The Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2

The Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2 (1980)

Жизнь и приключения четырёх друзей 1/2

About the life and adventures of four animal friends. The owner of the animals, a forest ranger, is training three dogs to be friends with a cat. Episode 1 - Bosom enemies, Episode 2 - Beginning of the journey

Date of release
1980-04-27
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Comedy, Family, TV Movie
Director
Oleg Eryshev

Casting

Interesting facts

Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 1/2 is a 1981 Soviet children's movie about three smart dogs and one cat who eventually become friends and help people. The film is set in Russia. Adapted from the story of the same name by Yusef Printsev and directed by Oleg Yeryshev. The first episode runs 63 minutes, and has two parts: 1. Zakadychnye vragi, and 2. Nachalo puti. This film is a prequel to Life and Adventures of Four Friends 3/4, released later in 1981. Both films were re-edited in 1994, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and released on VHS and DVD, becoming a popular family entertainment for all ages.

Production

Filming locations: Lentelefilm studios, Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Five additional animal trainers took part in filming.

Three dogs and one cat were selected for filming after auditioning hundreds of dogs and cats with their owners.

Dogs and cat "improvised" a lot before the camera, so many takes were made for each scene before getting good results for congruent editing.

Dogs and cat made some unexpected moves during the filming, so the writer, Yusef Printsev, had to create additional lines for human actors and for translator of the animals' thoughts (Lev Lemke).

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