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About The Hippopotamus Named Well-Let-It

1986 · 8 min

A gentle, handmade puppet fable that ambles along with a soft moral lesson and a few chuckles for small viewers.

Genres
Animation
Overview
A story with a moral about a hippopotamus who misused the expression "well let it", a boastful crocodile, a parrot who, as always, is innocent, a turtle and a wise monkey.
How it feels
Whimsical, warm, light and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Morality, friendship, deception
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism3
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Valentyna Kostylieva
Music
Oleh Kiva
Cinematography
Vasyl Kordun
Runtime
8 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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