The Luncheon on the Grass (film)

The Luncheon on the Grass
Written byMikhail Lvovsky
Directed byNikolai Alexandrovich
Starring
Music byVladimir Shainsky
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
Production
CinematographyVladimir Brusin
Editors
  • G. Vladimirskaya
  • L. Panova
  • G. Shmovanova
Running time135 minutes
Production companyStudio Ekran
Original release
Release1979 (1979)

The Luncheon on the Grass (Russian: Завтрак на траве, romanized: Zavtrak na trave) is a 1979 Soviet children's two-part television film directed by Nikolai Alexandrovich based on the stories of Anatoly Chernousov.

The film is titled after the painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe / The Luncheon on the Grass by Claude Monet from the album of the Impressionists, presented to young cartoonist-surrealist Dima Murashkin by Pioneer leader Ivan Kovalyov.