The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

7 Episodes of Doktor Aybalit are on this tape.They show the wonderful story of this Adventurous-Doctor, who is very well known in Russia and many Ex-USSR countries. The doctor who has animals as his friends but who doesn't just help animals. The style of the characters is very typical. Big noses, very different-looking characters and hand-painted but yet very simple backgrounds.They would be all fine, if the animation wouldn't be so cheap made. (Southpark-style, but very colourful and detailed painted) Althrough i didn't understand much Russian, i can say, this one is one of the better-drawn animated series of that time!Originally produced by "Gosteleradio" in 1985, based on the children's book with the same name as the series. Sold on the shown Cover-image under the Krupnyi Plan label in 1997.