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A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.
A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at stop-motion and paper animation.
In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
Alesha Popovich has to catch Tugarin Zmey and bring back the stolen money with the help of a talking Horse (which talks all the time and has an opinion on everything), a wise granny, a donkey and a beauty Lyubava.
Claymation based on the Hutsul folk tale, which tells the story of how troubles settled in the house of good landlords Petro and Marichka.
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.
The story is about two fishermen who happened to be in the same boat.
A Jewish town has a mouse problem. Based on a poem by Ovsey Driz.
The fairytale story revolves around a young prince who - along with his entourage - is turned into a nutcracker through his own ungrateful and selfish behaviour, and awaits a kindly soul who'll release him from the spell. The mouse-king seeks the magic that made this happen so that he can become all-powerful. The prince (now a nutcracker) finds hope in the form of a girl who risks everything to help him become real again, while the mouse-king and his armies do everything they can to steal the magic for themselves.
A mama bear and her cub go berry-picking. The bear cub is left alone for a while.
Sherlock Holmes and his constant companion Dr. Watson investigate the mysterious murder of Lord Waterbrook…
A cartoon based on the novel of the same name by A.S. Pushkin.
Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent.
The tale of the Snow Maiden is well-known, as are its numerous traditional arrangements. However, this version is somewhat different, as is the play by A.N. Ostrovsky, which served as the basis for the film.
Is so happened that Karik and Valya, the main characters, remarkably shrank in size, their whole habitual world acquiring unusual contours and unusual features.
Dobrinya Nikitich goes on a quest to save the royal niece and finds out whether his old friend Zmey Gorinich is loyal to him. During the adventures, he is accompanied by the royal messenger who's in love with the royal niece.
The little girl Lucy lived in Paris at the beginning of the XX century. Once in a dream she met the famous Russian writer Ivan Andreevich Krylov. Inspired by this meeting, Lucy tries to explain to Ivan Andreevich how he should "correctly" rewrite his fables.
A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.
When he refused to support power-hungry witch, the good shoemaker's boy, Jacob is transformed into a hunchbacked dwarf with overlong nose. Of their mother no longer recognized, mocked by the people of the city and driven away, Jacob runs one day a goose on the road. Together with the spring animal - in fact the king's daughter Greta enchanted - Jacob is now trying to make the transformation to reverse and put the wicked witch craft.
A new version of Marshak's fairy tale about a mouse who didn't want to go to bed.
A young girl's godmother uses magic to find her a husband, but the girl is dismayed at his suspiciously catlike features. Based on Antony Pogorelsky's 1825 short story "The Lafertovo Poppycake Seller".
A collection of cartoons, each of which is a uniquely decorated folk tale.
The story of the kolobok based on a Russian folk tale.
Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Sparrow the Robber.
Based on a painting by M. Vrubel, a poem by M. Lermontov and the play "Faust" by Goethe. This film is the first part of the trilogy 'Everlasting Variations'. The author attempts to expose the atmosphere of early 20th century Russian romanticism, which Vrubel's works so brilliantly illustrate.
Free adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "Fatal Eggs", also referencing many science fiction books of the early 20th century.
The story of a boy and his nanny, played to the music of J.Bizet — R.Shchedrin "Carmen Suite". A third character, a puppy, appears in their life, which causes the boy's insane jealousy. But love reconciles everyone.
From the series "Russian classics - for children". Based on the story of Alexey Tolstoy. The story of how the boy Nikita found a starling that fell out of the nest and made friends with him.
A poetic essay on the city of St. Petersburg in the 18th century, based on poems by Alexander Pushkin and Alexander Blok and a novel by Andrey Belyi. The film contains reworked footage from Aleksey Batalov's "Overcoat", Eisenstein´s "Strike", Petrov's "Peter The First", Tikhomirov's "The Queen Of Spades" and others. Petersburg is an unbounded visual fantasy where reality and imagination merge into one. The history of the city represented in a digital form may live its independent life. Yevteyeva presents sights of St.Petersburg that have become the genetic code of the Russian culture in a particular manner in her film. Each shot of the film was hand-painted with special strokes.
An animated adventure that follows the adventures of a little girl and her friends as they look for a magic nut.
What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built.
A funny and sad story about a pack of stray dogs. Based on Sergiyenko's novella "Goodbye, Ravine".
Eternal Variations: "Demon", "Theseus" and "Faust" The second short story "Theseus" is the author's interpretation of the Ancient Greek myth about Theseus and the Minotaur.
