On the Forest Stage

Mar 22, 1954

0h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

The animated film was created based on the fables of Sergey Mikhalkov "Cautious birds" and "Hare in the hops." Drake with his assistants arranges a performance on the forest stage for animals. He tells fables about forest dwellers from the stage.

Genres

Animation

Music

Production Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

On the Forest Stage Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Drake (voice, uncredited)

Emmanuil Kaminka

Woodpecker (voice, uncredited)

Georgi Millyar

Hare (voice, uncredited)

Georgiy Vitsin

Hedgehog (voice, uncredited)

Yuri Khrzhanovsky

Hedgehog's wife (voice, uncredited)

Yuliya Yulskaya

Lion (voice, uncredited)

Leonid Pirogov

Owl (voice, uncredited)

Erast Garin

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