Nu, pogodi!
A promotional frame for episode #19 From left to right: Hare and Wolf.
Format	Animated short subject
Created by	Feliks Kamov Arkadi Khajt Aleksandr Kurlyandsky
Directed by	Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin Vladimir Tarasov Alexey Kotyonochkin
Country of origin	Soviet Union  Russia
Language(s)	Russian
No. of episodes	20 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	10 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original run	January 1, 1969 – Present
External links
IMDb profile

Nu, pogodi! (Russian: Ну, погоди!, Well, Just You Wait! [1] or You Just Wait! [2]) is a Soviet/Russian animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. The series was created in 1969 and became a popular cartoon of the Soviet Union. Additional episodes have been produced in Russia since 1993. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Nu, pogodi! (Russian: , Well, Just You Wait! [1] or You Just Wait! [2]) is a Soviet/Russian animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Soviet redirects here. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Winnie-the-Pooh by Soyuzmultfilm The Studio Soyuzmultfilm () is the most important Soviet animation film studio, founded in 1935 under the name of Soyuzdetmultfilm. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

The series follows the comical adventures of an artistic and mischievous wolf trying to catch (and presumably eat) the hare. The series usually takes place in Moscow, but other episodes have been set in other places in the Soviet Union and beyond (an example would be an "exotic island" in Episode #17). Like Tom and Jerry, the series has additional characters that usually either help the hare or interfere with the wolf's plans. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... For other uses, see Hare (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tom and Jerry (disambiguation). ...

Characters

Wolf (Volk)

Wolf from Episode #5.

The Wolf, (Russian: Волк, Volk) is initially portrayed as a hooligan who eagerly turns to vandalism, abuses minors, breaks laws and is a heavy smoker. Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure, a symbol or anything else that goes against the will of the owner/governing body. ... Abuser redirects here. ... In law, the term minor (also infant or infancy) is used to refer to a person who is under the age in which one legally assumes adulthood and is legally granted rights afforded to adults in society. ... For other uses, see Crime (disambiguation). ... For the food preparation, see Smoking (cooking). ...

On the other hand, many of Wolf's attempts to catch Hare are often characterized by uncanny abilities on his part (including figure skating, ballet and waltzing) which demonstrate his more refined side. Wolf can also play the guitar very well and ride the powerful rocker motorbike, making his character more sophisticated than a normal hooligan. Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... For other uses, see Ballet (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Waltz (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... The definitive Wild One. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...

In the first episode, while climbing a high building to catch Hare, Wolf whistles the popular mountaineer song, "Song of a Friend" (the signature song of Vladimir Vysotsky). In spite of these talents, most of Wolf's schemes eventually fail or turn against him. The character was originally voiced by Anatoli Papanov. An open crevasse. ... For other uses, see Vysotsky. ... Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Papanov (Russian: ; 31 October 1922 in Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast, Russia - 7 August 1987 in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian actor. ...

Hare (Zayats)

The Hare (Russian: Заяц, Zayats) is portrayed as a supposedly positive hero. He gets much less screen time and is less developed than Volk—most of his actions are simply reactions to Volk's schemes. Therefore, the sympathies of some spectators are on the side of Wolf, (compare to the premise of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner where the sympathy of the viewers also lies with the "villain"). Only in the latest releases does Hare become more active, several times even saving the Wolf. The character was originally voiced by Klara Rumyanova. For other uses, see Hare (disambiguation). ... Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as The Coyote) and the Road Runner are cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, created by Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Brothers. ... Klara Rumyanova (December 8, 1929—September 18, 2004) was a Russian actress and singer. ...

Other characters

The story also features supporting cast of animal characters, the most common of which is the physically strong and heavy Hippopotamus (Russian: Бегемот, Begemot), who participates in various roles (i.e., a police officer, museum caretaker, shop keeper, passer-by, etc.) and whom Wolf usually annoys and has to run away from. In Episode #5 (1972), Hare finds Wolf hidden among melons (Wolf's cap camouflages him in the scene). Hare recommends to the passing Hippopotamus, who's also looking to buy melons, the one which is actually Wolf's head. Hippopotamus squeezes Wolf's head to test the ripeness of the "watermelon", and inadvertently forces him out of hiding. The episode ends with Wolf (on a washbowl) sliding down the Moscow Metro and slamming head-on into Hippopotamus. Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758[2] Range map[1] The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, hippos meaning horse and potamos meaning river), often shortened to hippo, is a large, mostly plant-eating African mammal, one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other being the Pygmy... This article is about protective camouflage used to disguise people, animals, or military targets. ... Moscow Metro (Russian: ), which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is one of the worlds most heavily used metro systems. ...

