Adventures of Mowgli
Adventures of Mowgli (; 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.
Plot
The story starts with a golden jackal named Tabaqui walking towards his master, the dreaded tiger known as Shere Khan, who stretches himself and then walks to the spot of a camp with Tabaqui guiding him. Out of cruelty and hatred, Shere Khan leaps towards the campsite. Whilst doing so, he accidentally burns his right forepaw, forcing a young child, Mowgli, to wander into a wolf cave in the jungle. At that point, Shere Khan (accompanied by his servant Tabaqui) appears at the entrance and, unable to pass through the cave's aperture with his massive body, demands that the wolves give him his prey, but the wolf mother, Raksha refuses and drives him away. He taunts them and says that the wolf pack will decide as he skulks away, angered by her defiance. Meanwhile, Tabaqui runs around the whole jungle and tells all the animals that a wolf pack has adopted a human.
More details
author | Leonid Belokurov |
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contentLocation | Lost city |
director | Roman Davydov |
editor | Lyubov Georgiyeva |
events | feral child |
genre | adventure animation |
keywords | abandon adopt akela asian black bear asian elephant attack bagheera baloo bandar-log bee bengal tiger big cat brahminy kite buffalo herd bumble cave in city ruin dhole drive fire fly force gather golden jackal hatred hunter indian cobra indian leopard indian rock python jump kaa kill kite flying lone wolf morning after mowgli raksha red flower river run shere khan sleep tabaqui than the tiger wait walk waterfall white-chested bear wolf pack wound young man |
musicBy | Sofiä Ğobäydullinä |
productionCompany | Soyuzmultfilm |
theme | animated coming-of-age |