Gena the Crocodile
Krokodil Gena
Soviet Union
1969
21 Min
Color
Russian
Gena the Crocodile works as a crocodile in an urban zoo. Every evening he returns home to his lonely flat. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find himself some friends. Animals and people respond to his advertisements that he posts throughout the city. First comes a girl named Galya with a homeless puppy, then followed by her, Cheburashka. —Wikipedia
The stop-motion is a little crude, but you can see why Cheburashka became so popular: It's cute!