Shapoklyak (film)
Introduction '''''Shapoklyak''''' (, from French ''chapeau claque'') is a 1974 Soviet Russian animated film by Roman Kachanov.
Synopsis Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka decide to go to the sea on vacation. Shapoklyak steals their train tickets, so they are kicked off the train. On their way home, the duo, with Shapoklyak's help, stops hikers from poaching and a factory from polluting a river.
Creators * Scriptwriters: Eduard Uspensky, Roman Kachanov* Director: Roman Kachanov* Art director: Leonid Shvartsman* Operators: Alexander Zhukovsky, Theodor Bunimovich* Composer: Vladimir Shainsky* Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk* Animators: Maya Buzinova, Natalya Dabizha, Yuri Norstein, Pavel Petrov, Boris Savin* Editor: Natalya Abramova* Director: Nathan Bitman
Cast * Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile* Irina Mazing as Shapoklyak* Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka* Vladimir Ferapontov as Gena (singing voice)
Soundtrack This film contains a famous Russian song called "Blue Train Car" () by the composer Vladimir Shainsky on Eduard Uspensky's verses. It is sung at the end of the film by Gena.
Trivia Though the city Cheburashka and Gena live in is unnamed, it is implied to be Moscow. This is hinted when Cheburashka and Gena take the train from Moscow to Yalta and also when they have to walk home (they find a distance sign pointing to Moscow).
External links *  ''Shapoklyak'' at Animator.ru* '' Shapoklyak'' on Russian Film Hub*