Who sounded the crocodile Gen in the cartoon "Crocodile Gena and his friends"?

The animated film "Crocodile Gena" wascoined and created after the publication of the work of the famous children's writer E. N. Uspensky. For the first time the story "Crocodile Gena and His Friends" was published in 1966, and a little later came out on the screens and a cartoon that had its continuation in the three subsequent series.

About the author of the story

Интересно то, что именно после выхода на The television screens of the cartoon, whose main characters are the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, Edward Ouspensky became widely known as the author of many children's works.

Before becoming a children's writer, UspenskyI tried myself in a humorous genre. Together with Arkady Arkanov, he published several books. But the author received recognition and fame only when he seriously engaged in children's literature. According to the author himself, this happened quite by accident.

Characters in the works of Uspensky

Who today does not know Uncle Fedor, KotaMatroskin, Sharik, the old woman Shapoklyak, the girl Vera and the monkey Anfisa, the famous Kolobkov, leading the investigation? But, perhaps, these characters, invented by Eduard Ouspensky, would not have had such enormous popularity if they had not turned out to be heroes of animated films.

True connoisseurs and fans of the writercan easily not only list the images created by him, but also answer more complex questions. For example, who voiced crocodile Gena and Cheburashka? When were these heroes born? Did Eduard Ouspensky himself take part in the creation of cartoons in which the characters he invented were involved?

Creative team

Work on the creation of the cartoon "Crocodile Gena"began shortly after the book was published, and in 1968, the audience first saw the images of the heroes of the book on the screen. Director Roman Kachanov, screenwriter Edward Uspensky, talented animators and all the actors who voiced the crocodile Gena, the old woman Shapoklyak, Cheburashka and other cartoon characters worked in close collaboration.
The artists created puppet characters so vivid and memorable that their images could overshadow the characters of cartoon cartoons. But they were very popular at that time.

Thanks to the creative alliance of like-minded people, an animated film was born, which for many years took a leading position in the rating of Soviet animation for children.

The work of actors

Special note deserves the work of talented actors, who voiced the crocodile Gena and all the other cartoon characters. Thanks to them, the characters have become recognizable by voice and a separate phrase uttered.

Vasily Livanov is the one who voicedCrocodile Gena in the cartoon "Cheburashka Goes to School", "Crocodile Gena", "Cheburashka", "Shapoklyak". Klara Rumyanova - another great actress, in a huge list of works which has animated voice. The Cheburashka and the Crocodile Gena speak throughout all the issues of the cartoon with the voices of Livanov and Rumyanova.

The fate of the old woman was a little different.Cap She spoke with the voice of Vladimir Rautbart in the films "Cheburashka" and "Crocodile Gena". The voice of this heroine in the third film, which was called “Cap”, was performed by actress Irina Mazing.

Song repertoire of cartoon characters

The characters of the animated film turned out to be not only very kind in nature, funny in appearance, but they also turned out to be very musical.
In 1971, the second film of the series was released, hecalled "Cheburashka". It was there that the Song of the Crocodile Gena sounded. The author of this famous children's hit music is Vladimir Shainsky. The words for the song were written by the poet Alexander Timofeevsky. The song was performed by actor Vasily Livanov, who voiced the crocodile Gena in all the cartoon series.

The song fell in love not only residents of the SovietUnion, she sang far outside the country. It has been translated into many languages ​​of the world. And after the song, all the characters in the cartoon came from abroad. They made friends in Finland, Germany, Sweden and many other countries.

In 1974, a new series of cartoon gives moreone musical hit - the song "Blue Car". The talented composer Vladimir Shainsky again took part in the work on the film, the author of the words was Eduard Ouspensky - this is the one who invented all the cartoon characters and fascinating stories happening to them.

Another fact is remarkable:since the release of the cartoon and to this day, large quantities of dolls, souvenirs, and coloring books have been produced, depicting cartoon characters. Characters are used by educators working with young children. Based on the cartoon created board educational games and many other products.

Modern children have many new idolsfrom among the characters of animated films. But parents who seek to cultivate kindness, responsiveness, understanding of the life situation, sense of humor in their children will certainly acquaint the child with the good old cartoon and his funny characters.