Cheburashka (film)

Cheburashka Чебурашка
Directed by	Roman Kachanov
Written by	Eduard Uspensky Roman Kachanov
Starring	Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka
Music by	Vladimir Shainsky
Cinematography	Teodor Bunimovich
Release dates	1972
Running time	20 min 6 sec
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cheburashka (Russian: Чебурашка, Cheburashka) is a 1971^[1] Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Roman Kachanov.

Plot summary

Cheburashka wishes Crocodile Gena a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some pioneers, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers.

Creators

Film director: Roman Kachanov
Scriptwriters: Eduard Uspensky, Roman Kachanov
Art director: Leonid Shvartsman
Operator: Theodor Bunimovich
Composer: Vladimir Shainsky
Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk
Animators: Yuriy Norshteyn, Maya Buzinova, Natalya Dabizha

Cast

Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka
Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile
Vladimir Ferapontov as Gena (singing voice)
Tamara Dmitrieva as Pioneers

Soundtrack

This film opens with a song called "Let Them Run Clumsily" (Rus:Пусть бегут неуклюже) of Vladimir Shainsky on Alexander Timofeevsky's words sounds, which is a popular birthday song in Russia.

References

↑ The official website of E. Uspensky (Russian)

External links

At Worldcinemadirectory
Cheburashka at Animator.ru
Cheburashka at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Cheburashka at the Internet Movie Database

Films of Roman A. Kachanov

Director/screenwriter	A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (1964) The Mitten (1967) Gena the Crocodile (1969) Cheburashka (1971) Shapoklyak (1973) The Heron and the Crane (1974) The Last Petal (1977) The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) Cheburashka Goes to School (1982) Two Tickets to India (1985) Aboout an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba (1982) Dereza (1985) The Newcomer in The Cabbage (1989)

Animator/art director	The Night Before Christmas (1951) The Snow Maiden (1952) The Scarlet Flower (1952) The Enchanted Boy (1955)

Works of Yuriy Norshteyn

Director/Co-director	25th October, the First Day (1968) The Battle of Kerzhenets (1971) The Fox and the Hare (1973) The Heron and the Crane (1974) Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) Tale of Tales (1979) Winter Days (2003, segment) The Overcoat (TBA)

Animator (selected films)	Lefty (1964) Go There, Don't Know Where (1966) Times of the Year (1969) Cheburashka (1971) Shapoklyak (1974) 38 Parrots (1976) Autumn (1982) The Book of the Dead (2005)

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