Peter and the wolf

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1981

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Features Prokofiev's musical introduction to the orchestra in a turn-of-the-century American setting. Uses real people and real animals to tell the classic folk tale of the boy who captures a wolf. Narrated by Ray Bolger.

Complete Record: Sergei Prokofiev's musical story of how Peter managed to catch a wolf in the forest is told again by Ray Bolger, as he finds a real orchestra playing amongst the trees and the story unfolds in live action. The musical motifs identified with each animal fit the score designed by Prokofiev.

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Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, New York Public Library, Oddball Film and Video

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