Roman KACHANOV
Роман КАЧАНОВ
Roman KATCHANOV
USSR, 1969, 20mn 
Colour, animation
Ghena The Crocodile
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Крокодил Гена

 

 Le Crocodile Guena

 Krokodil Gena

 
Directed by : Roman KACHANOV (Роман КАЧАНОВ)
Writing credits : Roman KACHANOV (Роман КАЧАНОВ), Eduard USPENSKY (Эдуард УСПЕНСКИЙ)
Cinematography : Iosif GOLOMB (Иосиф ГОЛОМБ)
Production design : Leonid SHVARTSMAN (Леонид ШВАРЦМАН)
Music : Mikhail ZIV (Михаил ЗИВ)
Sound : Georgi_2 MARTYNIUK (Георгий_2 МАРТЫНЮК)
Production : Soyuzmultfilm
 

Plot synopsis
It is a modern fairy-tale for children about pioneer deeds. The main characters are crocodile Gena and Cheburashka.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
50 dessins animés ayant marqué l’histoire du cinéma russe et soviétique (vidéos), Maria TOKMACHEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
À quoi ressemblaient les personnages des dessins animés soviétiques avant d’apparaître à l’écran?, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Dix chansons populaires des dessins animés soviétiques, 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
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2022
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2021
- Festival of Russian cinema in Nice, Nice (France), 2017
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009

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