A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This film covers the second half of the book.
Alice follows the white rabbit, falls down a deep hole and discovers a strange Wonderland at the bottom.
There were three brothers, Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, who founded Kyiv. The city swelled, craftsmen worked, builders created day-to-day the beautiful and places on the slopes. And brothers had beautyful sister Lybyd to get together with the rest of the townspeople to celebrate Midsummer. But no one thought that the upcoming feast will be irrigated with blood. The animation was created for the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv.
A funny comedy about doctor Aybolit and his assistants and patients - all animals.
Three stories. The first one is called "Naughty". It tells about a little goat that ran away from his mother. He was very curious and interested in everything around, but when he realized that was lost, he began to worry much about it. In "Braggart" we will focus on the bird that loved to embellish reality. The history "Monster" is about a terrible creation, spewing flames and defeated by beautiful horses.
A story about a naughty mother, based on a poem by Alan Alexander Milne.
Mistress Hen has a lot of worries every day. She needs to feed the chickens, take them to kindergarten, clean, iron, and prepare dinner. But how to cook something without salt? Hen goes to the neighbor Goose to borrow salt, but she asks to do her a favour. A simple request triggers a whole cascade of favours that must be arranged to get...salt. The cartoon satirically mirrors the rampant barter and blat in the poor Soviet society of the late "stagnation" era.
Animation film about a friendship between young Wolfy and Kapitoshka. Wolfy tries to learn how to be scary and threatening. But then he meets a drop of rain, Kapitoshka, which makes him realize that it is not necessary to be scary.
A fox was famous in the forest for his cunning and wit. But a boastful rabbit once called himself more agile, which, of course, the fox did not like. And in order to protect himself from unpleasant situations, the rabbit tried to avoid meeting with the ginger rogue. But one day the fox’s funny trap worked...
It happened long ago on the Ukrainian land, in those days when many people could not get salt, which was the most important value. A simple lad decided to go once in distant lands to bring a little salt to his friends and relatives. His path was to be difficult and dangerous, so his close people tried to dissuade him from this trip. But the young man was really brave and courageous and decided on something that no one could even imagine...
An animated short film that deconstructs and exposes the exhausted Soviet cliches in search of truth which is traditional for glasnost and perestroika era.
Can a person overcome what is commonly called fate? After all, it is much easier to succumb to circumstances, even if they are not the most favorable, and allow the flow of life to carry you. But if you want favorable changes, then you need to make efforts. The main character often finds himself in the center of curious situations, as if he is being chased by an unfortunate star. Will he be able to turn the tide of events?
Animation adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov. A government clerk sneezes on a department general. Although the department general immediately dismisses the incident, the clerk cannot let it go.
In anticipation of cold weather, two bear cubs go fishing, which may be the last before the winter. The kids are watching the crumbling leaves, birds flying away and drifting clouds. They begin to think about how one can catch a cloud. Now they do not realize what an unusual catch in the form of a crescent and stars is in store for them. Or maybe they will have enough bait even for the sun?
The girl Inge was good and loved... herself very much. Inge was given bread to take to her poor parents, and she, crossing a puddle and afraid to dirty her new shoes, threw the bread in the mud and stepped on it. From such a terrible act, the earth parted and swallowed her. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
The red-haired cat Vaska could not resist his curiosity to explore the roof of a high-rise building, from where incredible views of Kyiv can be seen. But one day the passage to the roof was blocked by a worker who was repairing antennas.
Tur regrets being single until he meets a charming maiden to whom he promises a new pair of boots. He gets trapped at a witch’s sabbath hosted by the devil, who promises him a pair of boots in exchange for his soul.
A Cossack wandered in search of a better life, and his lifelong dream was a fast and beautiful horse. He had to meet him on the way a fortune-teller and a swamp waterman, which traded a horseshoe to a bunch of red peppers with the Cossack; and he had to beat the devil in cards and eventually find peace of mind in the family life with a beautiful Ukrainian girl.
Once upon a time, there was an old man who knew a lot about herbs and magic spells. Many people came to him at night for their happiness, and he helped them all (well, almost all) to find love. What was the secret of his magic potion and why did the old man still remain lonely?
Playing hide and seek game comes to a sticky end for the cat Tutti and the hippo Topa. Tutti stuck in a well, as the idea to hide there seemed quite reasonable. But Topa would not leave his friend in trouble and pulled his friend out with a rope, but first he needed to overcome many obstacles to find it.
