Shlyapa Volshebnika was a series of three short films produced by Sverdlovsktelefilm in 1980, 1981 and 1983 in the USSR, based on the book Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1948...

, which was one of the Moomin

Moomin

The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...

 books by Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 illustrator and writer Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...

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The series made with cutout animation

Cutout animation

Cutout animation is a technique for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs...

 in colour. The main characters were modified by the artists, giving Moomintroll dungarees and hair, Snufkin a beak, and Moominpappa sideburns and a pipe, giving it a very distinct appearance.

Outside of USSR the series has been little-seen..

The Films

Three films were made.

• Mumi-dol: Vse delo v shlyape - 1980
• Mumi-dol: Leto v Mumi-dole - 1981
• Mumi-dol: V Mumi-dol prihodit osen - 1983

External links

• Shlyapa Volshebnika @ Animator.ru