Another persistent character is the Cat (Russian: Кот, Kot), who is a specialist in magic and appears in several stage performances throughout the series. Cat is shown to be a good magician, but very self-absorbed and highly sensitive to applause. In Episode #9 (1976), Cat traps Wolf in his levitation act (which saves Hare from being caught) He drops Wolf twice in his act to acknowledge and accept the applause from Hare. Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ... “Illusionist” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Levitation (disambiguation). ...

Other animals are shown in the series, including bears, red foxes, elephants and pigs. For other uses, see Bear (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Red Fox (disambiguation). ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ...

Background

Since the 1990s, when the fall of the Iron Curtain allowed better exchange of films, both Russian and Western audiences have noted similarities between Nu, Pogodi! and American cartoons, the most noticeable being Tom and Jerry. The director has admitted that he was learning from Disney animated films which were brought into the USSR from Germany immediately after World War II), particularly Bambi. However, he did not see a Tom & Jerry episode until his son bought a VCR in 1987.^[1] Thematically, Nu, Pogodi! places greater emphasis on real-life situations and locations. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ... For other uses, see Tom and Jerry (disambiguation). ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Bambi is a 1942 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942. ...

A scene from Episode #1.

There are very few spoken lines in the series, which can describe the series as an "International Cartoon." The most common line is "Nu, pogodi!" (Well, just you wait!). This is recited by Wolf when his plans fail. The series' trademark is that at the end of each episode (and at the end of the pre-title introduction), Wolf recites "Nu, Zayats, pogodi!" (Well, Hare, you just wait!). The series also includes many grunts, laughs and songs. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Many action sequences of the cartoon are choreographed to fit various recognizable tunes, from classical music to pop hits, with tunes selected to match the action. Sometimes the words of the songs are modified or altogether substituted to correspond to the action. Originally, the cult Russian singer/actor Vladimir Vysotsky was cast for the voice of Wolf, but the studio did not get the approval they needed from a Soviet state organization to use him. However, some homage to Vysotsky remains, as in the opening episode, Wolf is whistling his "Song of a Friend". For other uses, see Vysotsky. ...

The series was put on hold after the death of Anatoli Papanov (voice of Wolf). The 1993 episodes used samples of his voice recorded earlier (the studio had archived all outtakes of his work for the series). It featured a lot of product placement (the most noted being Nokia) and was sponsored by AMT. Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Papanov (Russian: ; 31 October 1922 in Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast, Russia - 7 August 1987 in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian actor. ... Wikibooks [[wikibooks:|]] has more about this subject: Marketing Product placement advertisements are promotional ads placed by marketers using real commercial products and services in media, where the presence of a particular brand is the result of an economic exchange. ... This article is about the telecommunications corporation. ... AMT or amt, a three-letter abbreviation, may refer to: An abbreviation of the word amount. The Agence métropolitaine de transport, a public transportation organization Montreal Amt, an administrative unit in several European countries Anxiety Management Training a form of treatment for anxiety. ...

The 2005 series were voiced by Igor Khristenko (Wolf) and Olga Zvereva (Hare) and were done by the Christmas Films studio. They were directed by Aleksey Kotyonochkin (son of deceased original director Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin). The script was written by Felix Kandel [3] and Alexander Kurlyandsky, two of the original writers. For two years, they were largely unavailable to the public and were only shown at certain film festivals. However, in late December 2007 a DVD was finally released in Russia which contained the two films, as well as a making-of film and comics drawn by Aleksey Kotyonochkin. As of now, it is available only in the supermarket chains Petyorochka and Perekryostok. [4]

Critical and popular reception

A USSR stamp from 1988, depicting Nu, Pogodi!

The series was, for many years, hugely popular among the Soviet public, and it is popular in Russia to this day. The critical reaction of the director's colleagues was less favourable. The director's son Alexei Kotyonochkin recalls how, although nobody said it to his father outright, the animators and directors of Soyuzmultfilm generally considered Nu, Pogodi! to be of low class. For his part, Vyacheslav Kotyonichkin was not a follower of auteur films (many of which were being made at the studio at the time), and considered them to be examples of someone needlessly showing off. Soviet redirects here. ... Winnie-the-Pooh by Soyuzmultfilm The Studio Soyuzmultfilm () is the most important Soviet animation film studio, founded in 1935 under the name of Soyuzdetmultfilm. ... The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers or writers) who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable vision, because they (a) repeatedly return to the same subject matter, (b) habitually address a particular psychological or moral theme, (c) employ a recurring...

