How very different from the Disney version! The animation is quaint and quite "proletarian" but make no mistake, this is Winnie the Pooh. While there are no subtitles, one can easily discover which exact Winnie the Pooh story this is: it's the one where he eats too much honey and gets stuck in Rabbit's entrance.
I can't help but think about the vastly different approach from the Winnie that we have all familiarized ourselves with. This is simpler, cruder — and very refreshing. There is also an apparent humour that is quite Russian. It's almost like we are reading a sunny Dostoyevsky novel set in the English countryside.
In essence, this Soviet Winnie the Pooh is surreal but very innocent.





