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Wow, a Talking Fish!

Original title: Ukh ty, govoryashchaya ryba!
  • 1983
  • 8m
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8.1/10
1.2K
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Wow, a Talking Fish! (1983)
AnimationComedyShort

A poor fisherman catches a talking fish, upon releasing it he summons a shape-shifting wizard by mistake.A poor fisherman catches a talking fish, upon releasing it he summons a shape-shifting wizard by mistake.A poor fisherman catches a talking fish, upon releasing it he summons a shape-shifting wizard by mistake.

  • Director
    • Robert Sahakyants
  • Writers
    • Hovhannes Tumanyan
    • Robert Sahakyants
  • Stars
    • A. Belozorovich
    • Valeri Plotnikov
    • Artyom Karapetyan
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Robert Sahakyants
    • Writers
      • Hovhannes Tumanyan
      • Robert Sahakyants
    • Stars
      • A. Belozorovich
      • Valeri Plotnikov
      • Artyom Karapetyan
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    A. Belozorovich
    • Talking Fish
    • (voice)
    Valeri Plotnikov
    • Eekh
    • (voice)
    Artyom Karapetyan
    Artyom Karapetyan
    • Old man
    • (voice)
    • (as A. Karapetyan)
    Irina Kartashyova
    Irina Kartashyova
    • Old woman
    • (voice)
    • (as I. Kartashova)
    • Director
      • Robert Sahakyants
    • Writers
      • Hovhannes Tumanyan
      • Robert Sahakyants
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    1silven-87129

    WTF???

    These crazy Russian guys know how to surprise! I thought that only guys from the Netherlands can shoot such anime after they love to smoke weed. But hell, this film was made long ago in councils, where people were even sent to prison who smoked weed. This film was shown to me by one of my new friends, whose parents had long left for emigration from the Soviets when there was a hateful regime of military tyranny and the Cold War. Monster frames change very quickly and I did not even have time to understand what is drawn on the screen. The monster was just disgusting and did not want to look at it for a long time. In general, everything that this crocodile turned into is not clear and there is little similarity with real animals, the only thing that was very similar in one frame to a gorilla. I don't understand why it was necessary to shoot so many shots about monsters and it was impossible to draw it once, but more believable. The director of this film is probably a mentally ill person with a crazy fantasy. Then it became generally not clear what was happening on the screen. The monster comes to an elderly couple home and meets there with a fish boy who wants to save a fisherman. The fish boy begins to distract the monster from a middle-aged couple and tells his story. Here begins the real madness of the director's psycho. There were no subtitles in the film and my friend translated it to me, he knows Russian from his parents. He paused the DVD so often that it would explain the whole nightmare, and I really thought that he would break the DVD. I got the opinion that my friend is as crazy as a director when he started telling me a monologue of a fish guy. This is complete crazy nonsense! What did the Russians want to show in this film? Are they so sick that they would make such films? What nonsense? For whom did they make this film, for children of psychos or for parents of psychos? This craziness can only be understood by Russians. My friend laughed out loud at this. I do not recommend watching. Wasted time.

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      The animated film is based on the fairy tale Hovhannes Tumanyan's "Talking Fish" - variations of the plot about the Golden Fish.

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    • Release date
      • 1983 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Овва, риба, що говорить!
    • Production company
      • Armenfilm
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    • Runtime
      8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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