Lefty (1964 film)

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Lefty (Levsha)

Directed by	Ivan Ivanov-Vano Vladimir Danilevich
Written by	Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Narrated by	Dmitriy Zhuravlyov
Music by	Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Release date(s)	1964 (USSR)
Running time	42 min 23 sec
Country	USSR
Language	Russian
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Lefty (Russian: Ле́вша, Levsha) is a 1964 feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film 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 Soyuzmultfilm studio.

The score was performed by the Government Symphony Orchestra, conducted by G. Gamburg.

[edit] Creators

	English	Russian
Director	Ivan Ivanov-Vano	Иван Иванов-Вано
Co-director (?)	Vladimir Danilevich	Владимир Данилевич
Scenario	Ivan Ivanov-Vano	Иван Иванов-Вано
Art Directors	Arkadiy Tyurin Anatoliy Kuritsyn Marina Sokolova	Аркадий Тюрин Анатолий Курицын Марина Соколова
Artists	Vladimir Alisov G. Zuykova V. Rodzhero Vladimir Sobolev A. Volkov G. Nevzorova Aleksandr Gorbachyov	Владимир Алисов Г. Зуйкова В. Роджеро Владимир Соболев А. Волков Г. Невзорова Александр Горбачёв
Animators	Galina Zolotovskaya Yuriy Norshteyn Lev Zhdanov Kirill Malyantovich Mikhail Botov	Галина Золотовская Юрий Норштейн Лев Жданов Кирилл Малянтович Михаил Ботов
Camera Operator	Joseph Golomb	Иосиф Голомб
Executive Producer	Nathan Bitman	Натан Битман
Composer	Aleksandr Aleksandrov	Александр Александров
Sound Operator	Boris Filchikov	Борис Фильчиков
Script Editor	Natalya Abramova	Наталья Абрамова
Puppets and decorations	Vladimir Abbakumov N. Budylova Vera Cherkinskaya Svetlana Znamenskaya Liliana Lyutinskaya Y. Benkevich Oleg Masainov M. Spasskaya	Владимир Аббакумов Н. Будылова Вера Черкинская Светлана Знаменская Лилиана Лютинская Ю. Бенкевич Олег Масаинов М. Спасская
Narrator	Dmitriy Zhuravlyov	Дмитрий Журавлёв
Editor	Nina Mayorova	Нина Майорова

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Levsha at animator.ru (Russian and English)
Levsha at the Internet Movie Database
Levsha at myltik.ru (Russian)

Works of Yuriy Norshteyn

Director/Co-director: 25th October, the First Day (1968) • The Battle of Kerzhenets (1971) • The Fox and the Hare (1973) • The Heron and the Crane (1974) • Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) • Tale of Tales (1979) • Winter Days (2003, segment) • The Overcoat (????)

Animator (selected films): Lefty (1964) • Go There, Don't Know Where (1966) • Times of the Year (1969) • Cheburashka (1972) • Shapoklyak (1974) • 38 Parrots (1976) • Autumn (1982) • The Book of the Dead (2005)