Gena the Crocodile
7.8
First animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo. Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with. Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city. First, a girl named Galya comes with a homeless puppy, who is then followed by Cheburashka. They decide to build a house for all the lonely citizens of the city, but a mischievous old lady, Shapoklyak, tries to stop them in different ways.
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Part of Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena
4 films
Cast
7 people
Vasiliy Livanov
Gena the Crocodile (voice)
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
Junior and Karlson
Klara Rumyanova
Cheburashka (voice)
Known for
Well, Just You Wait!
Junior and Karlson
Vladimir Rautbart
Shapoklyak (voice)
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Клара Румянова
Vladimir Kenigson
Salesman (voice)
Known for
The Secret of the Third Planet
Владимир Кенигсон
Tamara Dmitrieva
Galya (voice)
Known for
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Roman Kachanov Director · Mikhail Ziv Composer
United States release October 10, 1971 · Produced in Russia · Original title Крокодил Гена
Production
Soyuzmultfilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Крокодил Гена
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 30, 1969
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 1971
Theatrical
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