The article focuses on two Soviet animated films – “The Town Musicians of Bremen” (1969) and “On the Trail of the Town Musicians of Bremen” (1973), which are seen as cultural guides for the hippie movement in the Soviet Union. The success of these animated films and the release of albums featuring songs from the cartoons highlights the impact of these works, which conveyed bold ideas for their time. The interpretation of the work “The Town Musicians of Bremen” illustrates the peculiarities of international cultural phenomena existing on Soviet soil, such as the emergence of additional plots and characters referencing Soviet culture. Special attention is paid to the figure of the hero, which contains a mythological content. In the animated films, these characters were replaced by new ones: the Troubadour and the Princess, who embodied the values of the hippie youth counterculture movement that emerged in the West. Additionally, the article highlights the specific elements of hippie culture that were depicted in the Soviet cartoons about the Town Musicians of Bremen and compares them to certain Western images that share similarities with the characters in the Soviet cartoons. The article also shows how, in the late Soviet era, the hippie culture was quickly subjected to consistent criticism through satire, resulting in the formation of a corresponding negative image. It concludes that the Soviet animated films influenced Soviet society in a way that transformed the elements of the hippie culture, giving them a “Soviet civilizational flavor”.