Creepy Soviet animation based on Bradbury's 1950 short story "There Will Come Soft Rains"

I just finished watching “Будет ласковый дождь” (1984), a powerful but creepy 10-minute Soviet animated adaptation of “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950), Ray Bradbury’s classic short story of post-apocalyptic desolation. Wow! Titled after a beautiful early 20th-century poem penned by Sara Teasdale, Bradbury's tale is set on Earth in the year 2026 but included in his collection The Martian Chronicles.



Directed by Nazim Tulyakhodzhayev and produced by Uzbekfilm Studio, “Будет ласковый дождь” has a freaky soundtrack with English subtitles. Bradbury media fan and collector Phil Nichols in the UK has written an excellent synopsis and review of “Будет ласковый дождь,” replete with stills. Check it out!