The Tale of the Fox

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For the French folktales also referred to as "tales of the Fox", see Reynard.

The Tale of the Fox

Original French poster
Directed by Irene Starevich
Ladislas Starevich
Produced by Louis Nalpas (1929-1931)
Roger Richebé (1939-1941)
Written by Johann Wolfgang Goethe (story)
Jean Nohain (dialogue)
Antoinette Nordmann (dialogue)
Roger Richebé
Irene Starevich
Ladislas Starevich
Starring Claude Dauphin
Romain Bouquet
Laine
Sylvain Itkine
Léon Larive
Music by Vincent Scotto
Cinematography Ladislas Starevich
Editing by Laura Sejourné
Release date(s) April 10, 1937 (Germany)
April 10, 1941 (France)
Running time 65 min
Country France
Language French
IMDb profile

The Tale of the Fox (French: Le Roman de Renard, German: Reinicke Fuchs) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully-animated feature film. It 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 Nazi regime (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 Disney's Snow White, it is the world's sixth-ever animated feature film (and 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.

Contents

Renard kneeling before the king and queen
Renard kneeling before the king and queen
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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. ...

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