The Foolhardy Cat Vaska
The Desperate Cat Vaska
Отчаянный кот Васька
Відчайдушний кіт Васька
Otchayannyy kot Vaska (ru)
Vidchaydushnyy kit Vaska (uk)
Meeleheitel kass Vaska (et)
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The Desperate Cat Vaska
Отчаянный кот Васька
Відчайдушний кіт Васька
Otchayannyy kot Vaska (ru)
Vidchaydushnyy kit Vaska (uk)
Meeleheitel kass Vaska (et)
| Year | 1985 |
| Director(s) | Viken Aleksandr |
| Studio(s) | Kievnauchfilm |
| Language(s) | Russian Ukrainian |
| Genre(s) | Comedy |
| Animation Type(s) | Drawn (cel) |
| Length | 00:10:01 |
| Wordiness | 3.30 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
Subtitles:
⭳ Otchayannyy kot Vaska.1985.en.1.25fps-ruversion.1775761788.srt
Date: April 09 2026 19:09:48
Language: English
Quality: good
Upload notes: 179 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Niffiwan, Zhurka75
⭳ Otchayannyy kot Vaska.1985.et.1.25fps.1669325114.srt
Date: November 24 2022 21:25:14
Language: Estonian
Quality: unknown
Upload notes: 72 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Pastella
⭳ Otchayannyy kot Vaska.1985.en.1.25fps-ruversion.1775761788.srt
Date: April 09 2026 19:09:48
Language: English
Quality: good
Upload notes: 179 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Niffiwan, Zhurka75
⭳ Otchayannyy kot Vaska.1985.et.1.25fps.1669325114.srt
Date: November 24 2022 21:25:14
Language: Estonian
Quality: unknown
Upload notes: 72 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Pastella
Description:
The cat Vasya gets stuck on the roof of an apartment building after following a TV antenna repairman.
The film was released in both Russian (the first video above) and Ukrainian (the second video). The lip-syncing animation seems to match the Russian voices better, but the Ukrainian video does have somewhat better image quality.
Note: Vaska, Vasya and Vasiliy are all forms of the same name.
DISCUSSION
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Nothing astonishing, but a good, simple and charming children's cartoon by Aleksandr Viken. The relationship between the kitten and the puppy reminds me a bit of Lev Atamanov's excellent series The Kitten Named Woof (1976-1982), which would have been quite popular at the time this was being made.
Viken's filmography is split about 50/50 between the ones aimed at children and the ones aimed at adults, but I think he generally did a fairly good job at both, at least during the Soviet period. He directed some more films in the 1990s (Ukrainian Wikipedia has a full list) but I've only seen "Little Bohdan and the Drum" so far, and I didn't think that one was so good.