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Did you know
Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano
- Writers
- Aleksandr Kurs
- Languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ivan Ivanov-Vano directs. D. Karetniy behind the camera. Yuriy Slonov scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 289 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, shot by D. Karetniy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Yuriy Slonov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6IMDB entry: tt4474466 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- D. Karetniy
- Original score
- Yuriy Slonov
- Runtime
- 9 min · 0h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- RU
Also by
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Production companies
Who made it
Soyuzmultfilm
SU
Key crew
- Art DirectionArtur Bergengrin
- Art DirectionYuriy Popov
- AnimationBoris Dyozhkin
- AnimationFaina Epifanova
- AnimationV. Kuper
- AnimationNadezhda Privalova
- AnimationYakov Reytman
- AnimationLidiya Reztsova
- Sound DirectorSerafim Renskiy
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1937-11-07
Also known as
International titles
- Kotofey KotofeevichSU
- Kotofei Kotofeevich CatUS