A documentary-fiction hybrid film based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.
The film is about a boy who made himself a very necessary stuffed nanny out of old, unnecessary things. And, as happens in fairy tales, the Scarecrow came to life. True friendship is not only about holidays, but also the harsh trials that the heroes overcome with honor.
Thirty years have passed since audiences first met the cheerful Troubadour, the beautiful Princess, and their four-legged musician friends. Much has changed since then: the Troubadour and the Princess have had a son, the King has fallen on hard times, while the bandits now live in comfort, and the Lady Ataman, who has become a Banker, weaves her web of intrigue.
The plot follows the events surrounding Vladimir from childhood and into adulthood. In the beginning of the film, being under the influence of the high priest Krivzha, the Prince is a young, impulsive and cruel pagan. Fighting for supreme power, Vladimir wins a battle that kills his brother. Regretting what he has done, Vladimir does not suspect a conspiracy between the priest and the Pechenegs. Vladimir is concerned about gathering the Slavic tribes into one united state. Solving this major task, he faces obstacles, which Vladimir overcomes in the end, defeating Krivzha and winning the battle against Kurya, a Pecheneg chief.
Paint-on-glass animation of the classic novel.
Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.
The story is about a pair of old romantic socks who dreamed of flying like birds. Socks were thrown out of the window when life became unbearable, and went wandering the streets. Fate scattered them to different parts of the Big City, and they turned into ragged, unnecessary rags. The socks sought refuge, and finally met in their native entrance.
A group of six young Russian boys at a summer camp tell each other scary stories while waiting to fall asleep one night.
When her parents are gone for their jobs, a little girl goes everywhere around the house to find her teddy bear, instead of playing the piano she was supposed to.
Parrot Kesha is watching TV but, feeling offended, turns it off because movies are made about various animals — but not about him. Then Vovka suggests filming a movie with a video camera, which Kesha names “Dawn of Kesha the Parrot.”
The history of the creation of a single piece of music.
Russia. The times are unknown. One day, on the way to visit Aunt Euphrosyne, the beautiful Alyonushka falls into the hollow of a wonderful tree, where a mysterious stranger gives her magic apples. Not knowing their magical power, Alyona brings them to the tower of King Dormidont.
A lyrical and funny story about the hard life of a village on the coast suffering from the high winds.
Based on a children story by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mr. Bliss is a tale of a man who set out to buy a motor-car and of what followed afterwards. The adventures include meeting with three bears, a visit to a fat family of Dorkinses, and a nightly adventure in the woods.
The evil witch Mombi and the self-styled girl General Ginger have seized power in the Emerald City of Oz. The Scarecrow, along with his friends, disenchants the daughter of the last legitimate ruler of the Emerald City, Ozma, and fights for justice. And in this they are helped by the girl Dolly from Kansas, the good fairy Glinda and the scientist Woggle bug.
"Adagio" which is a philosophical parable exploring the conflict between a hero and the crowd is loosely based on a romantic short story written by the famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky about a young man named Danko and his burning heart.
Adapted from a novel from sci-fi series by Kyr Bulychev about a little girl Alice. It's Alice's birthday and as a present she is invited by an old alien friend archaeologist Gromozeka to join him on an expedition to an alien planet Coleida which population was destroyed by a space plague a hundred years ago. Arriving at the planet they decide that Alice, using a time-traveling device, will go back in time to the day when the plague was brought in by their space expedition to try and save the planet from destruction by spraying the astronauts with a vaccine. To achieve that, she and another alien scientist professor Rrrr, who looks just like a cat, must make a long and perilous journey to the planet's spaceport.
Sashka is a normal boy from a small provincial of Koshkin whose dream is to become special. One day he notices that everyone around him have started to behave strangely. As he finds out that he is the "special" one not affected by Uncle Tolik's mind control device, he realizes that only he can stop the evil from happening.
A snowman falls in love. Based on the story by H.C. Andersen.
A Russian stop-motion adaptation of The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish.
The film is about the behavior of people in a state of boring expectation.
Grandfather Mazai saves not only hares, but also other famous heroes — Mumu, the Persian princess, Robinson, and even the Titanic.
A son appeared in a rural family – a boy with a finger. The restless kid is trying to help everywhere. But this leads to the opposite results.
The king decided to bring a soldier to a nervous breakdown because he fell in love with soldier's wife.