The Orange Neck (1954)
Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she brings twenty-four chicks to a meeting of partridges, and she is chosen as the main chicken.
Directors:
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Vladimir Polkovnikov.
Writers:
Nikolay Erdman, Vitalii Bianki.
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Mariya Babanova as The Lark (voice) |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Podkovkin (voice) |
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Irina Gosheva as The Orange Neck (voice) |
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Yuri Medvedev as Brovkin (voice) |
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Valentina Telegina as The Senior Chicken (voice) |
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Galina Novozhilova as The Blue Spout (voice) |
| Directing | Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya | Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Polkovnikov | Director |
| Writing | Nikolay Erdman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vitalii Bianki | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Fyodor Khitruk | Animation |