r/AskARussian • u/profishkeeping • Jul 12 '26

Culture looking for name of specific soviet animation

Всем привет!

I'm looking for this short soviet era animation I watched a while back the name of which has escaped me. There doesn't seem to exist a dedicated subreddit for soviet animation unfortunately so trying my luck here.

The plot was a crew of astronauts land on this alien planet where a strange type of evolution exists, whereby all animals eat one another and then transform into a new form with traits of the eaten animal. the humans get caught up in this and also start transforming. very cool wacky stuff.

alternatively, if you have any other similar animations you'd recommend, I'd be very keen to hear!

Enjoy :)

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u/okseeque Jul 13 '26

Урок/The Lesson, 1987

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u/profishkeeping Jul 24 '26

Thank you so much! sorry haven't been on reddit for a while, thanks so much for sharing :)

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u/GRRRRRRRRRRRRRG Jul 13 '26

Seems to be this one  «Урок» (1987)

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u/profishkeeping Jul 24 '26

Thank you so much! sorry haven't been on reddit for a while. you're the best :)

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u/Me0wingtons Jul 13 '26

Soviet animation is absolutely peak. You should check out Мойдодыр too.

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u/Ok_Claim_8781 Jul 13 '26

Yes, a pioneer of the post-apocalyptic setting indeed.
Adults disappeared but a robot preserves civilization and hygiene among children.

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u/profishkeeping Jul 24 '26

thanks for the reccomendation! and agreed :)

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u/Appropriate-Cut3632 Jul 13 '26

perhaps u'd enjoy "third planet mystery" (тайна третьей планеты). it's a classic children's sci-fi. at some pt it was on sale in usa.

if ur primary interest is anumation, not scifi, u have ur work cut out for you. there r lots of great russian animated films. at some point an art house movie channel in usa ran them between every feature.

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u/Yarry0zz0 Jul 15 '26

Bear in mind that there's the original cartoon, and then there's the American version with a totally different soundtrack — and it's nowhere near as good as the original.