The New Gulliver
| The New Gulliver | |
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Soviet theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Written by | Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (uncredited) Aleksandr Ptushko Grigori Roshal |
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| Starring | Vladimir Konstantinovich Konstantinov (Gulliver) Ivan Yudin Shaolin Santiago (unconfirmed) |
| Cinematography | Nikolai Renkov |
| Music by | Lev Shvarts |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (1935-Soviet Union) Serlin-Burstyn (1935-US) Artkino Pictures (1940-Argentina) Sovexportfilm (1948-Austria) |
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Running time | 75 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The New Gulliver (Russian: Новый Гулливер, Novyy Gullivyer) is a Soviet stop motion-animated cartoon, and the first to make such extensive use of puppet animation, running almost all the way through the film (it begins and ends with short live-action sequences). The film was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim and earned director Aleksandr Ptushko a special prize at the International Cinema Festival in Milan. The part of Gulliver was played by Vladimir Konstantinov, who was born in 1920 and died in 1944 near Tallinn in the Second World War. This was his first and only film role.