The Girl and the Crocodile (Russian: Девочка и крокодил) is a 1956 Soviet children's comedy film directed by Iosif Gindin and Isaak Menaker.
Mitya shares his story: his father, a sailor, brought back an egg from Africa, which hatched into a baby crocodile.
The tension peaks when Mitya’s school closes its nature corner for summer renovations, and he brings home two rabbits, a turtle, and a starling.
His mother issues an ultimatum: she’ll tolerate the animals until autumn, but only if the crocodile is returned to the school’s nature corner as well.
Forced to remove the animals from the apartment, Mitya contemplates finding a temporary home for them while he arranges with a friend outside the city to keep them for the summer.