10 Most Fascinating Films Produced By Brutal Governments

When one imagines the propaganda of a repressive, dictatorial society one does not exactly imagine a children’s science fiction animation. But animation was a booming industry in the Soviet Union and many Soviet-era animated films, shorts and shows are still recalled with some fondness by those who live in post-Soviet societies. 

While some of the animated shorts were filled with overt Marxist propaganda others took more artistic free reign. One example of this is the 1981 animated Soviet film The Mystery Of The Third Planet. 

The plot tells of a spaceship captain, a scientist and the scientist’s daughter who venture out from earth, leaving their high tech Communist society, to find strange and exotic outer space animals for display in Moscow Zoo.

The hand-animated film is considered a cult classic in Russia and is well-known around the world, often being regarded as among the best pieces of children’s animation ever produced.

Especially entertaining is the broken English of the Wikipedia article which reads as though it were translated by Vladimir Putin himself in a fit of childlike glee.