Film Answer (Đáp số) was produced at a time when Vietnam had just ended the war, but signs of a capitalist consumer lifestyle began to infiltrate urban society in many ways, causing many bad habits. Therefore, the film serves as a wake-up call for young people.

A male pupil is very playful and lazy to study. On his way from home to school, he constantly imitated passersby for fun. As a result, he was late for class and also could not solve the problem which the teacher had given.

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Vietnam Animation Studio
produced in Hanoї 1980

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<b>ANSWER</b>
- Subtitles by Duy Kiền -

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School

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Primary and Secondary School

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Solve the Equation

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Dear children !

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This male pupil who wearing a checkered shirt...

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... can find the answer to the problem, can't he ?

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However, only through the actions
of that pupil from home to school,

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we also guess how his learning results are.

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So the Zero what the teacher give him,

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because he couldn't find
the answer to the problem.

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It is also the answer to the lifestyle,

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that we should never try to imitate.

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Isn't that right, children ?

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Scenarist : Hồ Quảng (Merited Artist)
Editor : Hoài Giang

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Director : Đặng Hiền
Main artist : Thế Thiện
Composer : Hồ Bắc (People's Artist)

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Color printing at the
National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio

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<b>THE END</b>
© Varhiv 2024

Wordless film Lion and Little Mouse (Sư Tử và Chuột Con) was produced to celebrate the XVII Olympic Winter Games which held in Lillehammer of Norway in 1994. This was also the first direct investment project from the Swedish-Vietnamese Fund for Promotion of Culture (Quỹ Phát Triển Văn Hóa Việt Nam-Thụy Điển).

In a certain forest there were lived Lion, Monkey, Squirrel and Little Mouse. Lion is so conceited about his unrivaled health that he often ruins the morning exercises which is done by his friends.

One day, Little Mouse decided to challenge Lion to compete him in the upcoming Olympic Games. Lion enthusiastically accepted and... lost. He received a lifelong lesson about the effects of morning exercises on improving health, not using strength to bully others.

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Vietnam Animation Studio
produced in Hanoї 1993

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According to an order from the
Ministry of Culture and Information

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<b>LION AND LITTLE MOUSE</b>
- Subtitles by Duy Kiền -

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Scenarist : Đoàn Anh Dũng
Editor : Vũ Kim Dũng (Merited Artist)

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Director : Đỗ Dương

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Main artist : Đặng Nhân Lập
Acting artists : Ngọc Tuấn, Minh Phương

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Caméra operator : Hằng Hương
Composer : Cao Việt Bách (People's Artist)

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Character designer : Nga My
Decorative artist : Tuấn Ngọc

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Animator : Đình Thường
Sound engineer : Kim Thục

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Montager : Kim Oanh
Producer : Bạch Ngọc

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This film was completed with the help of the
Swedish-Vietnamese Fund for Promotion of Culture

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Color printing at the
National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio

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The Olympic Flag

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<b>THE END</b>
© Varhiv 2024

In the early 2000s, the revenge film genre seemed quite strong. Now I will list some typical Vietnamese films : Lunar New Year in Hell Village, Demon Dog, Lonely Man...

Actually, this is not my favorite film genre, because they only revolve around making enemies, and moreover, they have been exploited too much by previous Western and Wuxia films. However, they are quite suitable for industrial life, where many problems cannot be solved by negotiation or gentle advice. I can take an example from my own work at Wikipedia. Instead of negotiating, they will immediately use both power and numbers to oppress the weak. Obviously, when you have to live in an office environment, algorithms and meaningless orders, you always have the feeling of wanting to destroy everything to return to nature or childhood. All in all, we will have to discuss this topic a lot until the world of the office comes to an end.

The 1990s witnessed rapid economic growth throughout Vietnam after many years of war, poverty and especially internal political conflict. However, opportunities to get rich too quickly have stimulated many bad habits in a society that has not had enough time to escape the backward agricultural and patriarchal mindset.

