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Little Dinosaur

1982 · 9 min

A gentle, brightly coloured cartoon short that feels like a cozy storybook read aloud, with a simple bully-versus-hero tale.

Directed by
Tatiana Zhitkovskaya
Genres
Animation, Family
Starring
Vasiliy Livanov, Vera Kavalerova, V. Pichugin
Overview
A cheeky and greedy Murlocotam lived on a magical island. One day a little Dinosaur appeared. He helped the inhabitants of the island defeat the Murlocotamus and return to them a beautiful orchard, which was taken away from them by a greedy bully.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Tatiana Zhitkovskaya
Genres
Animation, Family
Starring
Vasiliy Livanov, Vera Kavalerova, V. Pichugin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • justice
  • greed
  • nature
Places
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism1
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
animation, family
Directed by
Tatiana Zhitkovskaya
Written by
Yu. Savin
Starring
Vasiliy Livanov, Vera Kavalerova, V. Pichugin, Georgi Sichkar, Regina Dombrovskaya
Cinematography
Yury Miltner
Runtime
9 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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