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The Millionaire

1963 · 11 min

A short, playful cartoon fable that pokes fun at wealth and status with a light, brisk, gently absurd touch.

Directed by: Yuri Prytkov, Vitold Bordzilovskiy
Genres: Animation
Starring: Emmanuil Kaminka, Yuri Khrzhanovsky

Overview: A dog inherits a fortune and becomes an influential capitalist snob in the human world.

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Directed by: Yuri Prytkov, Vitold Bordzilovskiy
Genres: Animation
Starring: Emmanuil Kaminka, Yuri Khrzhanovsky

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: class
greed
power
identity
corruption
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Yuri Prytkov, Vitold Bordzilovskiy
Written by: Sergey Mikhalkov
Starring: Emmanuil Kaminka, Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Music: Mikhail Meerovich
Cinematography: Ekaterina Rizo
Runtime: 11 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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