Little Straw Bull

Animated adaptation of a Ukrainian folk tale. Forest thieves — a bear cub, a hare, and a fox — keep sneaking onto a grandfather’s homestead, causing trouble for him and his granddaughter. To teach the little bandits a lesson, the grandfather builds a straw bull and covers its sides with tar. He sets the bull out on a clearing. The curious thieves gather around the strange creature, and one by one get stuck to its sticky, tar-covered sides…

• Release date
• March 23, 1954
• Runtime
• 11 min
• Genres
• Animation
• Director
• Olga Khodatayeva

Cast

Mariya Vinogradova The Hare (voice) Yuri Khrzhanovsky The Bear Cub (voice) Erast Garin The Old Man (voice) Galina Novozhilova The Granddaughter / The Fox (voice)