A strange little miniature that drifts between sentimentality, surrealism, and social satire. It's quarter to nine, the young son is peacefully sleeping on the couch, the loving caring mother has to go out to shop a few things (milk and cream?). The customers in the store who queue before her are obnoxious and everyone seems to take hours. The cash register gets repaired. Planned economy inefficiency. Mother has horror visions of what might happen to her loved son at home right now: the youngster tries out dad's shaving things and razor blade. An armed criminal raids the flat, even worse: he leaves his loaded gun to play for the boy... the son plays with matches... and takes a climb out of the window on the building facade... In short: the horror. A mother's heart never rests.
If one believes the credits, then this is really special: directed by Roman Kachanov, art direction by Leonid Shvartsman and yes, Yuriy Norshteyn is credited as the only animator. Early 70's Soyuzmultfilm Dream Team.

The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 jeeps, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc.

At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zeleny go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Govorun that our heroes accidentally took possession of.

Gena arrives in Moscow and he can't find Cheburashka who promised to come to greet him. He realizes that his small friend cannot read so he takes him to school but the school is under construction. The trickster Shapoklyap turns good again and gets the lazy workers to finish the works on the school.

Cheburashka and Gena are travelling to Yalta when Shapoklyak steals their tickets so they have to get off. They are going home by foot. After a small accident Shapoklyap turns good and teaches the rude and careless tourists some manners while Gena and Cheburashka wins a battle against a river-polluting and tree-killing factory.

1967 USSR animation film directed by Roman Abelevich Kachanov