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The New Gulliver

Новый Гулливер

1935·75 min·SU
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
AnimationFamilyFantasy

The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation.

The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation.

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The New Gulliver | New East Cinema Symposium — New East Cinema Symposium

Essay on Ptushko's pioneering stop-motion animated feature with its Communist allegory.

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Cast

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Vladimir Konstantinov

Young Pioneer Konsantinov / Petya Gulliver

Ivan Yudin

Ivan Yudin

Troop Leader Yudin / Gulliver's shipboard pal

Ivan Bobrov

Ivan Bobrov

Mikhail Dagmarov

Mikhail Dagmarov

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Fyodor Brest

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Crew

Aleksandr Ptushko

writer

Nikolai Renkov

cinematographer

Grigoriy Roshal

writer

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

writer

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