The filmmakers took advantage of a Japanese folktale to try to partly depict the modern Vietnamese situation. This was also the film that started the trend of reforming the Vietnamese animation industry, which often lacked themes, and even its presentation was usually very rigid and didactic. This film also belongs to the very few Vietnamese animated films that are loved by many generations of audiences. Its horror details, even after many years, have not been yet surpassed by any Vietnamese animated film.

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<b>THE DANCING SKELETON</b>
Based on Japanese folktale

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Scenarist : Linh Chi
Script editor : Vũ Kim Dũng

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Director : Bảo Quang

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Main artist : Phương Hoa

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Composer : Trọng Đài

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- Subtitles by Duy Kiền -

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Prints at the
National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio

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Once upon a time
in a remote Japanese village,

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lived two poor friends,
Shimo (下家) and Kami (上家).

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The harvest that year was dismal.

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Shimo, an optimistic man,
refused to give in to his fate.

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Howdy, Kami !

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We should go elsewhere to work.

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Alright, maybe it's time
I try my luck, too.

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So I'll take your advice
and follow you.

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They arrived in the next town.

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Shimo worked hard to earn money,

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but he struggled to make a living.

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Kami, on the other hand, was lazy
and spent all his time gambling.

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Yo, Kami !

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Shouldn't you be working, huh ?

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Shimo tried to convince Kami
to stop putzing around.

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But he still didn't listen
who drinks will drink again.

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Hurry up !

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Take a close look !

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Come in here !

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Look at here !

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I'm so lucky, yet another win !

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Come on !

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Take a close look !

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Oh, I lost all.

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Come in here !

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Gimme back money !

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You guys are cheating !

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Get rid of him !

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Get out !

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Kami, what's the matter with you ?

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I gambled all my money away.

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I've repeatedly told you
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What am I to do now, Shimo ?

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Well, maybe should go back to farming.

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I've managed to save some money.

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When we return, I'll build a homestead
and buy some farmland.

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Just stick with me,
maybe we'll get by.

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Look at here !

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This amount should be enough !

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Of course, Kami was dazzled by greed,

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so a cruel thought popped in his mind.

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Ouch, Kami !

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After brutally killing his friend,
Kami returned to the town.

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It didn't take long for him to
gamble away all the stolen money.

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Come on, let's get started !

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Keep trying !

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Gimme the money !

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Take your hands off !

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Is there any money left ?

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Go home ! You're broke.

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Go now !

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He dragged his feet back home.

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He remained as destitute as ever.

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I'm here !

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Kami !

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Don't you recognize me ?

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I'm Shimo, your best friend.

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But you murdered me
and then hid my body.

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Don't you remember ?

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Kami, don't be afraid !

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I beg of you a thousand times.

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Please spare me !

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I spent all your money,
I really lost everything.

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Kami, don't panic !

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I'll help you get back
a lot of money.

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Kami, don't worry !

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But you're dead ? How ?

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I have my ways.

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Attention, everyone !

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Today, we present to you :

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The Dancing Skeleton.

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Which is controlled by
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Rumors about a strange dancing skeleton
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The emperor summoned Kami to the court
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Hey Kami, listen up !

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His Majesty ordered you to perform
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Aye-aye !

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Hey Kami !

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I heard that you can
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So perform for me !

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I'll reward you generously.

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Your wish is my command.

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Hey Shimo, wake up and dance !

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Why don't you dance anymore ?

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Please !

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Why are you like that ?
I'm begging you !

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Now you won't obey me ?

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Take it !

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Kami !

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You're a heartless man.

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Your wrongdoing don't deserve to receive
the tolerance of both heaven and earth.

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Your Majesty !

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I am Shimo, who was
murdered by this guy Kami.

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And then he stole all my money.

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I beg you to punish him, Sire !

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So this Kami is a backstabber.

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Suck a greedy and cruel monster !

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Please a mercy, Sire !

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Your crime should not be forgiven !

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Guards, take him and behead him !

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My goodness, please spare my life !

