''Clara'' ( uk, Клара та чарівний дракон, , Clara and the Magic Dragon) — also released internationally as ''The Little Dragon'' — is a 2019 Ukrainian
computer-animated
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fantasy
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adventure film
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directed by Oleksandr Klymenko from a screenplay by Klymenko and Serhii Grabar. Produced by Image Pictures, ''Clara'' was released in Ukrainian cinemas on 26 October 2019.
Premise
One day, Clara, who lives in a small house with three monkeys, finds a magical dragon in a forest. After some deliberation, Clara, together with two friends, a cheerful raccoon and a grumpy
dwarf
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*Dwarf (folklore), a being from Germanic mythology and folklore
* Dwarf, a person or animal with dwarfism
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, decide to help the little dragon by attempting to find his home. However, unbeknownst to them, the Forces of Evil are hunting not only the Dragon, but now Clara and her friends as well.
Voice cast
The Ukrainian voice cast:
*Veronika Lukyanenko as Clara
*Oleksandr Pogrebnyak as Raccoon
*Serhiy Solopai as Alfred
*Dmytro Zavadskyi as Sip
*Matvii Nikolaev as Alchemist
*Kyrylo Nikitenko as Panther
*Dmytro Vikulov as Mole
*Dmytro Gavrilov as innkeeper
*Yuriy Soskov as Boy Dwarf
*Kateryna Bashkina-Zlenko as Girl Gnome
*Oleg Lepenets as Grandfather Gnome
*Vyacheslav Dudko as Blacksmith Gnome
*Demyan Shiyan as Boy
*Oleg Lepenets as Butler
Music
The
soundtrack
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was composed by Ivan Rozyn, Max Smogol, Zakhar Dzyubenko and Nikita Moiseev.
Pur:Pur performed songs in both Ukrainian and English, while one of the songs was performed by the Dovzhenko Sound Studio musical orchestra.
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, tt4449562
''Clara''at DzygaMDB (in Ukrainian)
2019 animated films
Ukrainian animated films
Ukrainian animated fantasy films
Ukrainian adventure films