How Donkey Got Sick with Sadness (1987)
Once there lived a very hardworking donkey. Everyone loved him, including the girl whom he drove to school. But one day in the house appeared a truck who carried out all his work. The donkey felt like no one needed him and fell ill with sadness.
Director: Yuri Prytkov
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Tatyana Ryazanova as Donkey (voice) |
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Svetlana Stepchenko as Little girl (voice) |
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Evgeni Leonov as Truck (voice) |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Little girl's father (voice) |
| Writing | Genrikh Sapgir | Writer |
| Directing | Yuri Prytkov | Director |
| Art | Elizaveta Zharova | Art Direction |
| Art | Arkadiy Sher | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shamil Byasharov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kabul Rasulov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Boris Filchikov | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Marina Voskanyants | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Natalya Bogomolova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Marina Rogova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Pomerantseva | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Iosif Kuroyan | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Olga Orlova | Animation |
| Art | Sergey Marakasov | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Anna Atamanova | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Olga Kaniovskaya | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Galina Smirnova | Editor |
| Writing | Tatyana Paporova | Script Editor |
| Production | Lyubov Butyrina | Producer |