Film, film, film (1970)

Director:

Fyodor Khitruk

Writers:

Vladimir Golovanov (screenplay) and
Fyodor Khitruk (screenplay)

Release Date:

1970 (Finland)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Film Making | Satire

Cast

Aleksey Polevoy	...	(voice) (as A. Polevoy)
Georgiy Vitsin	...	(voice) (as G. Vitsin)

Directed by
Fyodor Khitruk		(as F. Khitruk)

Writing credits
Vladimir Golovanov		(screenplay) (as V. Golovanov) and
Fyodor Khitruk		(screenplay) (as F. Khitruk)

Original Music by
Yevgeni Krylatov		(as E. Krylatov)
Aleksandr Zatsepin		(as A. Zatsepin)

Cinematography by
Boris Kotov		(as B. Kotov)

Film Editing by
Nina Mayorova		(as N. Mayorova)

Art Direction by
Vladimir Zuykov		(as V. Zuykov)

Production Management
A. Zorina	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tatyana Dombrovskaya	....	assistant director (as T. Dombrovskaya)

Art Department
V. Gilyarova	....	artist
Tatyana Kazantseva	....	artist (as T. Kazantseva)
Sofiya Mitrofanova	....	artist (as S. Mitrofanova)
Eduard Nazarov	....	assistant art director (as E. Nazarov)
Tatyana Sokolskaya	....	artist (as T. Sokolskaya)
Aleksey Solovyov	....	artist (as A. Solovyov)
Natalya Tanner	....	artist (as N. Tanner)
O. Vorobyova	....	artist

Sound Department
Georgiy Martynyuk	....	sound (as G. Martynyuk)

Camera and Electrical Department
M. Sukhotskaya	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Leonid Kayukov	....	animator (as L. Kayukov)
Violetta Kolesnikova	....	animator (as V. Kolesnikova)
Mariya Motruk	....	animator (as M. Motruk)
Igor Podgorskiy	....	animator (as I. Podgorskiy)
Gennadiy Sokolskiy	....	animator (as G. Sokolskiy)
Marina Voskanyants	....	animator (as M. Voskanyants)

Other crew
Arkadiy Snesarev	....	script editor (as A. Snesarev)

Production Companies

• Soyuzmultfilm

Also Known As:

Runtime:

20 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Soyuzmultfilm

Soundtrack:

Film, film

Imaginative and Funny

This cartoon is simply wonderful. Brilliantly imaginative and incredibly funny, yet in rather simple, subtle ways, it tells the tale of making a film. The animation is, as much Russian/Soviet animation was at the time, rather simple. However, the animation is quite artistic in a stylized manner and is used so wonderfully and skillfully that it actually adds to the humour of the film and its entertainment value, rather than detracting from it. Some of the scenes in particular are utterly hilarious, although again in a rather understated manner.

Unfortunately, this seems very hard to find, which is a shame. The Russian/Soviet cartoon industry produced some real gems like this one, yet they seem to be essentially unknown outside the former Soviet Union. They also probably don't stand much chance in this modern commercial world against the visually intricate animation seen in so many Western/American cartoons, which is also a shame since Film, Film, Film is truly wonderful.