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I long wanted to identify two Russian animated short films I saw in the eighties. Maybe someone saw them & recognises from the description...

  1. A communist fable about a little narrow-gauge steam engine. It wants to enjoy life and run around exploring the world instead of working. But doing so, it is irresponsible, ignores all warnings from older locos, and manages to end up in a steam engine graveyard. Somehow, it is saved, and then works together happily ever after with the big boys on broad gauge.

  2. Football. An (amateur?) football team forms and defeats all odds. The scene I remember vividly is playing in rain, with the football field transforming into a lake, with players playing swimming or from under the water. I remember it to have been very funny.


*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 05:52:01 PM EST
two Russian animated short films

Er, Soviet.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 05:53:11 PM EST
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The second one should be either "Kak kazaki v futbol igrali" (How cossaks played football, part of a series about cossaks. If the heroes were a thin, a fat and huge, and a very small one, it's the one), or "Gol!" (the same heroes as in "Shaibu! Shaibu"; if the heroes are a bunch of street kids, this should be the one). I don't think I ever saw the first one.

Can't do refs now - no Cyrillic keyboard, and no possibility of looking at entertainment sites.

by Sargon on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 08:12:20 AM EST
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It was Как казаки в футбол играли, many thanks! It's up on YouTube, I am also downloading a torrent (will be a present).

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 01:25:02 PM EST
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I guess we could start Ukrainian film blog with it :)
by Sargon on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 04:29:37 AM EST
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Well, everyone in the West knows it's only a matter of time before Russia invades and totally takes over Ukraine anyways...

</snark>

"This is nothing compared to how Putin rigged Eurovision."

by poemless on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:06:53 PM EST
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There's nothing so permanent as temporary, you see :)
by Sargon on Thu May 15th, 2008 at 07:43:39 AM EST
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