[4] The film tells the story of a little red fox kit, Vic (Vuk in the original Hungarian version), who ventures away from his family's den and, upon his return finds it empty.

He concludes that his whole family left the den with the human hunter (called "Smoothskinner" in the cartoon) because he can smell him.

Now a young adult fox, he even dares to infiltrate the hunter's house, during which he finds a vixen, named Foxy, held captive in a cage.

During a stormy night, he tricks the guard dogs and other animals, as well as the hunter himself, and eventually helps the vixen escape by smashing the cage open with a loaded wagon.

[5] Originally produced as a TV series, Dargay visited the Budapest Zoo to study the movements and habits of newborn fox cubs.