Adventures of Mowgli (1967)

Original title

Маугли

Directed by

Roman Davydov

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Rated

6

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 90 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Soviet animated series follows the boy Mowgli as he grows up in the Indian jungle among wolves. He learns to survive and finds his place among the animals.

classicwhimsicalrusticgentlesereneepisodicheartfeltnostalgic

What happens

Adventures of Mowgli (Russian: Маугли; also spelled Maugli) is an animated feature-length story originally released as five animated shorts of about 20 minutes each between 1967 and 1971 in the Soviet Union. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. They were directed by Roman Davydov and made by Soyuzmultfilm studio. In 1973, the five films were combined into a single 96-minute feature film. The Russian DVD release of the restored footage, distributed by "Krupnyy Plan" and "Lizard", separates the animation into the original five parts. An English-language version made jointly by Soyuzmultfilm (Russia) and Cyrillic Films (U.S.) was completed in 1996 and released direct-to-video on April 28, 1998 under the name Adventures of Mowgli. Charlton Heston is the narrator in the English version. Proceeds from the U.S. release were donated to The Audrey Hepburn Hollywood for Children Fund. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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