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Кем быть?

1948 · 9 min

A short, cheerful cartoon that breezes through jobs like a nursery rhyme, curious and bright rather than dramatic.

Directed by
Dmitriy Babichenko
Genres
Animation
Starring
Zinaida Bokareva, Viktoriya Ivanova
Overview
A cartoon based on Mayakovsky's poem about how a little girl chose her profession, what she would do when she turned seventeen. Being a carpenter is good, you can make chairs and baskets, but being a doctor is better, he puts sick people back on their feet. Being a doctor is good, but being an engineer is better, because he builds houses. Being an engineer is good, but being a worker is better, because he makes machines. Being a worker is good, but being a driver is better. There are many professions, but you have to choose according to your taste.

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Directed by
Dmitriy Babichenko
Genres
Animation
Starring
Zinaida Bokareva, Viktoriya Ivanova
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • work
    • identity
    • ambition
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    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
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension0
    Darkness0
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

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    Genres
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    Directed by
    Dmitriy Babichenko
    Written by
    Yuriy Ganf, Dmitriy Babichenko
    Starring
    Zinaida Bokareva, Viktoriya Ivanova
    Music
    Nikolay Ivanov-Radkevich
    Cinematography
    Mikhail Druyan
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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