Soviet cartoons are still beloved and popular not only among kids, but also among the older generation. They are sincere, kind, instructive and sometimes a little strange (like “Hedgehog in the Fog”).
And even after watching your favorite cartoon several times, we may not notice the little secrets that are hidden in it. We present you the top 10 interesting facts about the heroes of Soviet cartoons.
10. The ear of Winnie the Pooh
Did you notice that the Pooh bear in the cartoon series has a left ear bent? This was done intentionally, according to the idea of animators, the teddy bear prefers to sleep on its left side.
But the funny "amble" of Winnie the Pooh happened by chance. His right hand, which by mistake of the animators moved with his right foot, made the character even more charming, so it was decided to leave it that way.
9. I don’t understand anything!
This phrase from the animated series "The Koloboks are Conducting Investigations" has long become a catch. And to thank for it is the director of the film studio. He finished her angry tirades, for example: “Lunch has been finished for five minutes, but there are no one in the workplace. I don’t understand anything! ”
By the way, attentive viewers could notice that captain Vrungel twice flashed in the scenes at the airport. The fact is that the director of Kolobkov, Alexander Tatarsky, also worked on The Adventures of Captain Vrungel.
8. The Last Supper
Want to see a cartoon version of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings? Then review the cartoon "Last year's snow fell." On both sides of the protagonist are 6 characters, as on Leonardo’s canvas.
A sad fact is also connected with this cartoon: explaining to the composer Grigory Gladkov what final melody he would like to hear, the director Alexander Tatarsky said: “We will be buried under this melody!” And indeed, at the director’s funeral, the music from last year’s snow fell.
7. Wolf without stockings
Tell me, Snow Maiden, where she was. And at the same time, tell me where I lost my stockings. This funny kinolap appeared in the New Year series “Wait a minute,” in which the Wolf depicts the Snow Maiden, and the Hare - Santa Claus.
During Wolf’s performance, his stockings disappear! After a couple of seconds, they appear, and then disappear again, this time - completely.
6. Caucasian captive
In the cartoon “The Flying Ship” there is an episode in which Princess Zabava, locked in her chambers, throws dishes from the window, much to the displeasure of her father. This funny scene is a parody of an episode from the movie "Prisoner of the Caucasus" in which the heroine of Natalya Varley throws "three portions of barbecue" into the abyss.
5. Colorized plasticine
One of the most ponderous (literally) and interesting facts related to Soviet cartoons concerns the “Plasticine Crow”. About 800 kg of clay took to create it. And since his colors were too faded, he had to be painted manually with paints.
And in all three parts of the cartoon there is one and the same minor character. This is an old woman with glasses and a carpet beater in her hand.
4. Why did Cheburashka forget how to read?
The cute and mysterious Cheburashka, which looks like either a teddy bear or a hare, in the first series read the announcement “Young crocodile wants to make friends” with ease. In the second series, Cheburashka still has reading skills, and managed to read aloud the tablet with which the pioneers went to collect scrap metal.
However, already in the fourth series, Cheburashka could not read the telegram sent by the crocodile Gena, and therefore did not meet his friend at the station.
3. Dog without boots
Have you noticed that in the cartoon “Dog in Boots” not one of the dog heroes wears shoes? And there is an English dog detective, very similar to Sherlock Holmes. He is even voiced by Vasily Livanov. And by the way, in appearance he is a purebred German Doberman.
For Nikolai Karachentsev, who gave his voice to the dog, D'Artanyan, this was the first work in the animation genre. And, according to many viewers, he coped with it brilliantly. What do you think?
2. Living mother of Uncle Fedor
The second place in the selection of interesting information about the heroes of Soviet cartoons was given to a beautiful woman with a thin waist, strict square glasses and a beautiful voice. She was copied from Larisa Myasnikova, the wife of production designer Levon Khachatryan. She also had a short haircut, short stature and glasses, not only square, but round. Director Vladimir Popov insisted on changing their form.
And the cat Matroskin could be Taraskin if Anatoly Taraskin, an employee of the magazine Fitil, had not forbidden Uspensky from using his last name. Subsequently, he was very sorry about this, but as they say, "the train has already left."
1. From bandits to postmen ... or vice versa
If you watched the cartoons “Three from Prostokvashino” and “The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov”, you probably noticed how the postman Pechkin and the gangster Kurochkin are similar. The similarity is enhanced by the fact that these two characters were voiced by the same actor - Boris Novikov.
Perhaps the cunning and harmful, but kind in the soul of the postman has an evil brother, a recidivist with experience, from whom Pechkin and fled to a remote village? Who knows…
