A Tale of the Forest Giant
1955, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Zguridi.
Far up north, in one of the nature reserves, a group of kids finds a moose calf whose mother has been mauled by a bear, and they help little Ryzhik survive. Time goes by. The leader of the moose herd is killed by a poacher, and Ryzhik takes his place. About the grandeur and beauty of nature, and the difficult and selfless work of the nature reserve staff.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 20 June 1955
- Original title
- Повесть о лесном великане
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Dmitriy Yeremich, Aleksandr Zguridi
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A Tale of the Forest Giant runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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A Tale of the Forest Giant isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 June 1955. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Tale of the Forest Giant?
If you liked A Tale of the Forest Giant, try Van Gogh: Painted with Words, All That Breathes, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet.
Who directed A Tale of the Forest Giant?
A Tale of the Forest Giant (1955) was directed by Aleksandr Zguridi and stars Vladimir Dorofeyev, Vera Kondakova, Viktor Kulakov.