Directing

Aleksandr Davydov

Born January 25, 1937 · Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Died November 20, 2012 · aged 75

Alexander Romanov Davidov (January 25, 1937, Moscow - November 20, 2012, ibid.) - Soviet and Russian animator and animator, winner of the "Nika" award. Among his most famous works are “Once - the peas, two - the peas ...”, “The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (second edition)” and others. Alexander Davydov was born in Moscow on January 25, 1937 in the family of the famous animator Roman Davydov. …

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Valuable Kopeck

Valuable Kopeck · 1961

Valuable Kopeck

Animated short film dedicated to the redenomination of the Soviet ruble that happened on January 1, 1961.

Stories About the Space

Stories About the Space · 1973

Stories About the Space

MovieScience FictionAnimation

Two short stories about space

Погоня

Погоня · 1980

Hello, the Olympics!

Hello, the Olympics! · 1979

Hello, the Olympics!

MovieAnimationMusic

The Goatling

The Goatling · 1961

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid · 1968

The Little Mermaid

MovieAnimationFantasy

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 to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song · 1974

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

MovieAnimationMusic

The Tortoise composed a song and the Lion cub learnt it by heart and they sang it together.

Bear - Lime Leg

Bear - Lime Leg · 1984

Bear - Lime Leg

A clumsy bear gets stuck in a beehive. Who will help him? On the plot of a Russian folk tale.

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Valuable Kopeck

Valuable Kopeck · 1961

Valuable Kopeck

Animated short film dedicated to the redenomination of the Soviet ruble that happened on January 1, 1961.

Animation

Stories About the Space

Stories About the Space · 1973

Stories About the Space

MovieScience FictionAnimation

Two short stories about space

Animation

Погоня

Погоня · 1980

Director

Hello, the Olympics!

Hello, the Olympics! · 1979

Hello, the Olympics!

MovieAnimationMusic

Animation

The Goatling

The Goatling · 1961

Animation

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid · 1968

The Little Mermaid

MovieAnimationFantasy

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 to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

Animation

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song · 1974

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

MovieAnimationMusic

The Tortoise composed a song and the Lion cub learnt it by heart and they sang it together.

Animation

Bear - Lime Leg

Bear - Lime Leg · 1984

Bear - Lime Leg

A clumsy bear gets stuck in a beehive. Who will help him? On the plot of a Russian folk tale.

Animation

A Mirror of Time

A Mirror of Time · 1976

A Mirror of Time

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

A fantasy that space preserves images of the past.

Animation

Verify Your Clock

Verify Your Clock · 1963

Verify Your Clock

MovieAnimationComedy

A creative political short animation calling for saving time and increasing efficiency in national economic construction.

Animation

One Pea, Two Peas...

One Pea, Two Peas... · 1981

One Pea, Two Peas...

The adventures of a hamster and a gopher.

Director

Vintik and Shpuntik: Merry Masters

Vintik and Shpuntik: Merry Masters · 1960

Vintik and Shpuntik: Merry Masters

MovieComedyAnimation

Mechanics assemble a vacuum cleaner, but how to use it?

Animation

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots · 1968

MovieAnimationFamily

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.

Animation

An Upside Down Stadium

An Upside Down Stadium · 1976

An Upside Down Stadium

MovieAnimationComedy

An eccentric stunt sports comedy, which makes fun of those guys who know sports only on television, and think that they can do everything they see on the screen, although they themselves do not even try and consider themselves, and moreover, in all sports whether or not champions.

Animation

Treasures of the Sunken Ships

Treasures of the Sunken Ships · 1973

Treasures of the Sunken Ships

Animation

Gilded Foreheads

Gilded Foreheads · 1971

Gilded Foreheads

Animation

Forward March, Time!

Forward March, Time! · 1977

Forward March, Time!

MovieHistoryAnimation

Soviet animation from Vladimir Tarasov.

Animation

Главный звёздный

Главный звёздный · 1966

Главный звёздный

Animation

Terem-teremok

Terem-teremok · 1971

An animated film based on a fairy tale "Teremok".

Animation

Swans of Nepriadva

Swans of Nepriadva · 1980

Swans of Nepriadva

MovieAnimationHistory

A cartoon about the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

Animation

A Girl and an Elephant

A Girl and an Elephant · 1969

A Girl and an Elephant

The story about an elephant who could read but not write.

Animation

Contact

Contact · 1978

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

A man walking on the fields encounters an alien visitor from outer space.

Animation

Neznaika at School

Neznaika at School · 1961

Neznaika at School

The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.

Animation

Dragonfly and Ant

Dragonfly and Ant · 1961

Dragonfly and Ant

MovieAnimationFantasy

While the ant was carrying building materials for a multi-flat anthill on his truck, the dragonfly was basking in its crib. She was very unhappy that the ant prevented her from sleeping, and when the wheel of the truck got stuck in the web, she not only did not help the ant, but rather confused him even more. So the whole summer passed: the ants built an anthill and stocked up food for the winter, and the dragonfly slept for half a day and in the evening flew to dancing with the mosquitoes. It is not difficult to guess that with the arrival of winter, the frozen and hungry dragonfly went for help to the ant.

Animation

Fuse

SeriesComedyDocumentary

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

Director

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot · 1984

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot

SeriesAnimationKids

Director

Весёлая карусель

Весёлая карусель · 1969

Весёлая карусель

SeriesAnimation

Director