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Director
  
Clyde Geronimi

Music director
  
Edward H. Plumb

Country
  
USA

8/10
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86%
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Genre
  
Animation, Short, Family

Story by
  
Sergei Prokofiev

Duration
  

Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) movie poster
Cast
  
Sterling Holloway

Release date
  
August 15, 1946 (1946-08-15) (USA)

Based on
  
Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev

Writer
  
Eric Gurney, Dick Huemer, Sergei Prokofiev (libretto)

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Disney Make Mine Music - Peter and the Wolf


Peter and the Wolf is an 1946 animated short based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney and narrated by Sterling Holloway. It was originally released theatrically as a segment in Make Mine Music. It was re-issued the following year accompanying a re-issue of Fantasia (as a short subject before the film), then released separately on home video in the 1990s. Notable for that era, this film offers a rather positive view of Russians, and the Russian language features prominently.

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Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) movie scenes

Disney's animated adaptation of Prokofiev's masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument. Young Peter decides to go hunting for the wolf that's been prowling around the village. Along the way, he is joined by his friends the bird, the duck and the cat. All the fun comes to end, however, when the wolf makes an appearance. Will Peter and his friends live to tell of their adventures?

Plot

Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) movie scenes The most famous scene from Make Mine Music is clearly Peter and the Wolf Narrated by Sterling Holloway fancy seeing you again the scene starts with an

Disneys animated adaptation of Prokofievs masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument. Young Peter decides to go hunting for the wolf thats been prowling around the village. Along the way, he is joined by his friends the bird, the duck and the cat.

Differences from the Original

This version makes several changes to the original story, for example:

  • During the character introduction, the animals are given names: "Sasha" the bird, "Sonia" the duck, and "Ivan" the cat.
  • As the cartoon begins, Peter and his friends already know there is a wolf nearby, and are preparing to catch him.
  • The hunters get names at a later point in the story: "Misha", "Yasha" and "Vladimir".
  • Peter day-dreams of hunting and catching the wolf and exits the garden carrying a wooden "pop-gun" rifle with the purpose of hunting the wolf down.
  • At the end, in a complete reversal of the original (and to make the story more child-friendly), it turns out that the duck has not been eaten by the wolf. (The wolf is shown chasing the duck, who hides in an old trees hollow trunk. The wolf attacks out of view, and returns in view with some of the ducks feathers in his mouth and licking his jaws in visible satisfaction. Peter, the cat, and the bird assume the duck has been eaten. After the wolf has been caught, the bird is shown mourning the duck. The duck comes out of the tree trunk at that point and they are happily reunited).

    • In Other Media

    In Belles Tales of Friendship, the Disney version of Peter and the Wolf is featured and narrated by Belle instead of Sterling Holloway.

    This version of Peter and the Wolf was featured in House of Mouse and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and an audio recording of this version with expanded narration by Sterling Holloway was released on Disneyland Records (DQ-1242).

    References

    Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) Wikipedia
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    Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) Rotten TomatoesPeter and the Wolf (1946 film) IMDb Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) themoviedb.org