Gena the Crocodile
First animation about Gena and Cheburashka.Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo.Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment.Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with.Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city.
- Director
- Roman Kachanov
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
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First animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo. Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with. Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city. First, a girl named Galya comes with a homeless puppy, who is then followed by Cheburashka. They decide to build a house for all the lonely citizens of the city, but a mischievous old lady, Shapoklyak, tries to stop them in different ways.
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- Release date
- Dec 30, 1969
- Runtime
- 0h 20m
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- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Soviet Union
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