Peter and the Wolf

Duration: 14 min.

Year Published: 1946

Creator: WDISNEY

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses animation to illustrate the symphonic fairy tale about a Russian boy who captures a wolf. Narrated by Sterling Holloway., When Peter and the Wolf scored a smash hit with American concert goers before World War II, Prokofieff was insistent that Disney make a film version of his symphonic legend. In this animated adaptation, Peter sets out to capture the wolf but is held back by his grandfather. Characters in the story are represented by pictures and sounds of the various instruments in the orchestra - Peter by the string quartet, the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet, the grandfather by a bassoon, the hunters by kettledrums.

Complete Record: , When Peter and the Wolf scored a smash hit with American concert goers before World War II, Prokofieff was insistent that Disney make a film version of his symphonic legend. In this animated adaptation, Peter sets out to capture the wolf but is held back by his grandfather. Characters in the story are represented by pictures and sounds of the various instruments in the orchestra - Peter by the string quartet, the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet, the grandfather by a bassoon, the hunters by kettledrums. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.