
Three from Prostokvashino(1978)
Little Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.

Based on the fairy tale by E. Serova about the Little Mouse, who saved the forest dwellers from fear.

Klara Rumyanova
Little mouse (voice)

Efim Katsirov
Firefly (voice)

Nikolay Litvinov
Narrator (voice)
Magic Lanterns is a animation film released in 1973. Directed by Vladimir Degtyarev, it stars Klara Rumyanova, Efim Katsirov, Nikolay Litvinov. Based on the fairy tale by E. Serova about the Little Mouse, who saved the forest dwellers from fear.
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