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Life at the Zoo (1941)

Life at the Zoo poster
Original title
Жизнь в зоопарке
Directed by
Aleksandr Zguridi
Genre
documentary film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
20 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary shows the daily life of animals at a zoo in the Soviet Union. It captures the routines of both the animals and their caretakers.

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What happens

Life at the Zoo (Russian: Жизнь в зоопарке, romanized: Zhizn v zooparke) is a 1946 Soviet short documentary film. At the 19th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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