The Orange Neck

The Orange Neck

1954 · 20 min · ★ 5.0 · Animation

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she brings twenty-four chicks to a meeting of partridges, and she is chosen as the main chicken.

Directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov · Written by Vitalii Bianki

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Mariya Babanova The Lark (voice)
Georgiy Vitsin Podkovkin (voice)
Irina Gosheva The Orange Neck (voice)
Yuri Medvedev Brovkin (voice)
Valentina Telegina The Senior Chicken (voice)
Galina Novozhilova The Blue Spout (voice)

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