Round 4: Tossup 10

This studio popularized two comedic songs about “hares” and “bears” via films about a bridal kidnapping and jewels stashed in a cast. The subtitle “Back to the Future” was used for the English release of a film by this studio about a time traveller who “changes his profession” by switching places with a monarch. (-5[1])This studio employed a trio of actors known collectively as “ViNiMor,” who starred as a “coward,” “fool,” and “pro” in the slapstick anthology Operation Y. This studio, whose logo is based on a sculpture of two figures with raised arms made for the 1937 World’s Fair, partnered with Daiei Film for a movie about Goldi trapper (*) Dersu Uzala. White Sun of the Desert, this studio’s (10[1])best-known “ostern,” is required viewing for its country’s astronauts. This studio spent 70 million dollars on a 7-hour 1966 epic that re-stages the Battles of Austerlitz and Borodino. For 10 points, Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace was produced by what studio from Russia’s capital? ■END■ (10[1])

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