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Valuable Kopeck

1961 · 16 min

A light, briskly paced animated short that turns a currency reform into playful, mildly satirical entertainment.

Directed by: Ivan Aksenchuk
Genres: Animation
Starring: Serafim Anikeyev, Erast Garin, Sergei Martinson

Overview: Animated short film dedicated to the redenomination of the Soviet ruble that happened on January 1, 1961.

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Directed by: Ivan Aksenchuk
Genres: Animation
Starring: Serafim Anikeyev, Erast Garin, Sergei Martinson

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
power
work
politics
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	1
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Ivan Aksenchuk
Written by: Evgeniy Agranovich
Starring: Serafim Anikeyev, Erast Garin, Sergei Martinson, Valentina Tumanova, Georgiy Vitsin, Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Music: Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Cinematography: Mikhail Druyan
Runtime: 16 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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