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Aybolit-66

19666.01h 38m

Overview

An eccentric musical comedy based on the tale of Korney Chukovsky. In Africa, monkeys fell ill. This news was reported to Dr. Aybolit by the monkey Chichi, who escaped from the robber Barmaley. Aybolit and his assistants — Chichi and the dog Avva — are in a hurry to save the monkeys from the disease. But Barmaley and his robbers are trying to stop them. First, they capture the doctor’s ship at sea and throw Aybolit, Avva and Chichi into the water, but they swim to Africa.

Directed by Rolan Bykov
Written by Vadim Korostylyov, Rolan Bykov, Korney Chukovsky
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Top Cast

Oleg Efremov

Oleg Efremov

Aibolit

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Barmalei

Lidiya Knyazeva

Lidiya Knyazeva

Chi-Chi the monkey

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Evgeniy Vasilev

Avva the dog

Mher Mkrtchyan

Mher Mkrtchyan

Pirate - Barmaley's funny servant

Aleksei Smirnov

Aleksei Smirnov

Pirate - Barmaley's sad servant

Ilya Rutberg

Ilya Rutberg

Ruslan Akhmetov

Ruslan Akhmetov

Valentin Grachyov

Valentin Grachyov

Gurgen Janibekyan

Gurgen Janibekyan

Themes & Keywords

fairy taleafricasurrealism

About Aybolit-66

Aybolit-66 is a comedy, family, adventure, music film released in 1966 exploring themes of fairy tale, africa, surrealism. Directed by Rolan Bykov, it stars Oleg Efremov, Rolan Bykov, Lidiya Knyazeva. An eccentric musical comedy based on the tale of Korney Chukovsky. In Africa, monkeys fell ill. This news was reported to Dr. Aybolit by the monkey Chichi, who escaped from the robber Barmaley. Aybolit and his assistants — Chichi and the dog Avva — are in a hurry to save the monkeys from the disease. But Barmaley and his robbers are trying to stop them. First, they capture the doctor’s ship at sea and throw Aybolit, Avva and Chichi into the water, but they swim to Africa.

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