Kotyonochkin disliked subtext and tried to create very simple, straightforward scenarios. The main idea of the series was simple and "Western"; don't hurt the little guy or you will yourself get into a foolish situation. Because the series was so popular, however, it was often a subject for critical discussion. Soviet critics saw many different subtexts: for example that the films were supportive of the gay cause (because Wolf occasionally gives Hare flowers as a sign of goodwill), or that they represented the struggle between the intelligentsia and the working class (with the Wolf representing the working class and the Hare the intelligentsia). Alexei Kotyonochkin dismisses these interpretations as groundless.^[1] The notion of an intellectual elite as a distinguished social stratum can be traced far back in history. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...

List of episodes

A scene from Episode #7.

The episodes of Nu, pogodi! were not named but rather numbered. Each episode has a different setting. Release dates are in parentheses: Image File history File links Screenshot of one of the earlier series of Wolf and Rabbit, one of the most successful Soviet TV animation series, running from 1969 to 1980. ...

1. City and beach (1969)
2. Fairground at Night (1970)
3. Road (1971)
4. Stadium (1971)
5. City (1972)
6. Countryside (1973)
7. Sea voyage (1973)
8. New Year celebration (1974)
9. Television studio (1976)
10. At a construction site (1976)
11. Circus (1977)
12. Museum (1978)
13. Olympic games (1980)
14. Children's extra-scholar activities centre (1984)
15. The house of Culture (1985)
16. In the world of Russian folk tales (1986)
    
    
17. Exotic land on island (1993, released in 1994)
18. Supermarket (1993, released in 1995)
    
    
19. Beach (2005)
20. Dacha community (2005)

Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ...

Cast and crew

Directors

• Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin − 1-16
• Vladimir Tarasov − 17 and 18
• Alexey Kotyonochkin − 19,20

Screenplay

• Felix Kandel (alias Felix Kamov) − 1-7 and 19, 20
• Arkady Khait − 1-17
• Alekxander Kurlyandsky − all

Main animators - character development

• Svyatozar Rusakov − 1-16
• Alexey Kotyonochkin − 17 and 18
• Svetlana Davidova − 19

Voices

• Anatoli Papanov (Wolf) − 1-18
• Klara Rumyanova (Hare) − 1-18
• Igor Khristenko (Wolf) − 19
• Olga Zvereva (Hare) − 19
• Gennady Hazanov (Announcer) − 9
• Vladimir Soshalski (Hippopotamus) − 15

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Camera

• Yelena Pietrova − 1-6
• N. Klimova − 7
• Svetlana Koscieieva − 8-14
• Alexander Chekhovski − 15 and 16
• L. Krutovskaja − 17 and 18

Sound directors:

• George Martyniuk − 1-10
• Vladimir Kutuzov − 11-18

Editors

• Tatyana Sazonova − 1-7
• Margarita Micheeva − 8-18

Animators

• Viktor Arsentev − 1-15
• Oleg Komarov − 1-13
• Viktor Likchacev − 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15
• Oleg Safronov − 1, 2, 9, 10, 14 and 15
• Vladimir Krumin − 1, 5, 10, 11, 13 and 14
• Fedor Eldinov − 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15 and 16
• Vladimir Zarubin − 2, 4 and 9
• Leonid Kayukov − 2, 5 and 7
• Valery Ugarov − 3, 8 and 16
• Sergey Dezhkin − 3
• Youry Butyrin − 3, 4, 8 and 9
• Vladimir Arbekov − 8, 12 and 17
• Alexander Panov − 7
• Alexey Bukin − 8
• Alexander Davydov − 10, 13 and 17
• Alexander Dorogov − 14-16
• Nikolai Fedorov − 12
• Alexander Mazaev − 15 and 16
• Sergey Avramov − 14
• Olga Orlova − 16

References

1. ^ ^{a b} КАПКОВ, СЕРГЕЙ. Алексей Котеночкин: "Отец никогда не делал фильмов с фигой в кармане". "Газета" №109 от 2007-06-20г

See also

• History of Russian animation

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External links

• DVD on www.RussianMegaStore.com
• Nu, pogodi! at the Internet Movie Database
• Nu-Pogodi.net! Polish Site For Nu, Pogodi!

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