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Happy Merry-Go-Round (1969)

Happy Merry-Go-Round poster
Original title
Весёлая карусель
Genre
fairy tale, anthology film, film and series for children
Country
Soviet Union, Russia
Rated
0+
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This anthology series collects short animated films from different young directors. Each episode presents a few small stories that are experimental in style and meant for children.

playfulwhimsicallightheartedcolorfulfast-pacedexperimentalupbeatnostalgic

What happens

Happy Merry-Go-Round (Russian: Весёлая карусель, romanized: Vesyolaya karusel') is a long-running Soviet and Russian animated anthology series created by Anatoly Petrov and Galina Barinova for Soyuzmultfilm in 1969. It is presented as a collection of 2–4 experimental shorts by various young directors. The original series ran from 1969 to 2001 and was released theatrically during the Soviet days and on television in the Russian Federation. 2012 saw the revival of the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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