A Tale of the Forest Giant (1955)
Far up north, in one of the nature reserves, a group of kids finds a moose calf whose mother has been mauled by a bear, and they help little Ryzhik survive. Time goes by. The leader of the moose herd is killed by a poacher, and Ryzhik takes his place. About the grandeur and beauty of nature, and the difficult and selfless work of the nature reserve staff.
Director: Aleksandr Zguridi
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Vladimir Dorofeyev as Uncle Yasha |
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Vera Kondakova as Nadia |
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Viktor Kulakov as Nazarka |
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Ivan Kuznetsov as Ostap Andreevich |
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С. Морской as |
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Genia Rumyantcev as Yegorushka |
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Lev Sverdlin as Vladimir Vasilyevich |
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Mariya Yarotskaya as granny |
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Oleg Zhakov as Nikander Petrovich Dudin |
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Lyudmila Skopina as Varvara Dudina |
| Camera | Nina Yurushkina | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dmitriy Yeremich | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Zguridi | Writer |
| Directing | Aleksandr Zguridi | Director |
| Editing | Yevgenia Shkultina | Editor |
| Editing | Natalia Dzugutova | Editor |
| Crew | Pyotr Manteifel | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Pavel Petryaev | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Ye.Knorre | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | G. Shubin | Scientific Consultant |
| Sound | Yuriy Levitin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yefim Deshalyt | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksey Mashistov | Sound |
| Sound | Nikolai Kosarev | Sound |
| Sound | Vladimir Kutuzov | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Kryzhanskaya | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Grafova | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | V. Pustovalov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | A. Popov | Camera Operator |
| Production | N. Makarov | Producer |
| Directing | Boris Goldenblank | Assistant Director |