A Goat-Musician (1954)

The film makes fun of incompetent hack composers who replace real creativity with an unabashed compilation. The goat-composer completes work on a new work, the theme of which is suggested by the Donkey and the Ram. The author's concert of the composer is preceded by the performance of the Gray Wolf-musicologist. He admires the creation of the venerable Goat-fool. But when the animal orchestra performs a slightly modified song "Once upon a time there was a gray goat fool", the audience begins to leave their seats…

• Release Date: 1954-03-21
• Runtime: 0h 10min
• Production Company: Soyuzmultfilm
• Production Country: Soviet Union
• Director: Boris Dyozhkin
• Writer: Sergey Mikhalkov