
Tale of Tales(1979)
Distant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.

“Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters.”
Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters. A social satire about poorly-managed organizations, based on caricatures by Boris Yefimov.

Sergei Martinson
Rat (voice, uncredited)

Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Hedgehog (voice, uncredited)

Vladimir Volodin
Mole (voice, uncredited)

Georgi Millyar
Dog (voice, uncredited)
The Signature Is Illegible is a animation film released in 1954. Directed by Aleksandr V. Ivanov, it stars Sergei Martinson, Yuri Khrzhanovsky, Vladimir Volodin. Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters. A social satire about poorly-managed organizations, based on caricatures by Boris Yefimov.
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