Mikhail TSEKHANOVSKY
Михаил ЦЕХАНОВСКИЙ
Mikhaïl TSEKHANOVSKI
USSR, 1952, 32mn 
Colour, animation
Kashtanka
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Каштанка

 

 Kashtanka

 Kachtanka

 
Directed by : Mikhail TSEKHANOVSKY (Михаил ЦЕХАНОВСКИЙ)
Writing credits : Boris BRODSKY (Борис БРОДСКИЙ), Mikhail PAPAVA (Михаил ПАПАВА)
Based on the novel by Anton Chekhov
Cinematography : Mikhail DRUYAN (Михаил ДРУЯН)
Production design : Leonid ARISTOV (Леонид АРИСТОВ), Aleksandr DELYAKOV (Александр БЕЛЯКОВ)
Music : Yuri LEVITIN (Юрий ЛЕВИТИН)
Sound : Nikolay PRILUTSKY (Николай ПРИЛУЦКИЙ)
Companies : Soyuzmultfilm
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
It is a screen version of the same story of A.Chekhov about the adventures of dog Kashtanka who lost the owners and got to the circus clown-trainer. And then the performance in the circus which ended by returning home.
 

commentaries
Les cinq meilleures adaptations soviétiques d’œuvres d’Anton Tchékhov, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
Русская классика в мультфильмах, Лидия УТЁМОВА, culture.ru, 2020
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Festival of Archive Films, Moscow (Russia), 2025
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), (kinoglaz.fr), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2012

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