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Wash-'em-Clean

1954 · 17 min

A playful, old-fashioned cartoon lesson told with lively animation and a gentle moral, easy and harmless to watch.

Overview
Based on the poem by Korney Chukovskiy, about a boy who would not clean himself, so all his belongings ran away from him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
Places
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism2
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
animation, family
Directed by
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Written by
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Starring
Mikhail Ryba, Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
17 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
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