Alexander Koryagin:

AK> When they (the Russian animators) record sound they very
AK> often speed up voices and dialogues. A  funny  film  de-
AK> mands speed and dynamic. Our famous Winnie-the-Poor also
AK> speaks quicker than the actor who voiced him.

I forgot so remark that it was done not to add speed and dy-
namics,  but  to  change  the  timber  of the voice: Eugeniy
Leonov spoke slowly, so that the sped-up version would  have
normal tempo but increased pitch.

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