The Adventures of Mowgli
Seen it?1973 | 96 min | Animation, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for parents and kids watching together and animation lovers. One the grown-ups won't mind watching too.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Bright and bouncy, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1973: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you can't get past animation (your loss).
Adventures of Mowgli is an animated feature-length story originally released as five animated shorts of about 20 minutes each between 1967 and 1971 in the Soviet Union.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 22K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Roman Davydov
- Stepan BubnovBaloo (voice)
- Lyudmila KasatkinaBagheera (voice)
- Anatoliy PapanovShere Khan (voice)
- Sergei MartinsonTabaqui (voice)
- Aleksandr Nazarovfather wolf / Kaa (voice)
- Lev LyubetskyAkela (voice)
- Lyusyena OvchinnikovaRaksha (voice)
- Yuri KhrzhanovskyBandar-log / White cobra (voice)
- Vladimir UshakovKaa (voice)
- Klara RumyanovaHathi / puppy wolf (voice)