"Tsvetik-semitsvetik" or "Rainbow Flower"(?) is a Soviet animated movie from 1948, so certainly one of the earlier efforts as this is from shortly after world War II and almost 70 years old. The directors are Mikhaïl Tsekhanovskii and Viktor Gromov, the writers are Valentin Kataev and Mikhail Volpin. Like so many other Soviet animated films from this decade and the following, it runs for 20 minutes approximately. It is about a little girl who is given a magic flower that can make her dreams and wishes come true. As her first few wishes are nothing too smart or caring, they end up pretty badly, but with the last petal she helps a disabled boy and this is where the film makes an emotional impact and also tells the audience a lesson from the perspective of moral as these Soviet films frequently do. The ending was nice, but I must say everything before that is mostly forgettable sadly and I do not agree with putting these big wild animals in cages. The animation is accurate for the 1940s, nothing too good or bad. As a whole, I am not impressed and I have seen better Soviet cartoons from that. Thumbs down for this one. Not recommended.
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