Pigs in a Polka

Pig polka is an American animated short film directed by Friz Freleng from the year 1943.

Action

The three little pigs build each a house: The first little pig built himself a straw, the second one out of matchsticks, coinciding once again, and the third one made ​​of stone.

The Big Bad Wolf appears in the form of a gypsy dancer and animated the first and second pig to dance. Only then remember the two that the wolf is standing in front of them, and flee into the straw house. That puts the wolf on fire and both pigs rush on to the wooden house they build in a big hurry with matches again and then collapses again immediately. The two pigs run now into stone house that the wolf tries in vain to beat.

The wolf is now disguised as a poor violin player and can sprinkle front of the stone house with artificial snow. Although the third pig realizes that the wolf is at the door, pick up the other two " poor woman " into the house. The wolf reveals himself and it comes to chase through the stone house. At the end of the three little pigs ran to the elevator that moves down. Even the wolf thinks to get into an elevator, but instead stands in the elevator shaft and drops the pig finally literally at his feet.

Production

Pig Polka is a parody of the fairy tale The Three Little Pigs. A special feature is that all the actions of the short film in sync with the film music, the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms, expire. To hear excerpts are the pieces Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 17

Pig polka came on 2 February 1943 as part of the Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros. in theaters.

Synchronization

Awards

Pig Polka 1943 for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film " nomination, but could not prevail against Der Fuehrer 's Face is.