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Release Date:
January 1, 1942
Original Title:
Елка (новогодняя сказка)
Alternate Titles:
The Fir Tree (A New Year Tale)
Ёлка (новогодняя сказка)
Genres:
Animation | Family
Production Companies:
Soyuzmultfilm
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 9
An early Soviet New Year cartoon with Grandpa Frost celebrating the holiday in the woods with other forest critters. But the wolves try to steal the presents for themselves and eat his reindeer.
Animation:
Lamis Bredis
Lev Pozdneyev
Faina Epifanova
Assistant Director:
Roman Davydov
Director:
Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy
Pyotr Nosov
Director of Photography:
Efim Gimpelson
Original Music Composer:
Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Sound Director:
Serafim Renskiy
Writer:
Pyotr Nosov
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