Leopold the Cat

Leopold the Cat (Russian: Кот Леопольд, Kot Leopold) is a Soviet animated short film series about a good-natured and prudent cat, Leopold. Leopold always wears a bow tie even when swimming. Throughout the series, he has to deal with two mischievous mice, Grey and White (Mitya and Motya according to an early script version, but the cartoons themselves mention no names). The animation was produced at T/O Ekran in 1975 – 1987 and its runtime is 87 min (10 episodes). As of 1987, there were 11 episodes in total. Eventually, in 1995, most of the episodes were released on DVD.

It was directed by Anatoly Reznikov (Russian: Анатолий Резников), and the screenplay was written by Arkady Khait. Boris Savelyev wrote the music. The operators were by Ernst Gaman (1975, 1981), Igor Shkamarda (1982), and Vladimir Milovanov (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986). Nelli Kudrina was the sound engineer. The character's unusual name came from the antagonist of the movie The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers named Colonel Leopold Sergeyevich Kudasov.^[1]

Leopold's catchphrase is "Guys, let's all get along" (Russian: Ребята, давайте жить дружно). The catchphrases of the two mice are "Come out, Leopold!" (Russian: Выходи, Леопольд!) by the one and "Come out, you foul coward!" (Russian: Выходи, подлый трус!) by the second. First two seriyes "Reveng of Leopold the Cat" and "Leopold and the Golfish" were created practically in 1981-1975 parallel, and with help shifting technique: heroes and decorations were created on cut-out pieces of paper that were shifted under glass. Premiere of first seriya took place - in 1981, and premiere of second - in 1975. Further seriyes were realized with the help of hand-drawn animation.

In the first seriya "Reveng of Leopold the Cat" all the roles were voiced by actor Andrey Mironov. Him wanted to invite him for a second series ("Leopold and the GoldFish"), but actor was fell ill, and all 4 heroes, include Goldfish spoke voice of Gennady Hazanov. From the third ("Treasure of Cat Leopold") to the eleventh ("Car of Cat Leopold") all the roles were voiced by Alexander Kalyagin. (Besides from eighth "Interview with Cat Leopold", where Mironov's voice was heard again).

Voice cast

• Andrei Mironov voiced white mouse / grey mouse / Cat Leopold / Doctor in episodes 1 and 8
• Gennady Khazanov voiced characters: Cat Leopold / Golden Fish / Grey mouse / White mouse in episode 2
• Alexander Kalyagin voiced all characters in episodes 3–7 and 9-11

Episodes

1. 1975 — Leopold Cat's Revenge / Месть кота Леопольда
2. 1975 — Leopold and the Golden Fish / Леопольд и золотая рыбка
3. 1981 — Cat Leopold's Treasure / Клад кота Леопольда
4. 1981 — Leopold's TV / Телевизор кота Леопольда
5. 1982 — Leopold Goes for a Walk / Прогулка кота Леопольда
6. 1982 — Birthday of Leopold the Cat / День рождения кота Леопольда
7. 1983 — Leopold's Summer / Лето кота Леопольда
8. 1984 — Interview with Leopold the Cat / Интервью с котом Лепольдом
9. 1984 — Leopold the Cat in a Dream and in Reality / Кот Леопольд во сне и наяву
10. 1986 — Leopold the Cat's Polyclinic / Поликлиника кота Леопольда
11. 1987 — Leopold's Automobile / Автомобиль кота Леопольда

See also

• Leopold Mozart, the most common cultural reference in history for Russians

References

External links

• Leopold the Cat at IMDb
• Leopold the Cat at Animator.ru
• Leopold the Cat at Animatsiya.net (subtitled in English)

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