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Boris Kotov

Born December 23, 1922

Died November 10, 1984 · aged 61

Boris S. Kotov was a Soviet cinematographer for the Soyuzmultfilm studio. He was a member of the International Animated Film Association and the Moscow branch of the Union of Cinematographers.

Known For

Road Accident

Road Accident · 1968

MovieAnimationTV Movie

Father Frost and the Summer

Father Frost and the Summer · 1969

Father Frost and the Summer

A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer.

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma · 1965

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma

The revived punctuation marks stand guard over fair play.

The Childhood of Ratibor

The Childhood of Ratibor · 1973

The Childhood of Ratibor

The plot takes place in the pre-Christian Russia and revolves around a young boy Ratibor who becomes a victim of the Khazar invasion. Based on the historical novel Primordial Rus' by Valentin Ivanov.

Reflection

Reflection · 1981

Three parody stories: “The Leaning Tower of Pisa,” “The Tower of Babel,” and “Nike of Samothrace.”

Film, Film, Film

Film, Film, Film · 1968

Film, Film, Film

MovieComedyAnimation

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

Argonauts

Argonauts · 1971

MovieAnimationAdventure

A cartoon version of the voyage of the Argonauts (Greek Mythology) with the aim of getting the Gold Fleece.

Rabbit and Fly

Rabbit and Fly · 1977

Filmography

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Road Accident

Road Accident · 1968

MovieAnimationTV Movie

Director of Photography

Father Frost and the Summer

Father Frost and the Summer · 1969

Father Frost and the Summer

A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer.

Director of Photography

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma · 1965

The Adventures of Full Stop and Comma

The revived punctuation marks stand guard over fair play.

Director of Photography

The Childhood of Ratibor

The Childhood of Ratibor · 1973

The Childhood of Ratibor

The plot takes place in the pre-Christian Russia and revolves around a young boy Ratibor who becomes a victim of the Khazar invasion. Based on the historical novel Primordial Rus' by Valentin Ivanov.

Director of Photography

Reflection

Reflection · 1981

Three parody stories: “The Leaning Tower of Pisa,” “The Tower of Babel,” and “Nike of Samothrace.”

Camera Operator

Film, Film, Film

Film, Film, Film · 1968

Film, Film, Film

MovieComedyAnimation

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

Director of Photography

Argonauts

Argonauts · 1971

MovieAnimationAdventure

A cartoon version of the voyage of the Argonauts (Greek Mythology) with the aim of getting the Gold Fleece.

Director of Photography

Rabbit and Fly

Rabbit and Fly · 1977

Director of Photography

How the Musician Duckling Became a Footballer

How the Musician Duckling Became a Footballer · 1978

How the Musician Duckling Became a Footballer

A heartwarming cartoon for little ones about two ducklings — a football player and a musician — who promised a beautiful duck that they would learn to play: the football player on the trumpet, and the musician would play football. The musician-duck trained hard for a whole month, while the football player did nothing: "You just blow harder and play; what’s there to learn?" And after a month, they finally showed what they had accomplished...

Director of Photography

A Present for the Weakest

A Present for the Weakest · 1978

A Present for the Weakest

After watching the show "In the World of Animals", the king of beasts feels sorry for the weakest animal, the bunny, and decides to send a gift by mail "for the weakest". Once word gets out, every beast is keen to appear worthy of receiving the package.

Director of Photography

Come Back to Baikal

Come Back to Baikal · 1966

Come Back to Baikal

MovieComedyMusic

Television crews arrive in a fishing area to film a report about fishermen and the advanced farm of Chairman Kalach. On the way, they are intercepted by Senka Lapin and his friends. Their goal is to show the beauty of the amazing Lake Baikal and the monstrous working and living conditions of the fishermen...

Additional Director of Photography

The Wise Gudgeon

The Wise Gudgeon · 1979

The Wise Gudgeon

On the motives of Saltikov-Shedrin’s fairy tale, the film derides aimless and senseless being.

Director of Photography

The Girl and the Bear

The Girl and the Bear · 1980

The Girl and the Bear

MovieAnimationFamily

About how the girl Masha managed to find a good beginning even in a rude and cruel Bear.

Director of Photography

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.

Director of Photography

Story of One Crime

Story of One Crime · 1963

Story of One Crime

The story about an everyman who one morning suddenly leaps out on the courtyard and bludgeons two conversing housewives to death with a frying pan.

Director of Photography

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.

Director of Photography

Hunter and His Son

Hunter and His Son · 1983

Hunter and His Son

Young Saltyk follows the example of his father and learns to be brave in the fight against the evil monster that ruined his village. Based on Altai folk tales.

Director of Photography

A Wilful Princess

A Wilful Princess · 1969

A Wilful Princess

The capricious princess mocks the grooms invited by her father, allowing her jester to humiliate their appearance. Angered by the behavior of his daughter, the king orders her to be married off to the first beggar who entered the city. By chance, the "beggar" turns out to be one of the knights rejected by the capricious woman - the prince, who teaches the princess a harsh lesson that changed her attitude towards life.

Director of Photography

A Lesson Not Learned

A Lesson Not Learned · 1971

A Lesson Not Learned

This film was made in reaction to revanchism fear that Germany would reunite and seek revenge on Europe and the USSR for World War II. A disguised Nazi slips into the US zone of divided Germany. The Americans nurse him back to health as he plots how to reunite the Fatherland. His plans are ruined when he runs headlong into the Berlin Wall, erected by the USSR between East and West Berlin in 1961.

Director of Photography

A Little Time Machine

A Little Time Machine · 1967

A Little Time Machine

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

This film tells about the discovery achieved at the intersection of many sciences: cybernetics, astrophysics, telepathy and veterinary medicine. Soviet scientists made a sensational invention - the device "TV-1" (a transistor of time) was designed. Trial samples were disguised in household items: they were equipped with beads, a flower and a cane. The owners of experimental devices were random people.

Director of Photography

Shareholders

Shareholders · 1963

Soviet propaganda cartoon depicting the evils of American capitalism. A worker who owns a small share in a big company is living large, until his company replaces its workers with robots and its small shares become worthless. The shareholder finds himself alone in a cruel world.

Director of Photography

Boniface's Holiday

Boniface's Holiday · 1965

Boniface's Holiday

MovieAnimationComedy

A circus lion goes on holiday to Africa, but his circus skills doesn't let him be. Based on the tale of the Czech writer Milos Macourek "Boniface and his nephews»

Director of Photography

Zhikharka

Zhikharka · 1977

A cartoon based on a Russian fairy tale. About the adventures of girl Zhikharka living with a Cat and a Rooster.

Director of Photography

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb · 1977

MovieAnimationFantasy

A poor old couple adopts a tiny boy who helps them with farming and housekeeping. One day a greedy nobleman passes by, and so the boy decides to make some easy money for his new parents.

Director of Photography

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 of Photography