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

Animated film "Crocodile Gena" waswas invented and created after the publication of the work of the famous children's writer E. N. Uspensky. For the first time, the novel "Crocodile Gena and his friends" was published in 1966, and a little later came out on the screens and a cartoon that was continued in the next three series.

About the Author

It is interesting that aftertelevision screens of the cartoon, the main characters of which were the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, Eduard Uspensky received wide recognition 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 issued several books. But the author got recognition and fame only when he seriously took up children's literature. According to the author's own admission, this happened quite by accident.

Characters of the works of Uspensky

Who today does not know Uncle Fyodor, KotaMatroskina, Sharik, the old woman Shapoklyak, the girl Vera and the monkey Anfisa, the famous Koloboks leading the investigation? But, perhaps, these characters, invented by Eduard Uspensky, would not have such huge popularity if they did not turn out to be heroes of animated films.

True connoisseurs and admirers of the writer's workcan easily not only list the images created by him, but also answer more complex questions. For example, who sounded the crocodile Geno and Cheburashka? When were these heroes born? Did Eduard Uspensky himself take part in the creation of cartoons in which the heroes invented by him participated?

Creative team

Work on the creation of the cartoon "Crocodile Gena"began shortly after the publication of the book, and in 1968 the audience first saw the characters of the book's characters on the screen. Directed by Roman Kachanov, screenwriter Eduard Uspensky, talented animators and all the actors who voiced the crocodile to Gena, the old woman Shapoklyak, Cheburashka and other cartoon characters, worked in close cooperation.
The artists created puppet characters so vivid and memorable that their images could outshine the characters of the cartoons. But they were very popular at that time.

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

Work of actors

Special mention deserves the work of talented actors who voiced the crocodile Gen and all the other cartoon characters. Thanks to them, the characters became recognizable by voice and by a single spoken phrase.

Vasily Livanov is the one who voicedcrocodile Genu in the cartoon "Cheburashka Goes to School", "Crocodile Gene", "Cheburashka", "Shapoklyak." Klara Rumyanova - another great actress, in a huge list of works which has a cartoon voice. Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena talk throughout all issues of the cartoon by the voices of Livanov and Rumyantova.

A little different fate of the old womanShapoklyak. She spoke in the voice of Vladimir Rautbart in the films "Cheburashka", "Crocodile Gena." The voice of this heroine in the third film, which was called "Shapoklyak", 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 were still very musical.
In 1971 he released the second film from the series, hewas called "Cheburashka". It was in it that the "Song of the Crocodile Genes" sounded. The author of the music of this famous children's hit is Vladimir Shainsky. The words for the song were written by the poet Alexander Timofeevsky. The song was performed by the actor Vasily Livanov, who voiced the crocodile to Gena in all the cartoon series.

The song was not only liked by the people of the Soviet UnionUnion, it sang far outside the country. It has been translated into many languages ​​of the world. And after the song in the foreign countries were all the characters of the cartoon. They made friends in Finland, Germany, Sweden and many other countries.

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

Another fact is noteworthy:since the release of the cartoon and to this day, in large editions, dolls, souvenirs, coloring books are being produced, where the characters of the cartoon are depicted. Characters are used by teachers working with young children. On the motives of the cartoon, there are desktop developing games and many other products.

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