Funny adventures of the clumsy fellow whom his wife dispatched to the forest to bring home a New Year tree...
Practical Effects
Gloriously grotesque plasticine textures that age like strange wine.
Direction
Tatarskiy's manic pacing—every frame fights for attention.
Sound
Sadalskiy's deadpan narration vs. the visual chaos.

Director
Aleksandr Tatarskiy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tatarskiy co-founded Pilot, the studio that defined late-Soviet adult animation—this was their family-friendly gateway drug.
The narrator Stanislav Sadalskiy was a beloved actor who improvised much of his commentary; the original script was reportedly silent.
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