Junior and Karlson (1968)
Malysh i Karlson (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 19min
- Animation, Short
- 1968 (Soviet Union)
- Short
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Cast
| Klara Rumyanova | ... |
Malysh (voice)
(as K. Rumyanova)
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| Vasiliy Livanov | ... |
Karlson (voice)
(as V. Livanov)
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Valentina Leontyeva | ... |
Malysh's Mother (voice)
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| Faina Ranevskaya | ... |
Freken Bock (voice)
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| Mariya Vinogradova | ... |
Puppy's Master (voice)
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Directed by
| Boris Stepantsev | ... | (as B. Stepantsev) |
Written by
| Astrid Lindgren | ... | (book) |
| Boris Larin | ... | (screenplay) (as B. Larin) |
Music by
| Gennadiy Gladkov | ... | (as G. Gladkov) |
Cinematography by
| Mikhail Druyan | ... | (as M. Druyan) |
Editing by
| Valentina Turubiner | ... | (as V. Turubiner) |
Art Direction by
| Yuriy Butyrin | ... | (as Yu. Butyrin) |
| Anatoliy Savchenko | ... | (as A. Savchenko) |
Production Management
| A. Zorina | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Elena Shilova | ... | assistant director (as E. Shilova) |
Art Department
| Geliy Arkadev | ... | artist (as G. Arkadev) |
| Nikolay Erykalov | ... | artist (as N. Erykalov) |
| Inna Pshenichnaya | ... | artist (as I. Pshenichnaya) |
| L. Rybchevskaya | ... | artist |
| Irina Svetlitsa | ... | artist (as I. Svetlitsa) |
| Elena Tannenberg | ... | artist (as E. Tannenberg) |
Sound Department
| Boris Filchikov | ... | sound (as B. Filchikov) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| N. Nayashkova | ... | assistant camera |
Animation Department
| Antonina Alyoshina | ... | animator (as A. Alyoshina) |
| Yuriy Butyrin | ... | animator (as Yu. Butyrin) |
| Mstislav Kuprach | ... | animator (as S. Kuprach) |
| Viktor Likhachov | ... | animator (as V. Likhachev) |
| Renata Mirenkova | ... | animator (as R. Mirenkova) |
| Olga Orlova | ... | animator (as O. Orlova) |
| Oleg Safronov | ... | animator (as O. Safronov) |
| Viktor Shevkov | ... | animator (as V. Shevkov) |
| Anatoliy Solin | ... | animator (as A. Solin) |
| Svetlana Zhutovskaya | ... | animator (as S. Zhutovskaya) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Raisa Frichinskaya | ... | script editor (as R. Frichinskaya) |
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups. Written by Anonymous |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In addition to the music of Gennadiy Gladkov, the film uses a musical composition that sounds during a ghost attack on crooks - the unremarkable melody "House of Horrors" by Merv Griffin (1962), performed by the Charles Grean Orchestra orchestra and composed in the twist rhythm of melodies from the "Dance of Death" by Saint-Saens and Chopin's funeral march. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Karlson Returns (1970). See more » |
| Quotes |
Karlson:
I came to your cake... I mean birthday. Malysh: Hello Karlson. Karlson: Hello Junior. What have you got? Malysh: Cake. Karlson: What with? Malysh: With eight candles. Karlson: No, I'm not eating this. What is this? [scoffs] Karlson: One cake and eight candles! EIGHT CAKES and one candle would be better! Malysh: Trust me Karlson... happiness is not made of cakes. Karlson: What are you crazy? What else is out there? See more » |