Investigation held by Kolobki

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name = Investigation held by Kolobki


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director = Igor Kovalyov, Aleksandr Tatarskiy
producer = Aleksandr Tatarskiy
writer = Eduard Uspensky
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starring = voice cast only
music = Yuri Chernavskiy
cinematography = Iosif Golomb
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distributor = Soyuztelefilm,
Studio Ekran
released = 1986-1987
runtime = 20 min 35 sec
country = flagicon|USSR USSR
language = Russian
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"Investigation held by Kolobki" (Sledstvie vedut kolobki, _ru. Следствие ведут Колобки) is a 1986-1987 Soviet animation by Aleksander Tatarskiy in four episodes.

Episodes 1 and 2 were made by Soyuztelefilm in 1986, 3 and 4 by T/O Ekran in 1987.

Later the characters (Brothers Pilots) of this animation were heavily used by Tatarskiy's Pilot TV, in particular for the series "Attic Fruttis" and "Academy of own Arrors".

The name of this animation film is a pun of a popular Soviet TV-series Investigation held by Znatoki.

Plot summary

Foreign citizen Karbofos steals a rare species of striped elephant from a city zoo. Famous Kolobki brothers tackle the investigation.

In a souvenir shop, Karbofos obtains a certificate confirming that he had bought a toy elephant. Using this certificate he tries to get on a plane.

Luckily, the ingenious Kolobki arrive just in time to lure the elephant away with cod-liver oil and shoot Karbofos down with a balloon gun.

Voice cast

* Leonid Bronevoy as "Boss" (in Part 1, 2)
* Michael Evdokimov as "Boss" (in Part 3, 4)
* Aleksey Ptitsin
* S. Fedotov

Quotes

* — Oh, Boss, I can see you! — Analogously!
* I don't understand "nothing".
* Either something has happened, or one of these two possibilities.
* Meet me at N o'clock! — Analogously!

External links

* "Sledstviye vedut kolobki" at Animator.ru: [http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=4797] , [http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5292] , [http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5293]