The Bremen Town Musicians (Russian: Бременские музыканты, romanized: Bremenskiye muzykanty) is a 1969 Soviet musical animated short film produced by Soyuzmultfilm, directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya and written by Yuri Entin and Vasily Livanov, with music by Gennady Gladkov.

The cartoon focuses on a Donkey, a Dog, a Cat, and a Rooster and their leader, a Troubadour (possibly to represent a classical five-piece rock-band).

They perform a variety of tricks, but while the Troubadour is balancing upside-down on top of his animals, he and the Princess catch each other's eye; they both blush.

Their leader is a fortune teller with golden bracelets, heavy makeup, and a long black ponytail - likely a stereotype of Romani people.

The other crooks merrily join the song, drinking foaming mugs of beer and dancing together as they sing along.

[4] The next day, the King and his military escort are marching to a classified location when their road is blocked by Troubadour and his companions, who are disguised similarly to the crooks; they sing a song about being bandits.

Troubadour immediately runs into the hut and the house trembles as he appears to beat up the bandits within (in reality, he and his band are simply doing cartwheels and jumping jacks while throwing laundry out windows).

Hearing no answer, the animals pack up their things and leave the palace, beginning a solemn rendition of the song they sang in the opening.

I mean, what kind of plot is this: four retired animals roam the world, meet robbers, scare them and settle in their house?!

Composer Gladkov, in turn, noted that love is needed in a fairy tale - this is how the Princess' character was approved.

Nevertheless, it was decided to cope on their own and, in addition to Anofriyev, invite friends to the studio - poet Anatoly Gorokhov and singer Elmira Zherzdeva.

The robbers were copied from the most popular characters in the Soviet Union: Coward, Fool, and Pro (created by Y. Nikulin, G. Vitsin and E. Morgunov, especially from their images in "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style")[6] The music and songs from the cartoon have been repeatedly published.