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The Signature Is Illegible

1954 · 18 min

A brisk, gently barbed cartoon where bureaucratic foolishness plays out in bright, simple animal antics.

Directed by
Aleksandr Ivanov
Genres
Animation
Tagline
Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters.
Overview
Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters. A social satire about poorly-managed organizations, based on caricatures by Boris Yefimov.
How it feels
Satirical, light, whimsical and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Corruption, work, betrayal, greed
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Animation
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Aleksandr Ivanov
Written by
Leonid Lench
Starring
Sergei Martinson, Yuri Khrzhanovsky, Vladimir Volodin, Georgi Millyar
Music
Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Cinematography
Nikolay Voinov
Runtime
18 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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