Wings, Legs and Tails (1986 TV Short) User Reviews

All ingenious is simple!

[mrdestroyer2001 · 9/10 · 25 April 2019]

One of my favorite cartoons of my childhood was recently caught in the Internet. After seeing it, I again experienced the same enthusiastic feelings as 30 years ago, when this cartoon was shown after the "evening tale", as it was intended "for adults". Who does not know, I explain that some cartoons, according to the authoritative opinion of the then high leadership, were not recommended for viewing by children and were broadcast only when the children had already seen the tenth dreams. In my opinion, completely in vain. If he was shown in "Good night, kids!", And then Khryusha and Stepashka explained to the guys that everyone has their own abilities, and there is no need to try to be someone else, it would be very nice.

In less than 4 minutes, this moral of modern fable was conveyed in a straightforward and unpretentious manner of drawing with the help of phrases completely dissociated into winged expressions. I believe that this cartoon of the creative group of I. Kovalev and A. Tatarsky should rightfully be in the "Golden Fund" of national animation. Naturally, with proper adaptation, this cartoon can be a world-class masterpiece. It is a pity that in our time the focus has shifted towards Luntik and Smeshariki.

"Gone! We work, we work! Ostrich, go! So good! Hey, hey, hey, where? "©

Only for young children in my opinion

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 25 July 2016]

This is "Krylya, nogi i khvosty" or "Wings, legs and tails" by Kovalyov, Tatarskiy and Ivanov and from the names you already hear that this is a Russian (or I should say Soviet) movie. It is from 1988, so almost 30 years old, animated and at 4 minutes extremely short. The story is about an ostrich who wants to fly and another bird who tries to help him in achieving that goal. That's the very basic plot and honestly, there is not a whole lot to this film beyond that. Of course, Soviet animation is known for a decent message and you can also find it in here somehow. But it's still fairly insignificant compared to other films from that country and that time. Like so many other of these animated films, we have animals in here too, but I must say the way these were animated and also the general animation in here is really weak for the late 1980s. This looks like 1960s or even older. That's why overall I am baffled by the rating as I see very little appeal in here. Consequently, I don't recommend the watch. Thumbs down.