Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (2023)
January 1, 2023Release Date
Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (2023)
January 1, 2023Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Sergey Garmash
Gena
Olga Kuzmina
Cheburashka (voice)
Polina Maksimova
Tanya
Fyodor Dobronravov
Valera
Sergey Lavygin
Tolik
Elena Yakovleva
Rimma
Dmitry Lysenkov
Larion
Sofya Zaika
ice cream lady
Ilya Kondratenko
Grisha
Eva Smirnova
Sonya
Zhannat Kerimbaev
street sweeper
Natalya Shchukina
principal
Olivier Siou
cook
Artyom Bystrov
young Gena
Marina Konyashkina
Lyuba
Arseny Fogelev
inspector
Konstantin Fadeev
Vasiliy
Ivan Kanaev
Composer
Alisa Mynay
young Tanya
Lev Malishava
Juan
Erik Yaralov
Miguel
Mikhail Grishchenko
Frant
Artyom Bocharov
annoying boy
Yan Novikov
coach
Aleksandr Anoprikov
guard
Aleksandr Makarshin
guard
Evgeniy Buslakov
guide
Artyom Kuzmin
ProductionDesigner
Svetlana Yozefiy
woman
Tatyana Mitienko
woman
Dmitriy Dyachenko
Director
Alexey Trotsyuk
Producer
Vitaly Shlyappo
Producer / Screenplay
Denis Zhalinsky
Producer
Eduard Iloyan
Producer
Anna Ryzhikova
Executive Producer
Ivan Lebedev
Director of Photography
Lika Blank
Producer
Mikhail Tkachenko
Producer
Fyodor Savelyev
Production Design
Yuliana Slashcheva
Producer
Artem Kuzmin
Production Design
Anton Zlatopolskiy
Producer
Vadim Vereshchagin
Producer
Anatoly Molchanov
Screenplay
Vyacheslav Zub
Screenplay
Vyacheslav Murugov
Producer
Natalya Kanevskaya
Costume Design
Dmitry Smorchkov
Editor
Anton Anisimov
Editor
Tatyana Khrechkova
Casting Director
Kirill Abramov
Editor
Olga Afinogenova
Makeup Artist
Lyudmila Lopatina
VFX Supervisor
Vasily Kutsenko
Creative Producer / Screenplay
Maxim Makarov
Visual Effects Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 2023
Original NameЧебурашка
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Budget$7,700,000
Box Office$97,000,000
Filming LocationsOrdzhonikidze Sanatorium · Sochi Arboretum · Kislovodsk · Pyatigorsk · Moscow Oblast · Yessentuki · Moscow, Russia
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Cheburashka, also known as Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (Russian: Чебурашка) is a 2023 Russian live-action/animated children's comedy film directed by Dmitry Dyachenko. The film is an adaptation of the 1960s Eduard Uspensky's children's book Gena the Crocodile and His Friends, and its Soviet animated adaptation about the characters Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka. The film stars Olga Kuzmina as the titular character along with Sergei Garmash, Fyodor Dobronravov, and Elena Yakovleva. The production for the film began as early as 2020, with filming beginning in early 2021 at the Sochi Arboretum.
Cheburashka was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by Central Partnership. The film grossed more than 225 million rubles on the first day of release, and 837 million rubles in the first three days. After fifteen days of release, the film had already earned over 4 billion rubles, making it the highest-grossing Russian film. It also became the first film to gross more than ₽5 billion.
Cheburashka received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics and audiences. Critics highly praised its visual effects, but criticized it's predictable story. Following the film's success, Soyuzmultfilm signed a deal to produce a sequel.