Малыш и Карлсон: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

Series details

• Title: Малыш и Карлсон
• Format: Animation
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 1968-06-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ЦТ СССР
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 26357
• TVDB ID: 252260

Cast and credited roles

• Клара Румянова — Малыш
• Василий Ливанов — Карлсон
• Валентина Леонтьева — мама Малыша

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-06-04; final listed air date 1970-09-22; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from Малыш и Карлсон on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.