Underplayed Gems

The Clever Goat (1956)

The Clever Goat poster
Original title
机智的山羊
Directed by
Wan Chaochen
Genre
animation, family
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
10 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Based on a Chinese folktale, this stop-motion animated short from 1956 follows a goat who outwits a tiger by pretending to be a fierce beast. After the tiger flees, a fox convinces him to return, but the goat again uses trickery to escape being eaten.

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What happens

《机智的山羊》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的木偶动画,根据中国民间故事改编。该片在罗马尼亚第一届布加勒斯特国际木偶片电影节上获奖。 老虎在山羊洞附近遇到了一只山羊,山羊一时无处躲藏,就骗老虎说自己是“山大王”,是吃老虎肉的,老虎知道后害怕得跑走了。跑至山下的老虎遇到了狐狸,把自己的遭遇告诉了他,狐狸告诉老虎,他遇到的不过是一只山羊而已,随后又陪同老虎一起上山去找山羊,要将山羊当点心吃掉。找到山羊后,机智的山羊用智慧又一次把老虎吓跑。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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