''Cheburashka'' (russian: link=no, Чебурашка) is a 1971 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov.

Plot summary

Cheburashka ''Cheburashka'' (russian: links=no, Чебурашка, a=ru-Cheburashka.ogg, p=tɕɪbʊˈraʂkə), also known as ''Topple'' in earlier English translations, is a fictional character created by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky in his 1965 chil ...

wishes

Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile (russian: links=no, Крокодил Гена, Krokodil Gena) is a fictional friendly crocodile in the series of animation films '' Gena the Crocodile'', '' Cheburashka'' and '' Shapoklyak'' by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm st ...

a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some

pioneers Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and dev ...

, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers.

Creators

*Director: Roman Kachanov *Scriptwriters:

Eduard Uspensky Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwri ...

, Roman Kachanov *Artist:

Leonid Shvartsman Leonid Aronovich Shvartsman (born Izrail Aronovich Shvartsman, russian: Израиль Аронович Шварцман; 30 August 1920 – 2 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian animator and visual artist. He spent most of his creative career ...

*Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov *Composer:

Vladimir Shainsky Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky ( rus, Владимир Яковлевич Шаинский, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ʂɐˈinskʲɪj; 12 December 1925 – 25 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was a recipient of the People's Artist of ...

*Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk *Animators:

Yuri Norstein Yuri Borisovich Norstein, PAR (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts ''Hedgehog in the Fog'' and '' Tale of Tales''. Sinc ...

Maya Buzinova Maya Buzinova (23 July 1929 – 30 January 2022) was a Russian animator. She was born on 23 July 1929 in Orel, but soon the family moved to Mtsensk. Having lost her father at the very beginning of World War II (died under a locomotive), the fami ...

, Natalya Dabizha

Cast

Klara Rumyanova Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (russian: link=no, Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929 – 18 September 2004) was a Soviet and Russian actress, voice actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999. Her child ...

Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock ...

*Vladimir Ferapontov as ''Gena'' (singing voice) *Tamara Dmitrieva as ''Pioneers''

Soundtrack

This film opens with a song called "Let Them Run Clumsily" (Пусть бегут неуклюже) of

on Alexander Timofeevsky's words.

References

External links

*
Cheburashka
' on Russian Film Hub
''Cheburashka''
at Animator.ru * * 1971 films Animated films based on children's books Films based on works by Eduard Uspensky Soviet animated films 1970s stop-motion animated films 1970s Russian-language films Soyuzmultfilm {{1970s-animation-film-stub