bees are suspicious. Even when Winni Puch starts a rain song and the piglet on the ground eagerly predicts rain soon with the umbrella open, the bees do not believe Winni Puch's cloud imitation had already appeared in the sky. He decides that the bees are just fake bees and so the honey is not right either. He tells Piglet to get his rifle and shoot the balloon. After several unsuccessful attempts, the piglet manages to hit the balloon and Winni Puch falls to the ground. After a little panting, he and Piglet set off to experience new adventures.

Part 2: Winni Puch comes to visit (1971)

Winni Puch and Ferkel are bored, so they decide to visit a friend. The choice falls on the rabbit, which, however, is not pleased with the visit. But the rules of hospitality dictate that uninvited guests be entertained. Winni Puch grabs the honey pot and licks it all out, much to the hare's annoyance. The guests thank the rabbit while they eat and ignore his annoyance.

Part 3: Winni Puch and a day full of worries (1972)

It's the eternally sad donkey's birthday. Winni Puch and Ferkel decide to make him happy with presents. Winni Puch donates an old, but empty, honey pot. Piglet wants to give the donkey a balloon. But on the way to his house, Piglet falls down and the balloon bursts. But both still find a way to please the donkey: They explain to him how nice it is now that the - burst - balloon now fits into the honey pot. The celebration ends with a ring dance by all the guests, to which the donkey joins with a happy "I-ah".

production

The famous actor Yevgeny Leonov dubbed the title role . Since the Moscow producers had not acquired the rights, the heirs of AA Milne protested against the production. It was therefore discontinued after three episodes: All three Winnie the Pooh stories have become Russian animation classics for children and are shown regularly on Russian television. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, when Russian channels began broadcasting Disney films, the series was defended in the press as a symbol of Russian culture against supposedly flat US mass culture.

The hand-drawn film contains several songs, sung by Winni Puch (voice: Evgeni Leonow ) and Piglet.

Award

Fyodor Chitruk received the State Prize of the USSR for his Winni Puch films in 1976 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Urban , A lot of irony and a pinch of deeper meaning. In Russia, “Winni Puch”, the local version of “Poof the Bear”, is more than a comic figure, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 20, 1933, p. ROM3.
  2. ↑ Jennifer Wolfe: Russian Animator Fyodor Khitruk Dies , awn, December 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Thomas Urban, A lot of irony and a pinch of depth. In Russia, “Winni Puch”, the local version of “Poof the Bear”, is more than a comic figure, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 20, 1933, p. ROM3.
  4. ↑ animator.ru