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I'm very thankful, Your Majesty !

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<b>THE END</b>
© Varhiv 2024

Mykola Hohol's works are endless inspiration for Vietnamese writers in the 1980s, a time when Vietnam's politics - economy - society were in serious crisis. There is a novel that I really like : Land of Many People and Many Ghosts (Mảnh đất lắm người nhiều ma). Later, it was made into telefilm Land and People (Đất và người), which is also a film that I often rewatch to reflect on. The novel and film both try to show the context of rural Vietnam in the late 1980s, when the government eliminated subsidies and began dividing fields among farmers. Previously, due to pressure from the Soviet Union and the PR of China, fields and land are owned by the state, however everyone understands that the state is a very vague concept, there is even this proverb : Everybody's business is nobody's business (cha chung không ai khóc, "if a man has many children, then when he dies, they will not cry"). Vietnam's agriculture is inherently backward, and the territory is small with an overcrowded population, so the fields become a breeding ground for grass and insects, while farmers are still hungry and poor. The policy of dividing fields thus caused Vietnam to escape hunger in just two years and begin exporting rice - a commodity that previously had to depend on aid from the Soviet Union and a few other Eastern European countries. However, it continued to "give birth" another problem : Some persons with a high ownership mindset will seek to buy fields from men with low educational levels. This problem may be normal in America and Europe, where the land is very large and fertile, but it would be unstable in a territory so small as Northern Vietnam (its total area is only equal to Moskva oblast or Cyprus) but the population always grows too fast. When there are many fields, of course landlords will exert local political influence and make the country's politics become increasingly stagnant. Please note that these landlords basically only have primary or secondary education, they are actually still farmers in thinking, so their politics are tricks to gain benefits, not to make the country strong. That is why the communist government of Vietnam has applied very bloody punishments to all forms of secession like this. Actually, both sides are wrong, so Vietnam is still very slow in developing science and knowledge.

Therefore, the story of The Terrible Vengeance made me quickly understand the issues that Hohol wanted to talk about the condition of the Ukrainian nations in the 19th century. Film The Dancing Skeleton was also made in a similar Vietnamese social context, when fluctuations in world politics had quite complicated effects on the situation in Vietnam.

Birubir seems to be a professional translator, because he provides mostly Soviet and Russian films of high artistic quality, while the animation side is small but all of them are award-winning films (for example: A Story of a Crime). Therefore, it would be a pity if he is no longer in this world.

Lev Milchin's first (or second?) film. I think the only thing of interest here is the piggy bank itself, which is a funny and well-done character. But nothing else seems to not have much personality...

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I'm not sure about the other one, but for this one, I went with the names that were in the subtitles themselves - it seems that Boris Bulgakov did the Russian transcription, and Alec Vagapov the English translation. Maybe one of those is birubir's real name. Note that birubir was the one who uploaded the subtitles (both ru and en) to subtitry.ru in Feb 2009. If he'd wanted to change the names, he could have.

However, I watched this film at a film festival when it came out, and I remember that the English subtitles were quite good - I think the translation was the same as the one here. So possibly these very subs are the official ones.

I still think that the subtitles of Soldier Fedot (both movie and cartoon) and Film-Film-Film are Birubir's works. He was the first person to put Russian films with English subtitles on the Internet and virtually "dominated" it within a few years.

There was also a 1954 adaptation.

The plot points are almost the same, but here they are condensed into a shorter (more child-friendly) running time. The 1950s version used rotoscoping and had a dry sense of humour, while in this version a lot of attention is paid to the art direction and scene composition, and they are quite wonderful and memorable (it reminds me of the Hungarian animated feature "Son of the White Mare", or even of Valeriy Ugarov's Music Box with a Secret).

Koschei is much more of a presence in the 1950s version, while here he doesn't even appear. Actually, the art design for his kingdom at the end of the film seems rather rushed.

The music is excellent in both, though I might prefer this one.

Overall, both are quite good, and reflective of the best tendencies in the Soviet animation industry of their respective eras.