Watch Soviet Animations of Winnie the Pooh, Created by the Innovative Animator Fyodor Khitruk

News Briefvia Open CultureNovember 3, 2026

In 1962, the animator Fyodor Khitruk made his directorial debut with Story of One Crime, a film that broke with a Soviet tendency to make imitations of Disney-style animations. The film, as The Guardian explained in its 2012 obituary for the animator, came as a shock.

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