Adventures of Mowgli
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Adventures of Mowgli (Russian: Маугли; 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.[1]
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Directed by | Roman Davydov |
Written by | Leonid Belokurov Rudyard Kipling (story) Ian James Corlett and Terry Klassen (English version) |
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Edited by | Lyubov Georgiyeva |
Music by | Sofia Gubaidulina |
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Release dates | 1967–1971 (Soviet Union) July 31, 1973 (combined) (Soviet Union) |
Running time | 20 minutes x 5 96 min 92 minutes (United States) 98 minutes (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, India, Thailand) 100 minutes (Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany) |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
An English-language version made jointly by Soyuzmultfilm (Russia) and Cyrillic Films (U.S.) was completed in 1996 and released direct-to-video on April 28, 1998 under the name Adventures of Mowgli.[2] Charlton Heston is the narrator in the English version. Proceeds from the U.S. release were donated to The Audrey Hepburn Hollywood for Children Fund.