Plot synopsis

A city where a couple of crazy kolobok-detectives live, where the mustachioed gangster Karbofos and the mustachioed thief Kot wander around in search of something to steal, where striped elephants and proud birds live, and also publish the district Krivda. In a word, a complete madhouse! And of course, any Russian folk tale begins with the simplest and most banal abduction of an elephant. Well, you say, have we really not heard that all stories begin this way ...

Commentaries and bibliography

50 dessins animés ayant marqué l’histoire du cinéma russe et soviétique (vidéos), Maria TOKMACHEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023

Selected in the following festivals or events :

- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023

- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023

Photos and videos