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
Alisa Mynay
young Tanya
Ivan Kanaev
Composer
Lev Malishava
Juan
Erik Yaralov
Miguel
Mikhail Grishchenko
Frant
Artem Bocharov
annoying boy
Yan Novikov
coach
Aleksandr Anoprikov
guard
Aleksandr Makarshin
guard
Evgeniy Buslakov
guide
Artyom Kuzmin
ProductionDesigner
Svetlana Yozefiy
woman
Tatyana Mitienko
woman
Eduard Uspensky
Characters
Vitaly Shlyappo
Screenplay / Producer
Vasily Kutsenko
Screenplay / Creative Producer
Dmitriy Dyachenko
Director
Eduard Iloyan
Producer
Denis Zhalinsky
Producer
Alexey Trotsyuk
Producer
Anton Zlatopolskiy
Producer
Yuliana Slashcheva
Producer
Lika Blank
Producer
Vadim Vereshchagin
Producer
Vyacheslav Murugov
Producer
Mikhail Tkachenko
Producer
Anna Ryzhikova
Executive Producer
Vyacheslav Zub
Screenplay
Anatoly Molchanov
Screenplay
Ivan Lebedev
Director of Photography
Artem Kuzmin
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 2023
Original NameЧебурашка
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Budget$7,700,000
Box Office$97,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
Cheburashka, also known as Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (Russian: Чебурашка) is a 2023 Russian live-action/computer-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 cartoon adaptation about adventures of Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka. The film stars Olga Kuzmina as the titular character along with Sergei Garmash, Fyodor Dobronravov, and Elena Yakovleva. The idea for the film was put into motion as early as 2020, but filming began in early 2021 at the Sochi Arboretum.Cheburashka was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by Central Partnership.Cheburashka set a box office record among Russian films released on January 1: it 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 collected 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, though the story was considered to be predictable. Following the film's success, Soyuzmultfilm signed a deal to produce a sequel and the whole franchise.