The Bremen Town Musicians (1969)

Original title

Бременские музыканты

Directed by

Inessa Kovalevskaya

Genre

fairy tale, musical play, comedy music, animated cartoon

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

21 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four animal outcasts form a band and head to Bremen to become musicians. Along the way they outwit a group of bandits.

nostalgicupbeatwhimsicalplayfulcatchyfamily-friendlymusicalbouncy

What happens

The Bremen Town Musicians (Russian: Бременские музыканты, romanized: Bremenskiye muzykanty) is a 1969 Soviet musical animated short film produced by Soyuzmultfilm, directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya and written by Yuri Entin and Vasily Livanov, with music by Gennady Gladkov. It is based on the characters of Brothers Grimm fairy-tale, "Town Musicians of Bremen". The film became a cult hit in the Soviet Union because of its memorable musical soundtrack, which contains influences from Western rock and roll music. Two sequels were made, On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians (1973) and The New Bremen Town Musicians (2000). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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