Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf 4

Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf 4 (2019) is a Russian animated family film you can watch online on iFILM. The fourth entry in the popular fairy-tale franchise is directed by Darina Shmidt and Konstantin Feoktistov, with voice performances from Nikita Efremov, Ivan Okhlobystin, and Mikhail Boyarsky.

Spring is overdue in the Faraway Kingdom — as usual. But news arrives: an all-fairy-tale song contest is being held in a neighbouring realm. The Tsar puts forward his candidate, the Learned Cat, who has given up books entirely and spends his days yowling from rooftops. Ivan, Vasilisa, and the Wolf set off to cheer him on. Show business in the fairy-tale world turns out to have all the usual vipers.

The franchise's gentle mockery of folk-tale conventions is intact for a fourth round, and the script keeps landing jokes that work differently for adults and for kids. Stream Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf 4 (2019) online on iFILM.