Directed by Fyodor Khitruk Release date 1972 (1972) Country Soviet Union Director Fyodor Khitruk Music director Mieczysław Weinberg | Music by Mieczysław Weinberg Running time 20 minutes Initial release 1972 Production company Soyuzmultfilm Cinematography Mikhail Druyan | |
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Starring Vladimir Osenev
Yevgeny Leonov
Iya Savvina
Erast Garin
Zinaida Naryshkina Cast Yevgeny Leonov, Iya Savvina, Vladimir Osenev, Erast Garin Similar Winnie‑the‑Pooh Pays a Visit, Winnie‑the‑Pooh, Toptyzhka, Once Upon a Dog, Junior and Karlson | ||
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (Russian: Винни-Пух и день забот) is a 1972 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk. The film is based on the book series by A. A. Milne. It is the third and final part of a trilogy, following the Winnie-the-Pooh (1969 film) and Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971). The third part is twice longer than either the first or second one.
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Winnie the pooh and a busy day
Storyline
The third part follows the first two: it is co-written by Khitruk and Boris Zakhoder, and its prototype drawings are two dimensional and are created by Khitruk and Vladimir Zuikov. Two new characters, Eeyore and Owl, are added to the core cast of the first two parts: Winnie-the-Pooh, the narrator, and the Piglet, in place of the Rabbit, who only appears in the second part.
Cast
Legacy and awards
In 1976 Khitruk was awarded the USSR State Prize for the Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy. The animation characters, as designed by Khitruk's team, are featured on the 1988 Soviet and 2012 Russian postal stamps; they are permanently painted on a public streetcar running through the Sokolniki Park, and their sculptures are installed in Ramenki District in Moscow.
When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the author of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked the Soviet version better than his own.