▁so ▁the ▁writer , ▁Y use f ▁Print se v , ▁had ▁to ▁create ▁additional ▁lines ▁for ▁human ▁actors ▁and ▁for ▁transl ator ▁of ▁the ▁animals ' ▁thoughts ▁( Le v ▁Lem ke ). ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁on ▁the ▁Moscow ▁Central ▁Television , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁the at res ▁in ▁L ening rad , ▁Moscow , ▁and ▁across ▁Russia , ▁as ▁a ▁pre quel ▁to ▁' Z h iz n ▁i ▁pri k ly uch eni ya ▁ch ety re kh ▁dru ze i ▁ 2 . ▁Both ▁films ▁also ▁ran ▁in ▁the at res ▁across ▁the ▁former ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁in ▁Eastern ▁Europe . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁re - ed ited ▁in ▁St . ▁Petersburg , ▁Russia ▁for ▁video ▁release . ▁That ▁same ▁year ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁V HS ▁and ▁DVD . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁and ▁its ▁sequ el ▁were ▁also ▁released ▁in ▁Germany ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁( de cade ) ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁" Die ▁Ab ente uer ▁der ▁vier ▁St rol che ▁( 1 / 2 )" ▁and ▁the ▁sequ el ▁" Die ▁Ab ente uer ▁der ▁vier ▁St rol che ▁( 3 / 4 ). " ▁ ▁This ▁film ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ 8 ▁episodes ▁made ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Each ▁episode ▁has ▁a ▁different ▁plot ▁and ▁variations ▁in ▁the ▁cast