Category: Cartoons

  • There once was a dog

    There once was a dog

    is an 1982 acclaimed Soviet cartoon by Eduard Nazarov, adapted from a Ukrainian folk tale. The cartoon won the first place at the 1983 International Film Festival in Odense and a special prize at the 1983 festival in Annecy. The day comes when an old watchdog becomes useless but the masters being kind don’t decide…

  • The Pass

    The Pass

    is a 1988 Soviet animated short film, directed by Vladimir Tarasov and written by Kir Bulychov. It is adapted from the first chapter titled The Pass from Bulychyov’s novel The Settlement (printed in English as Those Who Survive). A starship crashed on an uninhabited planet and its crew had to abandon it. Years later the…

  • A Plasticine Crow

    A Plasticine Crow

    is a 1981 Soviet clay animation by Alexander Tatarsky (T/O Ekran studio). Short animation of a Russian folk tale, made in 1981. A parody of the fable by Ivan Krylov “The Crow and the Fox”.

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    is a 1968 Soviet animated film based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837 fairy tale “The Little Mermaid”. Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital’s famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds…

  • The Three Heroes. The Heiress to the Throne

    The Three Heroes. The Heiress to the Throne

    The Three Heroes. The Heiress to the Throne is a 2018 animation, adventure and family film directed by Konstantin Feoktistov.

  • Three Heroes and the King of the Sea

    Three Heroes and the King of the Sea

    Three Heroes and the King of the Sea is a 2017 action, animation, adventure, comedy, family, fantasy and animated cartoon written by Aleksandr Boyarskiy, Alena Tabunova and Svetlana Sachenko and directed by Konstantin Feoktistov.

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    is a 1988 Soviet animated film in two parts based on the novel with the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer’s treasure, in this animated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale.

  • The Kitten Named "Woof"

    The Kitten Named "Woof"

    is a 1976 Soviet cartoon, directed by Lev Atamanov. The cartoon tells about the adventures of a kitten with the unusual name of Woof and his friend – the puppy of Sharik. Woof constantly gets into ridiculous situations and finds adventures as soon as he leaves the house. He is sure that it is necessary…

  • Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka

    Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka

    is a 1969 Soviet/Russian stop-motion animated film directed by Roman Kachanov in Soyuzmultfilm studio. This film introduces the characters Gena the Crocodile, Cheburashka, and the old woman Shapoklyak. The film was based on Eduard Uspensky’s stories about the characters. This film became popular in the Soviet Union and spawned three sequels. Gena the Crocodile works…

  • Ilya and the Robber

    Ilya and the Robber

    is a 2007 Russian animated feature film by Melnitsa Animation Studio, directed by Vladimir Toropchin. Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Solovey-Razboynik.

  • Dobrynya Nikitich and Dragon Gorynych

    Dobrynya Nikitich and Dragon Gorynych

    is a 2006 Russian traditionally animated feature film directed by Ilya Maksimov, made by Melnitsa Animation Studio. It is the second film in Melnitsa’s “The Three Bogatyrs” series (the first was Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey). Dobrinya Nikitich goes on a quest to save the royal niece and finds out whether his old friend Zmey…

  • Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Serpent

    Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Serpent

    Russian animated feature film, produced in 2004, “Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Serpent” filmed by the Studio “Mill”. The first film in the series “Three heroes”. Alesha Popovich has to catch Tugarin Zmey and bring back the stolen money money with the help of a talking Horse (which talks all the time and has an opinion…

  • Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf

    Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf

    is an animated feature film produced by Mel’nitsa in 2011. New adventures, dangers, and funny situations are waiting for the heroes of Russian fairy tales.

  • Tale of Tales

    Tale of Tales

    is a 1979 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn. Told in a non-narrative style by free association, the film employs various techniques including puppets, cut-outs, and traditional cell animation. Using classical music and ’30s jazz tunes instead of dialogue.

  • Winter in Prostokvashino

    Winter in Prostokvashino

    A third movie about Fyodor and his friends from the Prostokvashino village and their adventures – this time during the winter.

  • Golden Antelope

    Golden Antelope

    is a 1957 colourful and imaginable animated film by Lev Atamanov. It is a screen version of an Indian national fairy tale. Malicious and greedy rajah wishes to get a wonderful antelope who strikes gold coins by hoofs. The country boy rescues an antelope, but rajah, threatening the boy, compels the antelope to serve him…

  • The Snow Queen

    The Snow Queen

    is a 1957 Soviet animated film directed by Lev Atamanov. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Awards: Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion in the animated film category (1957), Cannes Film Festival: First prize in the animated film category…

  • New year’s eve

    New year’s eve

    is a Soviet traditionally animated short film directed by Olga Hodataeva and Peter Nosov. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1948. It is a New Year fairy tale on a wonderful fur-tree. The basic idea is to show, that the fairy tale became true, that something about what we dreamed became the reality.…