How Robinson Was Created

1961 0h 13m RU

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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The film is based on the feuilleton of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov. A writer named Moldovantsev delivers a thrilling Soviet‐style Robinson Crusoe adventure on deadline, only to have his editor insist on adding a local party chairman, freed ex‐members, an activist collector, a housing committee and even a meeting table, bell and ledger washed ashore. Reluctantly he complies, so far that he jettisons Robinson himself as an unjustified weakling, transforming his novel into an absurd manifesto of bureaucratic excess.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anatoliy Papanov
редактор журнала «Приключенческое дело»
Sergei Filippov
Молдованцев - писатель
Pavel Tarasov
кинокритик - в прологе
Georgiy Kulikov
сценарист - в прологе
Pyotr Repnin
кинокритик - в прологе
Igor Sretensky
исчезнувший писатель

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eduard Abalov
Writers: Eldar Ryazanov, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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65 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eduard Abalov, shot by Leonid Kraynenkov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anatoliy Lepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Anatoliy Papanov and Sergei Filippov and Pavel Tarasov carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13958882 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eduard Abalov directs. Leonid Kraynenkov behind the camera. Anatoliy Lepin scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
265 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Eduard Abalov, shot by Leonid Kraynenkov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Anatoliy Lepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Anatoliy Papanov and Sergei Filippov and Pavel Tarasov carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt13958882 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.