An Unusual Match

1955 0h 21m RU

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7.2

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7.2

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 17★7.2IMDB · 546

Animation

Synopsis

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A Soviet animation about a football match between toys.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Margarita Korabelnikova
Yuliya Yulskaya
Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Viktoriya Ivanova
Boris Andreyev

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mstislav Pashchenko
Writers: Mstislav Pashchenko
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 21-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Метеор и другие (Коллекция)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mstislav Pashchenko, shot by Mikhail Druyan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Margarita Korabelnikova and Yuliya Yulskaya and Yuri Khrzhanovsky carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3364872 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mstislav Pashchenko directs. Mikhail Druyan behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

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1Tight 21-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
271 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Метеор и другие (Коллекция)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Mstislav Pashchenko, shot by Mikhail Druyan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Margarita Korabelnikova and Yuliya Yulskaya and Yuri Khrzhanovsky carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3364872 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.