The Mitten (film)

The Mitten (Russian: Варежка, Varezhka) is a 1967 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov. The film received international recognition.

The Mitten
Варежка
Directed byRoman Kachanov
Written byZhanna Vitenzon
Music byVadim Gavmalija
CinematographyIosif Golomb
Edited byNadezhda Treshchyova
Release date
June 6, 1967
Running time
10 minutes
Country USSR
LanguageRussian

Plot summary

The film centres on a girl who wants a dog. She brings home a puppy but her mother wouldn't let the puppy stay. The girl is upset and goes outside to the playground where all the other kids are walking their dogs. She starts playing with her mitten, pretending that the mitten is a dog. And the power of her imagination turns her mitten into a puppy, which keeps the mitten's red color and black spots on the back. The puppy starts chasing a cat which ends up finding shelter on top of the ad board saying "Everyone who has a dog is welcome to take part in the kennel club competition!" The girl takes her puppy to the competition and it completes the task better than other dogs but on the way to the finish one of the threads of puppy's knitted coat gets caught by a nail on the wooden barrier and it loses the competition. The girl takes it home and is about to feed it, when it turns back to a mitten. Mom notices the girl trying to feed a mitten and decides to get her a real puppy.

Creators

  • Dolls and scenery made - Pavel Gusyov, Oleg Masainov, V. Petrov, M. Chesnokova, G. Gettinger, G. Lyutinsky, A. Maximov, V. Kalashnikova, V. Kuranov, S. Etlis, leadership the Roman Gurov
  • Film editor - Vera Gokke
  • Editor - Natalya Abramova
  • Director - Nathan Bitman

Awards

Interesting facts

  • There is no dialogue in the film.
  • Leonid Shvartsman based the character of the mother on a very close acquaintance — Tamara Vladimirovna Poletika (the first wife of his friend and animator Lev Milchin).
  • The bulldog in “The Mitten” is based on the director, Roman Kachanov.


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