Crocodile Gena (film)
Encyclopedia
Gena the Crocodile is a 1969 Soviet
/Russian
stop-motion animated film directed by Roman Kachanov
for Soyuzmultfilm
studio.
. They decide to build the common house for them all, but the treacherous old maid Shapoklyak prevents them in different ways.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
/Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
stop-motion animated film directed by Roman Kachanov
Roman Abelevich Kachanov
Roman Abelevich Kachanov was a Russian animator, one of the founders and leaders of Russian stop-motion animation.Kachanov was the director and screenwriter of the trilogy about Cheburashka, Gena the Crocodile and Shapoklyak.- Early years :...
for Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...
studio.
Plot summary
Gena the Crocodile works as a crocodile in an urban zoo. Every evening he returns home to his lonely flat. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find himself some friends. Animals and people respond to his advertisements that he posts throughout the city. First comes a girl named Galya with a homeless puppy, then followed by her, CheburashkaCheburashka
Cheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja...
. They decide to build the common house for them all, but the treacherous old maid Shapoklyak prevents them in different ways.
Cast
- Vasily LivanovVasily LivanovVasily Borisovich Livanov MBE is a Soviet and Russian film actor, and screenwriter.-Biography:His father Boris Livanov was a prominent actor of the Moscow Art Theatre...
as Gena the Crocodile (voice) - Klara RumyanovaKlara RumyanovaKlara Mikhailovna Rumyanova was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.Her small, adorable voice is easily recognized by several generations of Soviet people from their early childhood, because she voiced numerous Russian animated films and sang countless...
as CheburashkaCheburashkaCheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja...
(voice) - Vladimir Rautbart as ShapoklyakShapoklyakShapoklyak was a popular villain from a story about Cheburashka written by Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. The first appearance of Shapoklyak was in the animated film Gena the Crocodile by Roman Kachanov ....
(voice) - Vladimir Kenigson as Salesman (voice)
- Tamara Dmitrieva as Galya (voice)
External links
- Gena the Crocodile at Animator.ru