On the motives of Saltikov-Shedrin’s fairy tale, the film derides aimless and senseless being.
The main idea of film can be expressed in a proverb: together it is cramped and separately it is boring.
The story of how a Crocodile appears in Petrograd and frightens the inhabitants of the city. The little boy Vanya Vasilchikov is not afraid of him. The crocodile turns out to be not scary and makes friends with Vanya.
