Released:
1969-12-30

Overview:
First animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Gena the Crocodile works as a zoo animal at an urban zoo. Every evening, he returns home to his lonely apartment. Gena gets very tired of playing chess against himself and decides to find some friends to play with. Animals and people respond to advertisements that he posts all around the city. First, a girl named Galya comes with a homeless puppy, who is then followed by Cheburashka. They decide to build a house for all the lonely citizens of the city, but a mischievous old lady, Shapoklyak, tries to stop them in different ways.

Director:
Roman Kachanov

Runtime:
0h 20min

Genre:
Animation, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Vasiliy Livanov
  as
  Gena the Crocodile (voice)
• 
  Klara Rumyanova
  as
  Cheburashka (voice)
• 
  Vladimir Rautbart
  as
  Shapoklyak (voice)
• 
  Vladimir Kenigson
  as
  Salesman (voice)
• 
  Tamara Dmitrieva
  as
  Galya (voice)