White Bim Black Ear (1977)

The Russian Film Music’s weekly film clips series 1 has now come to an end with a longer clip from “White Bim Black Ear” (in Russian: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо). It is a Soviet drama film produced by Gorky Studios and directed by Stanislav Rostotsky, with the music written by Andrey Petrov. The film is based upon the book of the same name, written by Gavriil Troyepolsky. The film was widely applauded in its time and even competed for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. The star cast are “Bim”, a white English Setter with a black ear (in real life “Steve” who plays Bim) and his master Ivan Ivanovich (played by Vyacheslav Tikhonov). It is a touching story about a dog who becomes lost because of his master falling ill. Ivan Ivanovich is fond of hunting and nature, take a puppy to live with him, despite the dog’s black ear being a “shame of nature” to his breed. Ivanovich always take his dog, whom he call Bim to hunting in the country. However, when Iva