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How Robinson Was Created (1961)

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Original title
Как создавался Робинзон
Directed by
Eldar Ryazanov
Genre
comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
15 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A satirical short film about the absurd process of creating an idealized Soviet hero character for propaganda. It follows the chaotic and humorous attempts to write a story about a shipwrecked man.

satiricallight-heartedwittyplayfulabsurdistshortfast-paced

What happens

How Robinson Was Created (Russian: Как создавался Робинзон, translit. Kak sozdavalsya Robinzon) is a 1961 short Soviet film directed and written by Eldar Ryazanov. The film is part of the comedy anthology film series Absolutely Seriously (Russian: Совершенно серьезно, romanized: Sovershenno seryozno). It is based on the 1933 satirical short story "How the Soviet Robinson was Created" by Ilf and Petrov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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