Soviet Cartoons

[Maria Dmytrieva]

As a person who was actually raised on Soviet cartoons I can say that whatever cartoon you take you will find it really worth seeing -- they were all made with great passion and talent.    
As to Nu Pogodi, I am really surprised that it was called aggressive -- it is really a very nice cartoon with lots and lots of cultural hints for adults, not even mentioning its soundtrack which is absolutely hilarious -- each episode has melodies that were greatest hits at that time.    
Wolf was supposed to be voiced by Vladimir Vysotsky but due to political reasons he was substituted by Papanov. but still in the first episode there is a tribute to Vysotsky -- when  Wolf is going up the rope to Hare's balcony while whistling a melody from the movie in which Vysotsky starred and to which created music -- Vysota. this melody is from the well-known song of his -- Если друг оказался вдруг.     
    
if you take cartoons based on folk tales -- they are absolutely hilarious. (like the series about Cossacks. and genreally cartoons by KievNauchFilm -- I adore them, truly. or like Жил-был пёс - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73pjIQTGnic )    
Гора самоцветов was already mentioned here but whatever product of the Pilot studio you take you will find them worth watching (http://www.pilot-film.com/).    
    
I would also advise to look at sci-fi cartoons, for instance, Тайна третьей планеты based on one of Kir Bulychev's novelettes about Alisa Selezneva (http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=288). this was my all-time favourite.    
    
as to the present-day Russian cartoons I have very mixed feelings about them. especially about 'Prince Vladimir'. but it is a very long and sad story. so, there are several big recent  projects --     
    
Карлик Нос [2003]    
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=834    
    
Незнайка и Баррабасс [2004]    
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=1295    
    
Алёша Попович и Тугарин-змей [2004]    
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=412    
    
Князь Владимир [2006]    
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=951    
    
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=3648    
Добрыня Никитич и Змей Горыныч [2006]    
    
ps.    
a rather big list of Soviet cartoons with useful info can be found here:    
http://www.world-art.ru/country.php?id=1&list=animation    
and here:    
http://mults.spb.ru/mults/    
    
you can find a list of newly produced Russian cartoons here:    
http://ruskino.ru/movie/tabloid.php?aid=8175    
    
With best regards,    
Maria    
    
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Кому: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU    
Дата: 20 грудня, 19:46:56    
Тема: [SEELANGS] Cartoons    
    
    Dear Fellow Seelangers,    
    
I have thoroughly enjoyed the film discussion and picked out a number    
of must-see items for myself. While we are at it, may I ask you all    
to recommend cartoons (mul'tiki) for me to see? I am interested in    
both animation for children and animation aimed at adults. I thought    
the post-Soviet Puss-in-Boots (Kot v sapogakh) was very interesting    
and provacative. Your thoughts on other animation would be most    
appreciated.    
    
Natalie Kononenko    
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography    
University of Alberta    
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies    
200 Arts Building    
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6    
Phone: 780-492-6810    
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/    
    
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