Gena the Crocodile

Crocodile Gena (Russian Крокодил Гена ) is a Russian children's book and cartoon character from 1966 that the writer Eduard Uspensky ( b. 1937 ) created. The stories about the crocodile Gena were filmed in 1969-1983 Soviet animation studio Soyuzmultfilm under Roman Katschanow and gaining considerable popularity. In the plot Crocodile Gena is friends with the character Cheburashka.

The figure

Crocodile Gena lives in a town not described in detail and is employed there in the zoological garden as a crocodile. After work, he gets dressed and goes home. In the film, he is shown with a red jacket, black bow tie and a small hat. At the beginning of the plot Crocodile Gena is lonely and looking for friends, he finds in Cheburashka and a girl named Galya.

• Crocodile Gena and his Friends ( Крокодил Гена и его друзья ) ( 1966) - Book ( E. Uspensky )
• Cheburashka and his friends ( Чебурашка и его друзья ) ( 1970) - play (E. Uspensky and R. Katschanow )
• Crocodile Gena on vacation ( Отпуск крокодила Гены ) ( 1974) - play (E. Uspensky and R. Katschanow )
• The business of the crocodile Gena ( Бизнес крокодила Гены ) ( 1992) - Book ( E. Uspensky )

Movies

In Soyuzmultfilm four puppet animation films were made with crocodile Gena.

Songs

At the beginning of the movie " Cheburashka " 1971 Crocodile Gena singing his birthday song ( Пусть бегут неуклюже ... ). The chorus is complaining that unfortunately has only once a year birthday. The song's lyrics were written by Alexander Timofejewski and gained great notoriety. It is often taught as a children's song in the Russian-speaking culture and sung on birthdays. Another popular song sings Gena at the end of the third film. It's called " The Blue Wagon" ( Голубой вагон ) and comes from the pen of Eduard Uspensky. Both songs were composed by Vladimir Schainski and transport a rather sad and melancholic mood.