The Bremen Town Musicians

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin "3 РУБЛЯ" (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2019 г." (2019).

Reverse

the mirror field of the disc features a coloured cartoon scene and the inscription ‘БРЕМЕНСКИЕ МУЗЫКАНТЫ’ (THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS) above along the rim.

Authors

The artist: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.

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‘The Bremen Town Musicians’ is a 1969 Soviet musical animated film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name. It focuses on timeless values – love, friendship and freedom.

The film tells the story of a musical band composed of five friends (Troubadour, a dog, a cat, a rooster and a donkey) that travels around medieval Germany and gives concerts. During a concert near the royal palace Troubadour falls in love with the Princess and the friends hatch a cunning plan to win the King’s favour.

The cartoon features a creative combination of modern songs and lifestyle with a historical setting.

It was directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya and written by Vasily Livanov and Yuri Entin, with music by Gennady Gladkov. Almost all characters are voiced by Oleg Anofriyev.