Ma-maMa-ma (Russian

Russian language

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: Ма-ма, Romanian

Romanian language

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: Mama, English

English language

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: Rock'n'Roll Wolf) is a musical film

Musical film

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 from 1976 and is a Soviet

Soviet Union

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-French

France

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-Romania

Romania

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n co-production.

The storyline is loosely based on the famous plot about the Goat and her kids, published as "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

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" in Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm's Fairy Tales

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 and known to Romanian audience as Ion Creangă

Ion Creanga

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's "Capra cu trei iezi" ("The Goat and her three kids") and to Russian audience as a folk tale "Волк и семеро козлят" ("The Wolf and the Seven Kids"). In the movie the number of goat kids is five. The script is written by Vasilica Istrate and Yuri Entin, and Elisabeta Bostan is directing.

The movie was filmed simultaneously in three different languages (Russian, Romanian and English). The cast was dancers from Moscow Circus, Moscow Circus on Ice and Bolshoi Ballet

Bolshoi Ballet

The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the...

. In 1977 the movie won the «Silver Cup» at Children's Film Festival in Venice

Venice

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.

The film starred Lyudmila Gurchenko

Lyudmila Gurchenko

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 as Rada, the goat, Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky is a Soviet/Russian actor and singer, currently living in the city of Saint Petersburg. He is best known and loved for the role of d'Artagnan in the film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers and its sequels . He was also a popular singer of the 1980s and completed several...

 as Titi Suru, the Wolf, Oleg Popov

Oleg Popov

Oleg Konstantinovich Popov is a famous Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. Popov is also called the "Sunshine clown".He was born on 31 July 1930 in Moscow, the son of a clock-maker. He studied elements of acrobatics, juggling, and other circus skills in his youth...

 as the bear, Saveliy Kramarov

Saveliy Kramarov

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 as the wolf's nephew, George Mihaita

George Mihaita

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 as the donkey and Florian Pittiş

Florian Pittis

Florian Pittiş was a Romanian stage and television actor, theatre director, folk music singer, and radio producer.He attended the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Bucharest and in 1968 he graduated from the Institute of Theatre...

as the parrot.

Theme song

"Mom is Home" performed by Mommy:


Mom is home
Now you can open the door
Don't be afraid now, not any more

Mom is home
I've brought for each one of you
Strawberries coated with honeydew

Only you and I can sing this song, that no one knows
Listen to each little word carefully

And before you all come running quickly to the door
Be sure the only one you open to, is me

Mom is home
Now you can open the door
Don't be afraid now, not any more




"I wish I could always make you smile" performed by one of the children:


Mommy,
There's so much love in your eyes
I wish I could always make you smile

Mommy,
Words can't really express
The way you give all your tenderness

All you do is give, before you're even asked to give
and you never once take a thing in return

You know I'll love you as long as I'll live
Mommy, I wish I could always make you smile

Mommy,
There's so much love in your eyes
I wish I could always make you smile