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Don't Be Afraid of Me

1985 · 9 min

A gentle, simple puppet-animation fable that unfolds slowly and warmly, easy for small children to follow.

Directed by
Kuzma Kresnitskiy
Genres
Animation
Starring
Vera Kavalerova, Boris Vladomirsky, Mariya Zakharevich
Overview
A fairy tale about how the little hunter Nikita and the puppy Bobik helped Zubrenok find his mother.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Kuzma Kresnitskiy
Genres
Animation
Starring
Vera Kavalerova, Boris Vladomirsky, Mariya Zakharevich
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • friendship
    • survival
    Places
    • wilderness
    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
    Humour2
    Realism1
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Kuzma Kresnitskiy
    Written by
    Eduard Shim
    Starring
    Vera Kavalerova, Boris Vladomirsky, Mariya Zakharevich, Vladimir Sichkar, E. Petrosova
    Music
    Leonid Zakhlevnyj
    Cinematography
    Mikhail Komov
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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