Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Well, it's a Russian-Romanian movie or Romanian-Russian as you like, produced by Romanian television and Mosfilm. I neither not know who and how much has contributed in it, nor I'm going to ponder on this, because Romanian television and Mosfilm did together a mega-work. If you want to have the authorship for individual strokes on the masterpiece canvas,go ahead, but I prefer to enjoy the canvas and to praise Mosfilm and Romanian television, may they both long live. As Russian I see our all-time mega-actors in the leading roles of wolf, mama goat, bears, one of the wolf's sidekicks, and I enjoy their acting as well as I enjoy the entire movie as one great piece of story telling, artistry, music, ballet, costumes, setting, you name it. All actors in the movie are up to their roles and do a fantastic performance. The original story is obviously Romanian, because Russian story of "Mama goat and seven bucks" has a different ending without gold ransom episode, leaving this alone the story is almost the same - bad wolf ends his life in fire pit. The Romanian ending of wolf's following the sack of gold into the icy river creates richer allusions, I think. They say Romanian television made the character's costumes,so I'm interested was it on purpose they added some gay details in the wolf's costume ? When wolf Suru sings in Russian "Grey wolf is innocent like a child" this makes me think it is more than a well-rhymed line. BTW I normally don't recognize such thing as musical, and I think rock'n'roll is not an appropriate music. And first I was prejudiced against this movie for much rock music is there. But giving myself a time to watch it to the end I found that this rich and deep mega-work is somehow an exception. How they did it ? Аsk Romanian television and Russian Mosfilm.

I was about ten, eleven years old, when I have seen this musical for the first time. Now after 28 years I have seen it again, and still it makes me happy. this is a great movie/musical to see, wonderful. It's the story about the bad wolf , Titi Suru, and is friends, who want's to have the little goat's and ask Rada (ma-ma goat) for ransom. A story everybody know's. The music is really fantastic, from rock, to classic and between. the actors and actress are from the Moscow ice circus, and you will see that. The dancing and skating is really great. One thing, that's a Minor point. There's no DVD. Well only the Russian version is on DVD. It's different from the English one. Yep there are two versions. I hope, that the English version comes out on DVD. Stille after so many years, I enjoined.Please, bring it out!!!

I own the french version on VHS. I taped it when it was on TV 20 years ago. I intend to transfer it on DVD once I buy the transferring device (hope soon). I've been looking to buy the movie for a very long time with no success BUT I have been lucky this week... I have found a place where to buy the original version on VHS (better to buy the Russian version on VHS than nothing at all)... so I just ordered it yesterday. Words cannot describe how I LOVE this movie. I have made this movie known to so many people around me... they all know the songs by heart just like me :) Everything is perfect in that movie... story, songs, makeup, costumes, creative set, etc... I can go on and on. Oh well, you know what I mean 'cause you are all fans just like me :) Let's just pray that the DVD version (in every languages) becomes available soon! Nathalie Québec, Canada

This is great movie. I saw it in my childhood and several times after that. The music is wonderful, costumes are beautiful (none the worse than in The Wizard of Oz), and songs... mmmm.... they are just unforgettable. I've always thought that it's a Russian movie (Russian lead actors, songs and so on), but not long ago I saw it again and find out, that director is Romanian, and there are 3 different versions of this film (Russian, Romanian and English). I didn't see English version but as I know it's quite different. As I see, many people in Europe looking for Rock'n'Roll Wolf (Mama) - so may be I can help you :) I have the Russian one (whithout any subtitles unfortunately).By the way - there is a short cartoon, with the same idea, with nice rock-n-roll music too. "Mama" was based on this cartoon. If you interested in it - feel free to contact me :)Dmitry Russia