Peter & the Wolf

Peter & the Wolf (2006)

Boys like Peter are not afraid of wolves...

Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather, his only friend a duck. In town, he's bullied. When a wolf menaces the duck - as well as grandfather's fat cat and an ill-flying bird that Peter has befriended - Peter bravely tries to tree the wolf. Grandfather, the townspeople, and the hunters who have antagonized Peter figure in the dénouement.

Date of release
2006-09-23
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (112)
Runtime
32m
Genres
Animation, Family, Music
Director
Suzie Templeton

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Peter and the Wolf
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 2. Including: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film; Annecy Cristal for a Short Film

Peter & the Wolf is a stop-motion animated short film written and directed by Suzie Templeton. An international co-production film between Norway, Poland and United Kingdom, it was made in Se-ma-for Studios in Łódź and has been shown in cinemas; the film has no dialogue but sometimes with live musical accompaniment.

Production and distribution

Peter & the Wolf was a multinational production. The main producers were UK production company BreakThru Films, and the co-producers were Se-ma-for Studios in Łódź, Poland and Storm Studios, based in Oslo, Norway. Additionally TV UNAM (XHUNAM-TV Mexico) and ArchAngel SA (Switzerland) participated in its production. All of the puppet animation was completed in Łódź with a mainly Polish crew and scenography by Marek Skrobecki.

The film is based on the story of Peter and the Wolf as set to the music Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Unlike the usual version of Prokofiev's work, the film has no narrator but relies on music and images to tell the story. A new recording of Prokofiev's music was made to accompany the cinema and television release. The recording was made by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Mark Stephenson.

The film was made at Se-ma-for Studios in Łódź, Poland, between February and August 2006. Digital post production was done at Storm Studios in Oslo, Norway. The live premiere was held on 29 September 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

The film received its North American premiere on 25 July 2007 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. This was a live performance accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra with an audience of approximately 9,000 people. The film was broadcast in the U.S. on PBS's Great Performances series on 26 March 2008.

In January 2009, the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland presented the film with live orchestral accompaniment to a packed house at the Helix in Dublin. The reaction from the audience was ecstatic.

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