In 1964, the Soviet animated project “Thumbelina” was filmed based on the work of the same name by the Scandinavian literary figure g. X. Anderson.
Project director – Leonid Amalric. The adapted script was written by Nikolai Erdman. Cartoon operator – Mikhail Druyun. The music for the animated short film was written by Nikita Theological. The artists of the project were Tatyana Sazonova and N. Privalov.
The animated tape itself lasts no more than thirty minutes. There are no age restrictions on the project to view. The project rating on the Kinopoisk specialized portal is 7.63, it takes 2504 place in the list of the best films, which is based exclusively on the votes of Russian -speaking visitors.
The budget of the project is not indicated. Fees at the box office for the USSR are also not known. The release on the Department of Internal Affairs took place on November 13 in 2008. Now the Thumbeline cartoon in good quality can be watched on the Internet without any problems.
And now to the plot of the project about the adventure of Thumbelines. Thumbelina is abducted, after which a tiny and beautiful girl should overcome many difficulties. But Thumbelina is a very bold heroine, since she is not afraid of dangerous adventures and difficult trials that await her in the real big world.
After many misfortunes, the main character, who remained completely without anyone, is captured by a gloomy gray mouse named Mona. Mona promises a diomovochka a table and a good trick, provided that she will become the wife of the recluse Monsieur Mole. Nevertheless, a happy case saves her from this. According to the script, the main character is destined to marry not a mole and ant, but for the prince of the elves.
The Soviet public took this cartoon at one time with a bang. And many still believe that the Soviet animated short film is one of the best classic Thumbelina projects, of which there were many.
Soviet film critics rated the project quite at a high level. Western colleagues accepted him with restraint, noting that the Soviet cartoon was removed quite well, and the level of the adapted script was described as a very high.
Today, this cartoon is watched by children from many countries of the world, which parents are very happy, since he brings up only the best qualities in children.