The Wise Gudgeon (1979)
On the motives of Saltikov-Shedrin’s fairy tale, the film derides aimless and senseless being.
Director: Valentin Karavaev
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Aleksey Zaytsev as |
| Directing | Valentin Karavaev | Director |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Palchikov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Galina Zolotovskaya | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Gorlenko | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Elena Malashenkova | Animation |
| Production | Lyubov Butyrina | Producer |
| Sound | Vladimir Kutuzov | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Fadeeva | Animation |
| Sound | Vladimir Martynov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Viktor Merezhko | Writer |
| Editing | Izabella Gerasimova | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Iosif Kuroyan | Animation |
| Writing | Elena Nikitkina | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Kuzyurin | Animation |
| Art | Irina Troyanova | Storyboard Artist |
| Camera | Mayya Popova | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Nataliya Barkovskaya | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Geliy Arkadev | Art Direction |
| Art | Sergey Alimov | Art Direction |
| Directing | Galina Chikina | Assistant Director |
| Art | Zinaida Plekhanova | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Lobanova | Animation |
| Camera | Boris Kotov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Olga Apanasova | Storyboard Artist |
| Writing | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin | Book |