In Sector 6-6
In the Square 6-6
В квадрате 6-6
V kvadratye 6-6 (ru)
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In the Square 6-6
В квадрате 6-6
V kvadratye 6-6 (ru)
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| Year | 1965 |
| Director(s) | Salimov Damir |
| Studio(s) | Uzbekfilm |
| Language(s) | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Comedy Misc. |
| Animation Type(s) | Puppet |
| Length | 00:09:46 |
| Wordiness | 1.10 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
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⭳ V kvadratye 6-6.1965.en.1.25fps.1783022132.srt
Date: July 02 2026 19:55:32
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⭳ V kvadratye 6-6.1965.en.1.25fps.1783022132.srt
Date: July 02 2026 19:55:32
Language: English
Quality: good
Upload notes:
Creator(s): Niffiwan
Description:
Under cover of night, a gang of insect pests tries to sneak onto a cotton field. The first known Uzbek animated film.
It is basically wordless (the characters speak gibberish), but there are some written signs.
For some background information, see this article by M. Mirzamukhamedova (2024, in English, though with occasionally bad translation from Russian). Aside from a few unknown (and currently lost) possible animated films from the 1930s, this was the first animated film made in Uzbekistan. The director had earlier studied at Soyuzmultfilm. The first non-puppet animated film would not be made there until 4 years later.
This film was made during a period of rapidly expanding pesticide use in the USSR. Thus, the insects are shown to be finally defeated with the use of pesticides. The prominently featured Colorado potato beetle first spread to the USSR from the West in the mid-1960s, when this film was made.
From 2:45-3:10 in the film, the music cuts out sometimes due likely to damage on the surviving film print.
According to Mirzamukhamedova, the cartoon "was recognized at the all-Union level and awarded a first-degree prize". However, she doesn't mention the specific festival or award.
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A charming film. The bold, simple character designs out of geometric figures and with bold colours remind me of the puppet films of Roman Kachanov at Soyuzmultfilm around the same time (no wonder, since Salimov apparently studied there). It is also beautifully restored except for the music cutting out for about 30 seconds. Kind of odd to see the sheer enthusiasm for pesticides here - this was before it became fashionable to reduce their use due to the effects on human health. The way it ends slightly reminds me of Bendum and Twistum: Merry Masters (1960), in which the pests are similarly defeated with pesticides at the end.