The Orange Neck

Overview

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 Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Vladimir Polkovnikov

Top cast

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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