A Soviet scientist learns the hard way that fast food is a terrible idea.
Professor Mintz invents a drug that accelerates plant growth many times over. However, he did not take into account that plants and fruits decay and die just as quickly.
Direction
Polushkin's grotesque decay sequences hit harder than most horror.
Production
Soyuzmultfilm's grimy textures make rot viscerally beautiful.
Director
Aleksandr Polushkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during perestroika, it quietly critiques the USSR's obsession with forced acceleration—production quotas, collectivization, all of it.
The 10-minute runtime was standard for Soviet animated shorts, often screened before features in state cinemas.
SU
