The Tale of the Fox

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The Tale of the Fox
Original French poster
Directed by	Ladislas Starevich Irène Starevich
Screenplay by	Roger Richebé Jean Nohain (dialogue) Antoinette Nordmann (dialogue)
Story by	Irène Starevich
Based on	"Reynard the Fox" as told by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Produced by	Louis Nalpas (1929–1931) Roger Richebé (1939–1941)
Starring	Claude Dauphin Romain Bouquet Laine Sylvain Itkine Léon Larive
Cinematography	Ladislas Starevich
Edited by	Laura Sejourné
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Release dates	10 April 1937 (1937-04-10) (Germany) 10 April 1941 (1941-04-10) (France)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	France
Languages	German (1937) French (1941)

The Tale of the Fox (French: Le Roman de Renard, Dutch: Van den vos Reynaerde, German: Reinecke Fuchs) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film. The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18-month period (1929–1930), there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film. Finally, funding was given for a German soundtrack by the UFA—Goethe had written a classic version of the Renard legend—and this version had its premiere in Berlin in April 1937.

Released eight months before Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it is the world's sixth-ever animated feature film (and the third surviving animated film, as well as the second to use puppet animation, following The New Gulliver from the USSR). The film was released in France with a French language soundtrack in 1941; this is the version which is currently available on DVD.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

In the kingdom of animals, the fox Renard is used to tricking and fooling everyone. Consequently, the King (a lion) receives more and more complaints. Finally, he orders Renard to be arrested and brought before the throne.

Voice cast

Claude Dauphin as Monkey.
Romain Bouquet as Fox.
Laine as Lion.
Sylvain Itkine as Wolf.
Léon Larive as Bear.
Robert Seller as Cock.
Eddy Debray as Badger.
Nicolas Amato as Cat.
Pons as Donkey.
Sylvia Bataille as Rabbit.
Suzy Dornac as Fox Cub.
Jaime Plama as Cat. (singing voice)

References

Moritz, William (1992). "Resistance and Subversion in Animated Films of the Nazi Era: the Case of Hans Fischerkoesen". Animation Journal.

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v t e Ladislas Starevich
Films directed	Lucanus Cervus (1910) The Beautiful Leukanida (1912) The Cameraman's Revenge (1912) The Grasshopper and the Ant (1913) The Night Before Christmas (1913) The Portrait (1915) Eva and the Grasshopper (1927) La Reine des Papillons (1927) The Tale of the Fox (1937)

v t e The Reynard cycle
Reynard cycle	Ysengrimus (c. 1150) Le Roman de Renart (1175) Del cok e del gupil (12th century) Reinhard Fuchs (1180) Van den vos Reynaerde (13th century) The Nun's Priest's Tale (1392) The Morall Fabillis (c. 1480) The Historie of Reynard the Foxe (1481) Reinke de Vos (1498)
Adaptations	Reynard the Fox (1844) Rénert the Fox (1872) The Tale of the Fox (1937) Van den vos Reynaerde (1937) Van den vos Reynaerde (1943 film) Chanticleer and the Fox (1958)
Other	Maleperduis Reynardine Willem die Madocke maecte

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