The story of the Bremen Town Musicians was retold in the Soviet cartoon of the 60s. The names of the characters did not change, but their characters began to correspond to the images from popular magazines or Russian artists. The name of the Bremen Town Musicians and their prototypes is now reliably known.
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Troubadour. This is the main character of the famous fairy tale. He is distinguished by courage, perseverance and lack of gloom. The troubadour throughout the film tries to reunite with the royal daughter. Its prototype was a certain dude from a fashion magazine. In 1969, when the cartoon came out, the image of a young man flared
trousers and hairstyle, like all Beatles, was the most suitable. Voiced by musician Oleg Anofriev. He sang most of his parts.
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Donkey. The name of the Bremen musician does not reflect his personality traits. The donkey did not have a nickname other than the designation of an equine animal. However, in the cartoon, he proved himself to be a bright and creative rock performer. Its prototype was the famous singer and musician Alexander Gradsky. His genius as the master of the stage was expressed in the episode with a concert at the court of the king. A lullaby cover was demonstrated there.
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Cock. The name of the character also matches the name of the bird. He did not have a creative prototype, and he himself proved to be a silent hero, only occasionally behaving actively. But if the heroes got into trouble, the Rooster always helped them out, using the ability to fly and cunning.
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Cat. The hero of the Cat from Bremen, who was called in the cartoon and the book, is somewhat reminiscent of the Soviet animation of the Cat in Boots. He is also assertive and cheerful. You can immediately see from him that he is a tramp who can stand up for himself. This is a bright and memorable character.
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Dog. A few Bremen musicians were called in a special way. The dog also did not have a nickname. He was the saddest cartoon character. But despite the depressing events of his life, he found loyal friends and associates with whom he was not so sad. This hero masterfully plays the guitar throughout the entire animation picture.
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In addition to the musicians themselves, there were other characters whose real-life people became prototypes. So, the Princess resembled the wife of the poet Yuri Entin, both in appearance and in character. Her dress was chosen according to the fashion model from the fashion magazine. And the three robbers corresponded to Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov. Their characters are so consistent with Coward, Dunce and Experienced, that the similarity had no doubt.
The authors of the cartoon had an idea to give nicknames to all animals from stray musicians. But soon they abandoned this venture, simply making the names of animals their own names.
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