Dog in Boots (1981)

Original title

Пёс в сапогах

Directed by

Yefim Gamburg

Genre

parody, parody film, musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

34h 14m

Rated

6+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dog version of d'Artagnan joins three other dogs as musketeers in a musical parody of the classic story. They face off against cat villains who serve Cardinal Richelieu.

playfulmusicalparodiclightheartedwhimsicalanimatedfast-pacedcampy

What happens

Dog in Boots (Russian: Пёс в сапогах, Pyos v sapogakh), also known as Pup in Boots is a 1981 Soyuzmultfilm's animated parody film directed by Yefim Gamburg. It is a musical adaptation of the classic 1844 Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Dog in Boots parodies costume and historical drama films, particularly the musical miniseries d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) that was incredibly popular in the Soviet Union. The concept of this film is similar to the 1981 series Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds: the main characters are dogs, while Cardinal Richelieu's evil guards and Milady are cats. The novelization Pyos v sapogakh, ili Novye priklyucheniya treh mushketerov (lit. 'Dog in boots, or New Adventures of the Three Musketeers') for children, authored by Vladimir Valutskiy, was published by Strekoza Press in 2004. In 2006 TVIK-LIREK released an audiobook CD based on Valutskiy's story. In 2009 Dog in Boots was fully restored by Krupny Plan and released on DVD as a part of Full Picture and Sound Restoration series. The original film copy was provided by Gosfilmofond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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