Dystopian Soviet cranberries. Part 2. The Thaw, which began at the dawn of the 1960s, did not prevent the fact that in Soviet films and, more importantly, cartoons, there was still undisguised ideological propaganda that stopped absolutely nothing. The tiny reporter Murzilka, if you think about it, became the first Soviet character who, anticipating the trends of Western cinema, first made adventures on Earth, and then, when creative ideas dried up, went into space.
However, since the space race is just beginning, this creative decision is understandable. Propaganda is not to be forgiven, but to be forgiven, but everything is so hopeless here that there is no need to talk about it. Solid red stars, red ties, the red territory of the country on the globe, red rockets, a towering Kremlin, the echo of Moscow’s voice, and other symbols of communism. The literal omission of New York and all of America is striking. Who said there was no vilification of ideological enemies in the Soviet Union? The whole cartoon is pure selfishness, which, moreover, confidently places itself in 2060. Honestly, everything is perceived as if the cartoon was created not in 1960, but in 1950.
The only good thing is the beginning, which shows a futuristic office with robots and a bunch of small gadgets. It looks like an interesting example of retro fiction. Although there is a dark element in the form of smoking, which no one thinks to condemn. The very idea of space exploration can also be approved, but since it is inseparable from propaganda, the situation cannot be saved.
Such works are impossible to watch these days. This is an unpleasant dystopia, and besides cranberries, because it was in this aggressive light that the Soviet world was liked to be shown in Western countries. The series of cartoons about Murzilka turned out to be very unsuccessful.
2 out of 10