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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

1976 · 71 min

A gentle, old-fashioned animal adventure with a warm family heart and a few tense cobra standoffs.

Directed by
Aleksandr Zguridi
Genres
Adventure, Family
Starring
Margarita Terekhova, Aleksey Batalov, Igor Alekseyev
Overview
Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murderous cobra.

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Directed by
Aleksandr Zguridi
Genres
Adventure, Family
Starring
Margarita Terekhova, Aleksey Batalov, Igor Alekseyev
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • nature
  • loyalty
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, family
Directed by
Aleksandr Zguridi
Written by
Aleksandr Zguridi, Nana Kldiashvili
Starring
Margarita Terekhova, Aleksey Batalov, Igor Alekseyev, Sandin Vishnu, Vladimir Vasilyev
Music
Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography
V. Ropejko, V. Pustovalov
Runtime
71 min
Country
India, Soviet Union
Languages
Hindi, Russian

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