The Cloud in Love (1959)
- Genre: Animation
- Release Date: 1959-11-01
- Runtime: 0h 19min
- Language: Pусский
- Production Company: Soyuzmultfilm
- Production Country: Soviet Union
- Directors: Roman Kachanov, Anatoliy Karanovich.
A Cloud in Love is a unique film based on a script by a Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran (who lived in exile in Soviet Russia). It’s an allegorical story about an evil desert spirit who tries to destroy an oasis that is tendered by beautiful Aishe. Luckily, a Cloud falls in love with her and protects the oasis, although it costs him a life. It features mixed technique (puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation).
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| Writing | Nazım Hikmet Ran | Writer |
| Directing | Roman Kachanov | Director |
| Directing | Anatoliy Karanovich | Director |
| Camera | Mikhail Kamenetskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Sobolev | Art Direction |
| Sound | Andrey Babaev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Filchikov | Sound Director |
| Art | Valentina Vasilenko | Assistant Art Director |
| Writing | V. Tulyakova | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | Boris Meerovich | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Puzanov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Vyacheslav Shilobreyev | Animation |
| Art | Viktor Kuranov | Property Master |
| Art | Pavel Gusev | Property Master |
| Art | Gennadiy Lutinskiy | Property Master |
| Art | Oleg Masainov | Property Master |
| Art | V. Chernikhova | Property Master |
| Art | Roman Gurov | Property Graphic Designer |
| Production | Natan Bitman | Producer |