Three from Buttermilk Village

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Three from Buttermilk Village
Uncle Fyodor, His Dog, and His Cat
Directed by	Vladimir Popov
Produced by	Soyuzmultfilm
Written by	Eduard Uspensky
Starring	Lev Durov (Sharik) Valentina Talyzina Boris Novikov Maria Vinogradova (Uncle Fyodor) Gyerman Kachin Oleg Tabakov (cat Matroskin)
Music by	Eugene Krylatov
Cinematography	Kabul Rasulov
Editing by	Natalya Stepantseva
Release date(s)	1978 (USSR)
Running time	18 min 48 sec
Language	Russian
Followed by	Vacation in Buttermilk Village Winter in Buttermilk Village
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Three from Buttermilk Village (Russian: Трое из Простоквашино; tr.: Troye iz Prostokvashino) is a 1978 Soviet animated film based on the children's book "Uncle Fyodor, His Dog, and His Cat" (Дядя Фёдор, Пёс, и Кот) by Eduard Uspensky. The film has two sequels, "Vacation in Buttermilk Village" (Каникулы в Простоквашино) (1980) and "Winter in Buttermilk Village" (Зима в Простоквашино) (1984).

The main character is a six-year-old boy who is called Uncle Fyodor (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova) because he is very serious. After his parents don't let him keep Matroskin (voiced by Oleg Tabakov), a talking cat, Uncle Fyodor leaves his home. With the dog Sharik (voiced by Lev Durov), the three set up a home in the country, a village called "Buttermilk" (Простоквашино, from Russian Простокваша, buttermilk). There, they have many adventures, some involving the local mailman, Pechkin (voiced by Boris Novikov).

The quotation from the movie, "Кто там? / Это я - Почтальон Печкин!" (English: "Who's there? / It is I, Mailman Pechkin") has entered the Russian language as a ubiquitous and universally-recognizable reference and often-used response to the question, "Who's there?"