{"product_id":"treasure-of-soviet-animation-vol-4-wholesale","title":"TREASURE OF SOVIET ANIMATION VOL 4 (WHOLESALE)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTreasures of Soviet Animation Vol. 4: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoman Davydov’s THE ADVENTURES OF MOWGLI\u003c\/strong\u003e (MAUGLI) - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1967-1971, Soyuzmultfilm, 90 min.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e installment in our series of newly restored gems from the Soyuzmultfilm studio features one of the most visually stunning animated films ever made in Russia, or anywhere.  Director \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoman Davydov’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e utterly glorious adaptation of Kipling’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was originally released as 5 separate short films between 1967 – 1971 titled “Raksha,” “The Kidnapping,” “Akela’s Last Hunt,” “The Fight” and “Return To Mankind,” and then combined into a single feature.  Frankly, this puts the better-known Disney version to shame with its phenomenal colors and highly stylized designs:  enormous ebony-black elephants thunder in the darkness, monkeys chitter with glowing green eyes at a row of stunning death's-head cobras, and a splendid, bejeweled peacock spreads its feathers like an emerald and ruby crown.  (Episode 1 of MOWGLI was actually released in 1967 just \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebefore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Disney’s feature version.)  There are numerous other differences as well:  here, Bagheera is a lithe female panther (voiced by famed Russian actress Lyudmila Kasatkina); Baloo, an Asiatic black bear (voiced by Stepan Bubnov); Tabaqui, the cowardly minion to tiger Shere Khan (voiced by Anatoliy Papanov) is a golden jackal as in the original story.  The astonishing climax with Mowgli and his wolf pack facing off in a ferocious battle against a horde of wild dogs, is one of the viscerally thrilling animated sequences ever put on film.  Newly restored by Craig Rogers for Deaf Crocodile.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Russian with English subtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew cover artwork by Haleigh Buck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e60-pg. 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