Cheburashka Goes to School

1983 film

Cheburashka Goes to School Чебурашка идёт в школу
Directed by	Roman Kachanov
Written by	Eduard Uspensky Roman Kachanov
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Teodor Bunimovich Vladimir Sidorov
Edited by	Galina Filatova
Music by	Vladimir Shainsky
Release date	June 6, 1983
Running time	9 min 54 sec
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cheburashka Goes to School (Russian: Чебурашка идёт в школу, Cheburashka Idyot v Shkolu) is a 1983 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov, the last one of the series about Cheburashka.

Plot summary

Gena the Crocodile finds out that Cheburashka is unable to read. Luckily, the next day is September 1, the first day of school, and Gena decides to take Cheburashka to school so he can learn. After failing to buy a school uniform, they go to the school anyway, only to find it is closed for repair. Shapoklyak uses Lariska the Rat to stimulate the workers to repair the school quickly. As the school also doesn't have enough teachers, Gena and Shapoklyak volunteer to be teachers.

Creators

Director: Roman Kachanov
Screenwriters: Roman Kachanov, Eduard Uspensky
Art directors: Leonid Shvartsman, Olga Bogolyubova
Animators: Irina Sobinova-Kassil, Mikhail Pisman, Natalya Timofeeva, Natalia Dabizha
Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov
Director: Grigori Chmara
Composer: Vladimir Shainsky
Sound producer: Boris Filchikov
Editor: Natalya Abramova
Dolls and scenery: Pavel Gusev, Sergey Galkin, Natalia Barkovskaya, Marina Chesnokova, Alexander Belyaev, Semyon Etlis, Mikhail Koltunov, Valentin Ladygin, Vladimir Maslov, Oleg Masainov, Lyudmila Ruban, Natalia Greenberg, Svetlana Znamenskaya, Victor Grishin, Vladimir Abbakumov, Nina Moleva, Valery Petrov, Alexander Maximov
Film editor: G. Filatova