The film is based on a Russian folk tale.
Yuriy Entin's songs to the music of Maksim Dunaevskiy performed by famous artists: Mikhail Boyarskiy and Anatoliy Papanov sound in the animated film.
In the work on the songs from the animation Maksim Dunaevskiy was helped by the ensemble "Festival", specially invited by him to record music for plays and films.
Sung couplets of Babkas-Yozhkas were performed by the female group of the Moscow Chamber Choir.
Yuri Entin, by his own admission, wrote the words to the song from the film (the song of Vodyanoy) by sitting in the bathroom for 10 minutes . The song quickly became popular.