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Release Date:
July 22, 1964
Original Title:
Левша
Alternate Titles:
Levsha
Genres:
Animation
Production Companies:
Soyuzmultfilm
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 43
Surprising master Lefty, who grounded a steel flea. This feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmult film studio.
Animation:
Yuri Norstein
Kirill Malyantovich
Lev Zhdanov
Galina Zolotovskaya
Mikhail Botov
Art Direction:
Arkadiy Tyurin
Anatoly Kuritsyn
Marina Sokolova
Background Designer:
Aleksandr Gorbachev
Galina Nevzorova
Vladimir Alisov
Vera Rodzhero
Tamara Zuykova
Vladimir Sobolev
Aleksandr Volkov
Book:
Nikolai Leskov
Co-Director:
Vladimir Danilevich
Conductor:
Grigoriy Gamburg
Director:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Director of Photography:
Iosif Golomb
Editor:
Nina Mayorova
Original Music Composer:
Anatoliy Aleksandrov
Producer:
Natan Bitman
Property Master:
Oleg Masainov
Yu. Benkevich
Svetlana Znamenskaya
Lilianna Lyutinskaya
N. Budylova
Vladimir Abbakumov
Vera Cherkinskaya
M. Spasskaya
Script Editor:
Natalya Abramova
Sound Director:
Boris Filchikov
Writer:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
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