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Release Year1956
Runtime0h 21m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresAnimation
Votes2
DirectorBoris Dyozhkin, Mstislav Pashchenko
WritersBoris Dyozhkin, Mstislav Pashchenko
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast4 credited
Also Known AsOld Friends
About Old Friends
The losers the wooden football players overheard the bear's talk about the upcoming water polo championship and decided to win the main prize (the car). To participate in the match, the wooden players took paint and repainted themselves as a water polo players. They called their team "Black swans" and nobody recognized them. But since they trained little and behaved rudely during the match in the pool, they lost again
Directed by Boris Dyozhkin, Mstislav Pashchenko, Old Friends leans on a strong ensemble — Boris Andreyev, Yuliya Yulskaya, Yuri Khrzhanovsky — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 1956.
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