The Return of the Prodigal Parrot

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot^[a] (Russian: Возвращение блудного попугая, romanized: Vozvrashchenie bludnogo popugaya) is a Soviet, later Russian, series of animated short films produced by Soyuzmultfilm.

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot
Also known as	Возвращение блудного попугая
Created by	Aleksandr Kurlyandsky Valentin Karavaev
Directed by	Valentin Karavaev Alexander Davydov
Voices of	Gennady Khazanov Igor Khristenko Margarita Korabelnikova Natalia Chenchik Klara Rumyanova
Country of origin	Soviet Union (episodes 1–3) Russia (episodes 4–6)
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	9–26 minute-long episodes approx.
Production company	Soyuzmultfilm
Original release
Release	1984 (1984) – 2006 (2006)

Plot

The main character is the parrot Kesha. He lives in the apartment of a student named Vovka. Due to his short-tempered and arrogant nature, Kesha periodically flies away and gets into trouble. But eventually he always returns to Vovka. The humor of the series is based on Kesha's eccentric behavior.

Cast

• Gennady Khazanov as parrot Kesha (episodes 1–3)
• Igor Khristenko as parrot Kesha (episodes 4–6)
• Margarita Korabelnikova as Vovka (episodes 1, 3) / crow Clara (episode 3)
• Natalia Chenchik as Vovka / crow Clara (episode 2)
• Olga Shorokhova as Vovka (episodes 4–6)
• Zinaida Naryshkina as crow Clara (episode 1)
• Klara Rumyanova as crow Clara (episode 4)
• Eduard Nazarov as cat Vasily (episode 1)
• Vyacheslav Nevinny as cat Vasily (episode 2)
• Valentin Karavaev as cat Vasily (episode 3)
• Anatoly Vologdin as cat Vasily (episode 5)
• Dmitry Novikov as cat Vasily (episode 6)

Episodes

• The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (episode 1) – 1984
• The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (episode 2) – 1987
• The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (episode 3) – 1988
• Kesha Parrot's Morning (episode 4) – 2002
• The new adventures of Kesha the parrot (episode 5) – 2005
• Parrot Kesha and the Monster (episode 6) – 2006

Trivia

• Episodes 1-3 were released in 1984–1988. The economic crisis of the 1990s in Russia delayed the release of the fourth episode for a long time, although the script was written. The animated series was only able to continue in the early 2000s.^[1]
• Child psychologists use the plot of the cartoon to solve conflict situations with teenagers.^[2]

Award

• Nika Award for the best Animated Film of 1987.^[3]

See also

• Russia portal
• Soviet Union portal
• Animation portal

• History of Russian animation

Notes

1. "Prodigal parrot" is a pun with "prodigal son"