At the Pike's Behest

Film-Concert. The program includes scenes from plays, ballets, and operas; folk songs and romances; B. Eder with a group of trained lions; S. Obraztsov's puppet theater; and dances by soloists of the I. Moiseyev Ensemble. The host is Nikolai Cherkasov.

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in Paradise. They lived well in Paradise, but that was boring. All birds, bees have children, but they do not, because they are sinless. So, they ate the forbidden apple, and God expelled them from Paradise. What if Adam and Eve had not tasted the forbidden fruit, if they had been afraid of God’s wrath?!

At a concert, star tenor Obozhaev hasn’t yet arrived to the theater. Realizing his own greatness, Obozhaev prepares for the concert, but a lost cuff link and a cat cause problems.

The somewhat brash compère Eduard Aplombov announces the concert numbers, punctuating them with witty remarks. This parodic and satirical show features singers, dancers, musicians, circus trainers, and magicians who will captivate you with their charm and charisma.

An enthralling film about the life of emperor penguins in the South Pole. Narrated by Sergey Obraztsov, the head of the Moscow Puppet Theater.

The girl Zina and the boy Kolya mistreated toys. Offended toys fled to the doll country. The children gave chase. Reduced by the sorceress Mouse, they ended up in a wonderful land of dolls. By the verdict of Santa Claus, the children were turned into dolls and experienced all the troubles of toys that fell into the hands of careless children. Zina and Kolya reconciled with their toys and the Mouse returned them to their former appearance.

Old Master Carlo carved himself a wooden boy, dressed him, taught him to walk, and the very next day sent the boy to school to learn. But Buratino chose to trade studying for going to the theater. He sold his alphabet book for 30 soldi and bought a ticket to the performance. And so all the exciting adventures of Buratino begin…

The performance staged by the GAZTK Obraztsova.

One fine morning, a handsome and dexterous Lion Cub realized that he did not have a "true friend." How can a clumsy and fat Hippopotamus Borya be a true friend? No! Only the "Mysterious Hippopotamus" can become the most. Upon learning about this, the Lion Cub, allowing the clumsy Hippopotamus to accompany him, went in search of a Hippopotamus. He had to experience many different adventures. And every time his ordinary friend, the Hippopotamus Borya, came to the rescue.

A funny puppet show about the family of the righteous Noah and disagreements while traveling on the ark.

A fairy-tale staged as a puppet show about little rabbits who overcome their fear with the help of a magic galosh that was lost by an absent-minded hunter.

A musical puppet show with adventures about one day in the life of a cheerful rabbit family. About a sly Fox and a clever Rabbit teacher. About schoolwork and what can happen on the way to school and how to behave so as not to get into unpleasant situations.

A soldier was walking along the road. Years of service are behind us, and the unknown lies ahead. The soldier met a witch who asked him to get a flintlock for himself from the hollow of an old tree, and for the soldier himself as much money as he could carry. But this is just the beginning of a fascinating story. The soldier will outsmart the witch, manage to get rich, and go broke, and kiss the princess, and get into the dungeon. Based on the fairy tale "The Flintlock" by Hans Christian Andersen.