The Cat Who Walked by Herself
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The Cat Who Walked by Herself is a 1988 Soviet
animated
feature film
directed by Ideya Garanina and made at the Soyuzmultfilm
studio. It is based on Rudyard Kipling
's short story, The Cat that Walked by Himself
. Like the earlier Soviet animated feature Adventures of Mowgli, the film retains the dark, primal tone of Kipling's work.
Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts crying, and the Cat comes into the room to keep him company. The child grabs her tail, and the Cat angrily reminds him that they agreed a thousand years ago that he would not do that. Upon seeing that the child doesn't remember, the Cat sighs and decides to tell him the story from the beginning. The story starts when the planet was young and life on Earth is starting with dinosaurs.
2003 Russian release. It also includes the films Barankin, be a Man!, Inchgirl, The Pot of Porridge, How the Cat Fought with Mice and Wings, Legs and Tails (total running time: 142 minutes).
The film has also been released on DVD by the company Krupnyy Plan. http://vobzor.com/page.php?id=1927
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
directed by Ideya Garanina and made at the Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...
studio. It is based on Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
's short story, The Cat that Walked by Himself
Just So Stories
The Just So Stories for Little Children were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are highly fantasised origin stories and are among Kipling's best known works.-Description:...
. Like the earlier Soviet animated feature Adventures of Mowgli, the film retains the dark, primal tone of Kipling's work.
Plot
The film is largely based on the short story, but goes off on many digressions.Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts crying, and the Cat comes into the room to keep him company. The child grabs her tail, and the Cat angrily reminds him that they agreed a thousand years ago that he would not do that. Upon seeing that the child doesn't remember, the Cat sighs and decides to tell him the story from the beginning. The story starts when the planet was young and life on Earth is starting with dinosaurs.
Creators
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Director-producer | Ideya Garanina | Идея Гаранина |
| Scenario | Ideya Garanina Mariya Solovyova |
Идея Гаранина Мария Соловьёва |
| Art Director | Nina Vinogradova | Нина Виноградова |
| Animators | Aleksandr Gorlenko Violetta Kolesnikova Aleksandr Panov Yuriy Batanin Vladimir Shevchenko Anatoliy Abarenov Olga Panokina Akop Kirakosyan Yelena Gavrilko Tatyana Molodova Lidiya Mayatnikova |
Александр Горленко Виолетта Колесникова Александр Панов Юрий Батанин Владимир Шевченко Анатолий Абаренов Ольга Панокина Акоп Киракосян Елена Гаврилко Татьяна Молодова Лидия Маятникова |
| Camera Operator | Aleksandr Vikhanskiy | Александр Виханский |
| Executive Producer | Grigoriy Khmara | Григорий Хмара |
| Composer | Sofya Gubaydulina | Софья Губайдулина |
| Sound Operators | Vladimir Vinogradov Sergei Karpov |
Владимир Виноградов Сергей Карпов |
| Script Editor | Raisa Frichinskaya | Раиса Фричинская |
| Puppets & Decorations | Marina Chesnokova Natalia Grinberg Vladimir Abbakumov E. Belova Mikhail Koltunov Aleksandr Maksimov O. Potanin Pavel Gusev Vladimir Alisov Anna Vetyukova Svetlana Znamenskaya Nikolay Zaklyakov Liliana Lyutinskaya V. Platonov Nina Moleva Oleg Masainov Natalia Barkovskaya |
Марина Чеснокова Наталия Гринберг Владимир Аббакумов Э. Белова Михаил Колтунов Александр Максимов О. Потанин Павел Гусев Владимир Алисов Анна Ветюкова Светлана Знаменская Николай Закляков Лилиана Лютинская В. Платонов Нина Молева Олег Масаинов Наталия Барковская |
| Sculptor | S. Aseryants | С. Асерьянц |
| Voice Actors | Valentina Ponomaryova Valentina Ponomaryova (singer) Valentina Dmitriyevna Ponomaryova , often also spelled Ponomareva, is a Russian singer, performer of romances and a jazz vocalist.-Biography:... (Woman) Yelena Sanayeva Georgi Burkov Georgi Burkov Georgi Ivanovich Burkov was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on July 19, 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis.-Selected filmography:Actor* Liberation * Stariki-razboyniki... Nikolay Karachentsov Inna Churikova Inna Churikova Inna Mikhailovna Churikova is a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress.-Biography:... Nogon Shumarov (Man) Anna Kamenkova Nikolai Burlyayev Nikolai Burlyayev Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev is a renowned Soviet and Russian actor. Born into a family of actors, Nikolai started his acting career in film and theatre when he was still a child. He is best known for his title role in Andrei Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood. He worked with Tarkovsky again four years... |
Валентина Пономарёва Елена Санаева Георгий Бурков Николай Караченцов Инна Чурикова Ногон Шумаров Анна Каменкова Николай Бурляев |
| Editor | Nadezhda Treshchyova | Надежда Трещёва |
Home video
The film is available on DVD in the collection Золотая коллекция мультфильмов 9 ("Golden Collection of Cartoons 9"), a PALPAL
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2003 Russian release. It also includes the films Barankin, be a Man!, Inchgirl, The Pot of Porridge, How the Cat Fought with Mice and Wings, Legs and Tails (total running time: 142 minutes).
The film has also been released on DVD by the company Krupnyy Plan. http://vobzor.com/page.php?id=1927
See also
- History of Russian animationHistory of Russian animationThe History of Russian animation is very rich, but is so far a nearly unexplored field for Western film theory and history. As most of Russia's production of animation for film|cinema and television was created during Soviet times, it may also be referred to as the History of Soviet...
- List of animated feature-length films
- List of stop-motion films
External links
- The Cat Who Walked by Herself at Animator.ruAnimator.ruAnimator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and the CIS. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animators labour exchange...
- Interview with the director
- The Cat Who Walked by Herself at GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
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