Uncle Au is a Soviet puppet animated series created and released in 1979 by directors Iosif Douksha, Maya Buzinova, Lidia Surikova and Maria Muat. The cartoon was created based on the fairy-tale story of the Finnish writer Hannu Mäkelya - "Mr. Au" (Fin. Herra Huu) (in the literary retelling of Eduard Uspensky).