Кем быть? (1948)
A cartoon based on Mayakovsky's poem about how a little girl chose her profession, what she would do when she turned seventeen. Being a carpenter is good, you can make chairs and baskets, but being a doctor is better, he puts sick people back on their feet. Being a doctor is good, but being an engineer is better, because he builds houses. Being an engineer is good, but being a worker is better, because he makes machines. Being a worker is good, but being a driver is better. There are many professions, but you have to choose according to your taste.
Director:
Dmitriy Babichenko
Writers:
Dmitriy Babichenko, Yuriy Ganf.
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Zinaida Bokareva as Children (voice, uncredited) |
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Viktoriya Ivanova as Children (voices, uncredited) |
| Editing | Lidiya Kyaksht | Editor |
| Writing | Dmitriy Babichenko | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yuriy Ganf | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nikolay Ivanov-Radkevich | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Dmitriy Babichenko | Director |
| Sound | Serafim Renskiy | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Vladimir Mayakovsky | Book |
| Art | Grigoriy Kozlov | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Boris Dyozhkin | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Renata Mirenkova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Evgeniy Trunov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Elizaveta Komova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Fyodorov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Gennadiy Filippov | Animation |
| Camera | Mikhail Druyan | Director of Photography |
| Directing | E. Shilova | Assistant Director |