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Ivan Ivanov-VanoThe Stolen Sun (Краденое солнце, Kradenoye solntse) (1944)

A 1944 film by Soyuzmultfilm; made in the Soviet Union in the darkest days of World War 2. See its page at animator.ru for more info (though they got the year of release and some of the crew wrong, unfortunately):
http://animator.ru/db/?p=show_film&fid=2941

This film is in the public domain in Russia. And here is my proof:
http://www.rosculture.ru/movies_list/listing/show/?id=11581
(that's the film on the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography list of Russian films in the public domain)

The English subtitles were created by myself (be sure to download the .srt file!). Here's the direct link:
http://ia350627.us.archive.org/3/items/Russian_animation_The_Stolen_Sun./kradenoe_solntse_1943.srt

The translation can only be described as adequate though; after all, the original text is classic children's poetry.


This movie is part of the collection: Animation Shorts

Director: Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Producer: Soyuzmultfilm
Production Company: Soyuzmultfilm
Audio/Visual: sound, black&white
Language: Russian
Keywords: kradenoye solntse,stolen sun,soyuzmultfilm,russian animation,ivanov-vano,crocodile,soviet animation

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Reviewer: vaagheid - - December 24, 2007
Subject: Propaganda
Even without the sound you can see the thick lair of propoganda.
Great Animation with big historical valeu.

Reviewer: Filmcollectief Zandvoort - - May 29, 2007
Subject: Amazing cartoon!
I have watched a lot of old cartoons from the United States but was not aware that there were more cartoonists like Walt Disney or Hanna & Barbara. Maybe someone can provide more information because this cartoon is a beauty and probably there are hundreds like this in the former Sovjet Union.

Credits

based on text by Korney Chukovsky

Scenario
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Emmanuil Dvinskiy

Director: Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Assitant director: Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya

Artists:
Yevgeniy Migunov
Anatoliy Sazonov

Composer: Yu. Nikolskiy
Sound operator: S. Renskiy

Camera operators:
Nikolay Voinov
N. Sokolov

Artist-animators:
A. Bergengrin
Roman Davydov
Grigoriy Kozlov
Faina Yepifanova
Tatyana Fyodorova
Lev Pozdneyev

Artist-decorators:
I. Vereshagina
O. Gemmerling
G. Nevzorova
V. Rodzhero
V. Suteyeva
Ye. Tannenberg
N. Troyanova