Go There, Don't Know Where (1966)

Original title

Поди туда, не знаю куда

Directed by

Vladimir Danilevich, Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

52 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier embarks on a magical quest to find something unknown in a faraway place. The story is based on Russian folk tales and blends comedy with fantasy.

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What happens

Go There, Don't Know Where (Russian: Поди́ туда́, не зна́ю куда́, romanized: Podi tuda, ne znayu kuda) is a 1966 Soviet feature-length cutout-animated film. Produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio, it was directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, widely regarded as the "Patriarch of Soviet animation." This film marked a rare venture into comedy for Ivanov-Vano. The movie is a comedic adaptation based on motifs of Russian folk tales, particularly the story Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What. The screenplay, written by renowned Soviet screenwriter Nikolai Erdman, is preserved in the archives of the State Central Cinema Museum (collection 17, inventory 1, storage unit 20). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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