Gena the Crocodile (film)
| Gena the Crocodile | |
|---|---|
| Russian | Крокодил Гена |
| Directed by | Roman Kachanov |
| Cinematography | Iosif Golomb |
| Edited by | Lidiya Kyaksht |
| Music by | Mikhail Ziv |
Production company | |
Release date | 31 December 1969 |
Running time | 19 min 24 sec |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Gena the Crocodile (Russian: Крокодил Гена, romanized: Krokodil Gena) is a 1969
This film was popular in the Soviet Union and spawned three sequels:
Plot summary
Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo. Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with. Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city. First, a girl named Galya comes with a homeless puppy, who is then followed by Cheburashka. They decide to build a house for all the lonely citizens of the city, but a mischievous old lady, Shapoklyak, tries to stop them in different ways.
Creators
- Scriptwriters: Roman Kachanov
- Film director: Roman Kachanov
- Art director: Leonid Shvartsman
- Operator: Iosif Golomb
- Composer: Mikhail Ziv
- Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk
- Dolls and scenery: Semyon Etlis, Marina Chesnokova, Pavel Lesin, Gennady Lyutinsky, Svetlana Znamenskaya, Oleg Masainov, Valentin Ladygin, Liliana Luetinskaja, V. Kalashnikova, E. Darikovich
- Installation: Lidiya Kyaksht
Cast
- Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile (voice)
- Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka (voice)
- Vladimir Rautbart as Shapoklyak (voice)
- Vladimir Kenigson as Salesman (voice)
- Tamara Dmitrieva as Galya (voice)
References
- ^ Yellow crocodiles and blue oranges by David MacFadyen
- ^ The official website of E. Uspensky Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
External links
- Gena the Crocodile at Animator.ru
- Gena the Crocodile at Animatsiya.net (the original film with subtitles in English and other languages)
- Gena the Crocodile on Russian Film Hub
- Gena the Crocodile at IMDb
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