Kitten from Lizyukova Street

Kitten from Lizyukova Street (1988)

Котенок с улицы Лизюкова

In Voronezh in Lizyukova Street lives a kitten Vasily, who constantly has to flee from domestic dogs, and therefore he dreams of becoming such a beast that everyone would be afraid of.

Date of release
1988-10-17
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (8)
Runtime
10m
Genres
Animation, Family
Director
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin

Casting

Interesting facts

The Kitten from Lizyukov Street is a 1988 Soviet animated film directed by Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin of Soyuzmultfilm animation studio.

Production

Filmed in 1988 by Soyuzmultfilm using hand-drawn animation, the cartoon gave the start to Voronezh animation history. Vitaly Zlotnikov, the screenwriter settled the hero on a real historical street of a residential neighborhood of Voronezh, named after General Alexander Lizyukov. As a native of Voronezh, Zlotnikov based the setting on the address of his wife's relatives.

The Kitten from Lizyukov Street is Voronezh resident's favorite cartoon whose characters are part of their cultural fabric and heritage. The cartoon and the eponymous character, kitten Vasily is not only known in Voronezh but also in many parts of Russia. Most people in Russia knows about the kitten on Lizyukov Street. In 2016 a vote was held in the Russian Federation on who should appear on new ruble banknotes.

The story is comedic in nature with animation intended to emphasize the surprises such as transformations and inexplicable color and object changes that reflect the transformation phase of the character, kitten Vasily. Comedic blunders are present in the story such as the coordinates to find Voronezh was stated as 7 degrees south latitude, 30 degrees east longitude-7°00 's.

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