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Cheburashka Goes to School (Russian: Чебурашка идёт в школу, Cheburashka Idyot v Shkolu) is a 1983 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov, the last one of the series about Cheburashka.

Plot summary

Gena the Crocodile finds out that Cheburashka is unable to read. Luckily, the next day is September 1, the first day of school, and Gena decides to take Cheburashka to school so he can learn. After failing to buy a school uniform, they go to the school anyway, only to find it is closed for repair. Shapoklyak uses Lariska the Rat to stimulate the workers to repair the school quickly. As the school also doesn't have enough teachers, Gena and Shapoklyak volunteer to be teachers.

Creators

• Director: Roman Kachanov
• Screenwriters: Roman Kachanov, Eduard Uspensky
• Art directors: Leonid Shvartsman, Olga Bogolyubova
• Animators: Irina Sobinova-Kassil, Mikhail Pisman, Natalya Timofeeva, Natalia Dabizha
• Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov
• Director: Grigori Chmara
• Composer: Vladimir Shainsky
• Sound producer: Boris Filchikov
• Editor: Natalya Abramova
• Dolls and scenery: Pavel Gusev, Sergey Galkin, Natalia Barkovskaya, Marina Chesnokova, Alexander Belyaev, Semyon Etlis, Mikhail Koltunov, Valentin Ladygin, Vladimir Maslov, Oleg Masainov, Lyudmila Ruban, Natalia Greenberg, Svetlana Znamenskaya, Victor Grishin, Vladimir Abbakumov, Nina Moleva, Valery Petrov, Alexander Maximov
• Film editor: G. Filatova

Cast

• Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile
• Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka
• Yuri Andreyev as Shapoklyak
• Georgi Burkov as Salesman

External links

• Cheburashka Goes to School at Animator.ru
• Cheburashka Goes to School on Russian Film Hub
• Cheburashka Goes to School at IMDb