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Scarecrow-Meow

Original title: Chuchelo-myauchelo
  • 1982
  • 9m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Scarecrow-Meow (1982)
AnimationShort

The kitten wants to sing a morning song, but everyone drives him away. A story about how difficult it is without a good mood.The kitten wants to sing a morning song, but everyone drives him away. A story about how difficult it is without a good mood.The kitten wants to sing a morning song, but everyone drives him away. A story about how difficult it is without a good mood.

  • Director
    • Inessa Kovalevskaya
  • Writer
    • Vladimir Alenikov
  • Stars
    • Yelena Stepanenko
    • Natalya Chenchik
    • Nikolay Grabbe
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    167
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    • Director
      • Inessa Kovalevskaya
    • Writer
      • Vladimir Alenikov
    • Stars
      • Yelena Stepanenko
      • Natalya Chenchik
      • Nikolay Grabbe
    • 1User review
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    Yelena Stepanenko
    Yelena Stepanenko
    • The Girl
    • (voice)
    Natalya Chenchik
    Natalya Chenchik
    • Chuchelo-Myauchelo
    • (voice)
    Nikolay Grabbe
    Nikolay Grabbe
    • The Motorist
    • (voice)
    • …
    Georgiy Vitsin
    Georgiy Vitsin
    • The Loader
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Inessa Kovalevskaya
    • Writer
      • Vladimir Alenikov
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    6boblipton

    Meowing Dummy

    A small black cat crawls out of a rain pipe and tries to get passers by to sing a cheerful song in this charming animated Russian short.

    This has a lot more emphasis on background art, with a rough wash throughout and a moving camera, compared to other nations' cartoons. Certainly, given this was the year when DePatie-Freleng stopped production of theater animation, there isn't much to compare it to by my American standards.

    It's comparable to topnotch American TV Special animation of the era. The voice work sounds like a Russian-accented Woody Woodpecker, which may be coincidental.

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    • Trivia
      After the release of this cartoon, the expression "Effigy-Mäuchelo" itself became a catch phrase. Many parents jokingly called their children so when they behaved not very well and it was necessary to scold them for something.

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      • 1982 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official site
      • Official site (Russia)
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Чучело-Мяучело
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      • 9m
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