To You, Moscow
MovieTitle | Тебе Москва |
User score | 4.5 |
Release date | Nov 15, 1947 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Grigori Lomidze |
Production country | Soviet Union |
Production companies | Soyuzmultfilm |
Run time | 18 min. |
As in any country's own history books, here Russia is gloriously painted against all comers with the then-800-year-old Moscow, "The Great City of Lenin", as its beating heart. Notable leaders are traditionally honored while commonfolk and enemies are suggested through animals - dutiful horses in old wartime, meek puppies 'neath the Provisional Government and suffocative ravens at the dawn of WWII. A love letter to the capital indeed, To You Moscow also functions as a quickie review of Russian history.