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Gena the Crocodile (film)






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Gena the Crocodile
RussianКрокодил Гена
Directed byRoman Kachanov
Written by
  • Roman Kachanov
  • CinematographyIosif Golomb
    Edited byLidiya Kyaksht
    Music byMikhail Ziv

    Production
    company

    Studio Ekran

    Release date

    • 31 December 1969 (1969-12-31)

    Running time

    19 min 24 sec
    CountrySoviet Union
    LanguageRussian

    Gena the Crocodile (Russian: Крокодил Гена, romanized: Krokodil Gena) is a 1969[1][2] Soviet stop motion animated film directed by Roman KachanovinStudio Ekran studio. This film introduces the characters Gena the Crocodile, Cheburashka, and the old lady Shapoklyak. The film was based on Eduard Uspensky's stories about the characters.

    This film was popular in the Soviet Union and spawned three sequels: Cheburashka (1972), Shapoklyak (1974) and Cheburashka Goes to School (1983).

    Plot summary[edit]

    Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo. Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with. Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city. First, a girl named Galya comes with a homeless puppy, who is then followed by Cheburashka. They decide to build a house for all the lonely citizens of the city, but a mischievous old lady, Shapoklyak, tries to stop them in different ways.

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    Categories: 
    1969 films
    1960s stop-motion animated films
    Animated films about crocodilians
    Films based on works by Eduard Uspensky
    Films directed by Roman Abelevich Kachanov
    Russian animated films
    1960s Russian-language films
    Soviet animated films
    Soyuzmultfilm
    Animated films set in zoos
    1960s Soviet films
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