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RUNTIME
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Tight 20-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Aleksey Polevoy
(voice)
Georgiy Vitsin
(voice)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fyodor Khitruk
- Writers
- Vladimir Golovanov, Fyodor Khitruk, Valentina Gilyarova
- Languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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Fun facts πΏ
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ERA
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58 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Fyodor Khitruk, shot by Boris Kotov. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Evgeniy Krylatov. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Nina Mayorova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Aleksey Polevoy and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0212943 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Fyodor Khitruk directs. Boris Kotov behind the camera. Evgeniy Krylatov scores. Nina Mayorova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 20-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
- 258 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Fyodor Khitruk, shot by Boris Kotov. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Evgeniy Krylatov. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Nina Mayorova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Aleksey Polevoy and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0212943 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 63 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 10Classified under 9 themes, including "movie business", "screenwriter", "surreal", "film in film".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Boris Kotov
- Original score
- Evgeniy Krylatov
- Editing
- Nina Mayorova
- Runtime
- 20 min Β· 0h 20m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- RU
Also by
Fyodor Khitruk
Production companies
Who made it
Soyuzmultfilm
SU
Key crew
- EditorNina Mayorova
- Art DirectionVladimir Zuykov
- Assistant DirectorTatyana Dombrovskaya
- AnimationLeonid Kayukov
- AnimationVioletta Kolesnikova
- AnimationMariya Motruk
- AnimationIgor Podgorskiy
- AnimationGennadiy Sokolskiy
- AnimationMarina Voskanyants
- SoundGeorgiy Martynyuk
- Script EditorArkadiy Snesarev
- Assistant CameraM. Sukhotskaya
- Storyboard ArtistValentina Gilyarova
- Storyboard ArtistO. Vorobyova
- Storyboard ArtistTatyana Kazantseva
- Storyboard ArtistSofia Mitrofanova
- Storyboard ArtistNatalya Tanner
- Storyboard ArtistAleksey Solovyov
- Storyboard ArtistTatyana Sokolskaya
- AnimationNatalya Tanner
- ProducerAnna Zorina
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- movie business
- screenwriter
- surreal
- film in film
- director
- cameraman
- film production
- media satire
- short film
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1968-01-01
Also known as
International titles
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