This little-seen and little-discussed film combines animation with self-reflexive, live action segments to embody the anarchic, satiric spirit of the poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). The film also showcases Sergei Yuktevich's fondness for formal experimentation. It is nominally adapted from Mayakovsky's play "The Bedbug" and his screenplay "Forget All About the Fireplace."
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Cast
24 people
Leonid Bronevoy
Oleg Bayan
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Mikhail Gluzskiy
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Yuri Neyman
Anatoliy Karanovich
Aleksei Kapler
Also in
The Overcoat
The Devil's Wheel
Sergei Yutkevich
Vladimir Tarasov
Anatoli Pereverzev
Mayakovsky
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Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov
The Lost Letter
Vladimir Dashkevich
Iya Savvina
Зоя Берёзкина
Known for
Winnie-the-Pooh
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Ideya Garanina
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Sergei Yutkevich Director · Anatoliy Karanovich Director Yuri Neyman Cinematographer
First release October 25, 1976 · Produced in Russia · Original title Маяковский смеётся
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Маяковский смеётся
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 25, 1976
Russia · October 25, 1976
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No release date listed for United States.
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