Soyuzmultfilm studio (puppet film division)
Gena the Crocodile
Screenplay Eduard Uspenskiy, Roman Kachanov
Director Roman Kachanov
Art director Leonid Shvartsman
Camera operator Iosif Golomb
Composer - Mikhail Ziv Sound operator - Georgiy Martynyuk
Animators - Maya Buzinova, Pavel Petrov, Kirill Malyantovich, Mariya Portnaya
Voiced by - Vasiliy Livanov, Klara Rumyanova, Vladimir Rautbart, Vladimir Kenigson, Tamara Dmitriyeva
Artwork - Aleksandr Gorbachev Editor - Lidiya Kyaksht Script editor - Natalya Abramova
Puppets and decorations (led by Roman Gurov) Oleg Masainov, Gennadiy Lyutinskiy, Liliana Lyutinskaya, Svetlana Znamenskaya
Semyon Etlis, V.Kalashnikova, Marina Chesnokova, Y.Darikovich, Pavel Lesin, Valentin Ladygin
Production manager Natan Bitman
- O-ran-ges.
- Another crash-landing, little cherub?
You're quite a little "cheburashka."
Now, what am I going to do with you?
- I don't know.
[Closed. Gone to the zoo.]
[City Zoo]
- Here.
- Nope, this one won't do.
This critter's unknown to science.
They have no idea where to put 'im.
- I like this critter.
He looks kinda like a defective toy.
- You can work here, with us.
You can sit in the shop window and attract clients.
Got that?
- Okay. But where will I live?
- Live? Hm... Let's see...
What about right here?
We'll call this your "house," so to speak. Okay?
- Mm-hmm.
In that city lived a crocodile, named Gena.
He was employed at the zoo
-- as a crocodile.
[Zoo closed]
- Young... cro...
cra... no...
cra-co-dile
is loo-king for fri-ends.
Fullstop.
- Young cra-co-dile...
Young cracodile is looking for friends.
- Don't cry!
Here, come with me!
- Are you the one looking for friends?
- Friends? Yes, that's me!
- I'm Galya. - I'm Gena. The crocodile.
- Have you got any milk? - Why yes, of course.
- Give it to Tobik. - Hi, Tobik.
- I'll clean up a bit. It's such a mess in here.
[Gena]
- Who's there?
- It's me, Cheburashka.
- Cheburashka?
- What are you supposed to be?
- I... I don't know.
- Would you happen to be a baby bear?
- Could be. I really don't know.
- One moment, we'll find out!
- All right, che...
ch... ch... ch... chai... champion...
...cheapskate...
...Cheboksary.
Strange. No such thing as "cheburashka."
- Does that... Does that mean that you won't be my friends?
- Don't be silly. Of course we will!
I'll teach you how to knit.
- And I'll show you how to blow soap bubbles!
- Those who are helping others
are wasting precious time.
You simply can't get famous
by treating people fine.
That's why, to each and all, I say:
no use in holding back,
be mean wicked, just like me,
old lady Chapeau-Claque!
Be wicked, just like me,
old lady Chapeau-Claque!
Those who are helping others
are wasting precious time.
You simply can't get famous
by treating people fine.
[Crossing]
[NOT for sale]
[NOT wanted]
- Peek-a-boo!
- Uh... Aren't you afraid of rats?
- No.
- Pff... peasant.
- Lariska, come!
- Were you the one who wrote this?
- Yes indeed.
- That's good.
Good that you're so green.
And... and flat!
- Why on earth?
- Isn't that obvious?
If you lie down on the lawn
nobody will notice you.
Then you toss a wallet
on a string!
A passer-by bends down to pick it up
but the wallet runs away!
Sweet, huh?
- No. That's NOT sweet.
- In fact, it's just dumb.
- What!?
Then I'm declaring a war on you!
Good day!
- Leo.
Leo Chandr.
- Gena. The crocodile.
Please meet my friends.
- Nice.
Me, I don't have any friends.
- Me! I'll be your best friend!
- Oh, excellent.
Now I will no longer be alone.
- You know...
there are so many lonely people in our town.
Just like Chandr and Tobik.
And nobody is there to help when they are sad and lonely.
- I'd love to help them!
- And me! Me too! But how?
- I just thought of something!
They can all be friends with each-other!
[ Construction ]
And so, they decided to build a house for those who don't have any friends.
- That's good!
- Up! - Down!
- Off with it! - Pick up the slack!
- Get on with it!
- Excuse me. Are you the ones building a house?
- We are.
- Do you guys need any help?
- Of course we do! Join in.
And you guys, too.
[ Dangerous criminal ] <-> [ Member list ]
- Help! I'm being mugged!
- Phew. He can't get me up here.
Peek-a-boo!
Ten days later, the house was ready.
[House of Friends]
[Greetings from Chapeau-Claque!]
- Now, Cheburashka will say a speech.
- We built it and built it...
...and we finally builded it! Hurray!
- And now, we will sign up anyone who needs a friend.
- Why sign up? We're all good friends already!
- Indeed. We all became good friends during this construction.
- Hang on. Does this mean...
that we built, and we built, and all for nothing?
- No, not for nothing! It was us who made them all friends!
And this house can be Cheburashka's!
Since right now he lives in a phone booth, right?
- Right.
- No, no, no!
Let's give this house to a daycare.
And I can work there as a toy!
If they take me, of course, since nobody knows who or what I am.
- What do you mean, "nobody knows?" Everyone knows!
- We'll give you good recommendation!
- And us! We will, too!
- Hey, look!
- I'll be good now, I promise. Signed: Chapeau-Claque.
[The End]
[Subtitles by Mr. Icon, slightly edited by Niffiwan]