Greedy rich man

An arrogant and miserly merchant comes to the furrier and brings him one sheepskin. He wants a tailor to sew him a hat from this. Furrier is not against it, because there is nothing difficult. But the rich man soon changes his plans and asks to sew two, three, four, or even seven caps from the skins.

In the meantime, our familiar fellow appears, who, laughing at the folly and naivety of the rich man, decides to play a trick on him. He assures the buyer that it is not a problem to sew seven hats from a small sheep skin for a furrier. To this, the furrier confusedly agrees, why the merchant remains delighted. But when the next day the customer comes for finished products, then in a little tantrum he sees only seven small hats, which will not fit even on the nose. So greedy rich man remained rightly.

• In the original, the rich man's name is Vartan, and in the cartoon his name is not mentioned.
• In the original, Vartan, seeing the caps, suspected a furrier in drinking while working. In the film, the rich man decided that the master thought of joking at him.
• The rich man and buffoon from this film appeared in the cartoon " Like an old man selling a cow ." There are no common heroes in any of the original fairy tales, since they are from different folklores: “As an old man, I sold the cow” - from Russian, and “Greedy Vartan” - from Armenian.
• The furrier in this cartoon is an old man from the cartoon "Like an old man selling a cow." In the original it was the character of the Armenian fairy tale.

Not in the original, but in the film

• Added buffoon that interferes with the plot.

• Scriptwriter: Sergey Mikhalkov
• Director: Alexey Solovyov
• Production Designer: Marina Zotova
• Operator: Joseph Golomb
• Sound engineer: Vitaly Azarovsky
• Multipliers: Raisa Karpinskaya, Olga Degtyareva, A. Degtyarev
• Roles are voiced by Vyacheslav Innocent
• Dolls and scenery: Olga Pryanishnikova
• Editor: Svetlana Simukhina
• Editor: L. Stefanova
• Director: E. Bobrovskaya

• The cartoon is based on the Armenian folk tale, translated and presented by Sergey Mikhalkov in verse. The poem was first published in the journal " Murzilka " (1949, issue number 3) with drawings by David Dubinsky . In the collected works of the poet (T. IM, 1970) the work was included with drawings by Anatoly Eliseev and Mikhail Skobelev. Included in many collections of Sergei Mikhalkov.
• At the end of the film, an instrumental version (balalaika solo) of the Russian folk song “I went to the slide” sounds.

In Russia in the 1990s, it was released on VHS in the collection of the best Soviet cartoons "Tsarevna Frog", " Go there, I don’t know where ", "By magic," "The greedy rich man" and " Like an old man selling a cow " " Studio PRO Video .

Until the mid-1990s, Studio PRO Video also released this cartoon on VHS. In 1996, the cartoon was released on VHS by Videovostok in the Treasure cartoon collection (cartoons on tape - “ How the old man sold the cow ”, “ How to overcome depression ”, “ Vrednyug ”, “ Golden words ”, “ From the cannon to the moon and further without stopping "," How Ivan did good royal daughter saved "," Meet the grandmother "," Treasure "and" Why the cat was called a cat ").

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