Gena the Crocodile (film)
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Language Russian | 8/10 IMDb Genre Animation, Short, Family Duration Country Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Roman Abelevich Kachanov Release date 1969 Initial release February 25, 1978 (Finland) Cast (Gena the Crocodile), (Cheburashka), Vladimir Rautbart (Shapoklyak), (Salesman), Tamara Dmitrieva (Galya)Similar movies Paperman , Pacific Rim , Home Makeover , The Artist , Get a Horse! , Presto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gena the Crocodile (Russian: Крокодил Гена, Krokodil Gena) is a 1969 Soviet/Russian stop-motion animated film directed by Roman Kachanov in Soyuzmultfilm studio. This film introduces the characters Gena the Crocodile, Cheburashka, and the old woman Shapoklyak. The film was based on Eduard Uspensky's stories about the characters.
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This film became popular in the Soviet Union and spawned three sequels.
Plot summary
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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Gena the Crocodile (film) WikipediaGena the Crocodile (film) IMDb Gena the Crocodile (film) themoviedb.org