Gena and Cheburashka are the heroes of our childhood

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

So, back in 1969 at the studio "Soyuzmultfilm" for the first time saw the light of the children's animated film "Crocodile Gena". This most wonderful cartoon of our childhood was directed by Roman Kachanov. He drew inspiration from Eduard Uspensky's book Crocodile Gena and His Friends, written in 1966. Subsequently, Gena and Cheburashka appeared on the big screen three more times: new episodes were filmed with heroes beloved by children - Cheburashka, Shapoklyak and Cheburashka Goes to School.

So why did Soviet children love this inseparable couple so much? Yes, everything is very simple. Gena and Cheburashka are very kind and honest, always ready to help those in trouble, the doors of their house are open to all their friends. Namely, the pioneers and the Octobrists dreamed of becoming such. But years, decades have passed, the Soviet Union and its ideology have long since disappeared, there are no pioneers and Octoberists, and modern children continue to love these heroes. Gena andCheburashka is still an example of friendship, disinterestedness and good nature. Many parents prefer to start introducing their kids to this cartoon, leaving Disney masterpieces for later. Kind and reasonable crocodile Gena, naive, impressionable, affectionate and sympathetic Cheburashka find their way to any heart!

And how interesting are Cheburashka and crocodile Gena! Gena is a reptile walking on two legs in a suit and hat, a zoo worker. Who does he work there? Crocodile. Already here the author's sense of humor is just on top! And Cheburashka, who is he? Lop-eared, fluffy animal from the tropics, overeating oranges and cheburahnuvsya from the store counter. His first residence is a telephone booth. So funny and touching… Of course, in addition to them, there are other characters in the cartoon: the noble lion Chandr in a top hat and pince-nez, the mischievous old woman Shapoklyak with her eternal accomplice - the rat Lariska, the nice girl Galya, the little dog Tobik, the loser Dima, the round honor student Marusya, the giraffe Anyuta and the thrifty monkey Maria Frantsevna. They are all wonderful, funny and cute, but still, Gena and Cheburashka enjoy the greatest love of children and their parents. Yes, this is not surprising, because children see them as good friends and role models, and parents …

Parents, thanks to these two inseparable comrades, have the opportunity to plunge into their childhood, remember with what joy and impatience they ran to the TV, or how with tears they persuaded their mother anddad to switch the channel from football or the then popular “soap” series to a cartoon, or how they tried to learn their lessons as soon as possible in order to have time to see their favorite characters before going to bed. After all, each of us has such memories, it’s just that for someone they are very close, and for someone they are hidden deep, deep, but everyone has them. From these memories it breathes warmth and comfort, grandmother's pies, tenderness of mother's hands, velvet evenings in the circle of a table lamp for leisurely conversations and a cup of tea. How often do we think about going back there even for a minute? And from there, from the depths of time, the unchanging friends of our childhood wave to us - Cheburashka and Gena …