Spunky The Snowman (1958) Soyuzmultfilm Russian Christmas Cartoon

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Spunky The Snowman (1958) Soyuzmultfilm Production. Christmas Cartoon from Russia. Soyuzmultfilm (Russian: Coюзмультфильм, translated as Union Animation) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union. The studio has produced 1529 films during its existence.

It is currently divided into two studios: "Creative union of the "Film studio "Soyuzmultfilm" («Творческо-производственное объединение «Киностудия «Союзмультфильм») and the Soyuzmultfilm Film Fund («Фильмофонд Киностудии «Союзмультфильм»).

The Studio was founded in 10 June 1936 under the name Soyuzdetmultfilm (Союздетмультфильм - abbr. from Union Children's Animations). The name was changed to Soyuzmultfilm on 20 August 1937. Initially comprising only a few scattered workshops, Soyuzmultfilm grew quickly, soon becoming the Soviet Union's premier animation studio. The studio produced exclusively traditional animation until 1954, when a "puppet division" was founded and the first stop motion-animated film released. The puppet division would later also make cutout-animated films.

During the Soviet era, the studio employed a maximum of over 700 skilled labourers and released an average of 20 films each year (the highest number was 47, in 1973).

The 60s, 70s and 80s saw the release of many films whose characters became an integral part of Soviet culture: Winnie-the-Pooh (Винни-Пух), Crocodile Gena (Крокодил Гена), Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Карлсон, который живёт на крыше), The Musicians of Bremen (Бременские музыканты), Three from Buttermilk Village (Трое из Простоквашино), Nu, pogodi! (Ну, погоди!), Hedgehog in the Fog (Ёжик в тумане), The Mystery of the Third Planet (Тайна третьей планеты) etc.
The variety of animation styles and the unprecedented degree of artistic freedom given to its many animators made Soyuzmultfilm perhaps the most diverse of the world's major animation studios.

Soyuzmultfilm's creativity was fueled in part by the unique conditions of the Soviet Union which made it possible for the studio to disregard the commercial appeal of its films. Because animators were paid by the Academy of Film regardless of how well or how poorly their products sold (though they were not, in fact, "sold"), they were free to pursue their artistic vision without giving a thought to finances.

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Spunky The Snowman (1958)
Soyuzmultfilm Russian Christmas Cartoon

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[esh325]

Whys it in English if its Russian?

[XmasFLIX]

@esh325 many animated features are created in different languages. Obviously the audio track was replaced with English.

[deadlyshoesalesman]

What a beautifully animated film. There is a funny continuity error, though. Watch the broom disappear at 1:21. And I'm pretty sure the narrator is misidentifying the animal at 6:39.

[XmasFLIX]

I think the broom is still there, it's just a bit dark. And, that is most certainly a moose! I guess it was lost in translation.

Merry Xmas!

[XmasFLIX]

Yes, many of my films are either in another language or dubbed. Check out the Czechoslovakian film of mine called "A Christmas Dream".

Merry Xmas!

[capnhands]

COMRADE SPUNKY YOU MUST PROTECT MOTHERLAND FROM CAPITOLIST DOGS AND ENEMIES OF LEADER COMRADE STALIN

[1funnygame]

STRONG COMMUNIST SANTA SHALL KILL ALL EVIL

[1funnygame]

ITS ALIVE MWA HA HA HA HA HA

[SilentEagles]

@XmasFLIX

Is that Frosty cousin Spunky from Russia?

[willafeltman]

i love snowman

[DivineInterceptor]

@Rebelcommander6 Russians have never "gotten rid" of the Orthodox church. It was oppressed during the Stalin's rule but after his death it emerged anew like a phoenix from the ashes. The majority of Russians consider themselves Orthodox Christians.

[dopedpanda]

Ugh thank god I don't believe in communism anymore so hypocritical

[Rebelcommander6]

Wait..... if the Russians had gotten rid of the Orthodox church, then how do they still have Christmas which is either a religious celebration or what it has become here in the US? (commercialism and secularism)

[Lumotaku]

See the bear of communism saves the day from the greedy capitolist foxes.

[BrandonEffect]

Русские мультфильм Рождество