Tuk-Tuk and Zhuk
Тук-Тук i Жук
Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk (uk)
Тук-Тук и Жук (ru)
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Тук-Тук i Жук
Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk (uk)
Тук-Тук и Жук (ru)
| Year | 1935 |
| Director(s) | Gorbach Yevgeniy Guyetskiy Semyon |
| Studio(s) | Ukrainfilm |
| Language(s) | Ukrainian |
| Genre(s) | Comedy Musical/Opera Politics |
| Animation Type(s) | Drawn (cel) |
| Length | 00:07:38 |
| Wordiness | 3.48 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
Subtitles:
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.en.1.24fps.1775537278.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:47:58
Language: English
Quality: ok
Upload notes:
Creator(s): Niffiwan
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.ru.1.24fps.1775536290.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:31:30
Language: Russian
Quality: ok
Upload notes: 94 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Niffiwan
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.uk.1.24fps.1775536328.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:32:08
Language: Ukrainian
Quality: unknown
Upload notes: 102 characters long (view)
Creator(s): ayri, Daien, Niffiwan₂
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.en.1.24fps.1775537278.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:47:58
Language: English
Quality: ok
Upload notes:
Creator(s): Niffiwan
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.ru.1.24fps.1775536290.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:31:30
Language: Russian
Quality: ok
Upload notes: 94 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Niffiwan
⭳ Tuk-Tuk i Zhuk.1935.uk.1.24fps.1775536328.srt
Date: April 07 2026 04:32:08
Language: Ukrainian
Quality: unknown
Upload notes: 102 characters long (view)
Creator(s): ayri, Daien, Niffiwan₂
Description:
The boy Tuk-Tuk and his dog Zhuk defend their garden from a pig that wants to steal their harvest.
Work on this cartoon was originally started in 1928 by Vyacheslav Levandovskiy. He planned to use cutout animation and it was going to be the first sound film in Ukraine, or possibly in the world. However, he was unable to complete his film, and eventually moved to Moscow to work in puppet animation. A different version of the film was finally completed many years later by his students, now using the cel animation technique that had been brought over from the US. It was the second animated film made by the Ukrainfilm studio.
It was popular with children, and a few sequels were made, though they were not considered to be as good.
The film was considered lost for a long time, but in fact a copy was held by Russia's State Film Archive (Gosfilmofond). Ukraine's Dovzhenko Centre bought it in 2013, and restored it in 2016.
The original cartoon was around 11 minutes long; the version uploaded to YouTube unfortunately seems to be missing the last four minutes.
DISCUSSION
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Another in a series of obscure, (relatively) recently rediscovered old Ukrainian animations. :) Unfortunately, the ending of this one is missing - I'm not sure why. Big thanks to ayri and (especially) Daien, who managed to decipher the words despite the sound quality being really awful! Unfortunately, there's still one word in the last line that we're unsure about.
I was planning to write more about the history of this cartoon (as it has an interesting story and a few mysteries), but I'll do that a bit later...