Left-Hander (1964)
Surprising master Lefty, who grounded a steel flea. This feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmult film studio.
Director:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Writer:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
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Dmitriy Zhuravlyov as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Director |
| Sound | Anatoliy Aleksandrov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Nikolai Leskov | Book |
| Directing | Vladimir Danilevich | Co-Director |
| Camera | Iosif Golomb | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Boris Filchikov | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Norstein | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kirill Malyantovich | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Lev Zhdanov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Galina Zolotovskaya | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Botov | Animation |
| Art | Aleksandr Gorbachev | Background Designer |
| Art | Galina Nevzorova | Background Designer |
| Art | Vladimir Alisov | Background Designer |
| Art | Vera Rodzhero | Background Designer |
| Art | Tamara Zuykova | Background Designer |
| Art | Vladimir Sobolev | Background Designer |
| Art | Oleg Masainov | Property Master |
| Art | Yu. Benkevich | Property Master |
| Art | Svetlana Znamenskaya | Property Master |
| Art | Lilianna Lyutinskaya | Property Master |
| Art | N. Budylova | Property Master |
| Art | Vladimir Abbakumov | Property Master |
| Art | Vera Cherkinskaya | Property Master |
| Art | M. Spasskaya | Property Master |
| Writing | Natalya Abramova | Script Editor |
| Editing | Nina Mayorova | Editor |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg | Conductor |
| Art | Aleksandr Volkov | Background Designer |
| Writing | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Screenplay |
| Art | Anatoly Kuritsyn | Production Design |
| Art | Arkadiy Tyurin | Production Design |
| Art | Marina Sokolova | Production Design |
| Production | Natan Bitman | Executive Producer |