Writing
Daniil Kharms
Born December 30, 1905 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (Russia)
Died February 2, 1942 · aged 36
Daniil Ivanovich Kharms was an early Soviet-era Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist.
Known For
Charm's Incidents · 1996Charm's Incidents
★ 7.01996
MovieComedy
Humourous interpretation of the poems and writings of Soviet dadaist Daniil Charms. These are organized into a sequence, suggesting a storyline, about a poor Russian poet who lives in Vienna, falls in love and has several bizarre adventures.
Gogol online: Kharms. Myr · 2020Gogol online: Kharms. Myr
★ 7.02020
Movie
A small but powerful orchestra with strict melodies and rhythms in the spirit of “Avia” unleashes a mechanical frenzy: artists under a thick layer of make-up are throwing replicas from Harms' stories and notebooks. Ultimately, this plotless musical by Maxim Didenko with the artists of the Gogol Center claims to incarnate (literally, from the word “flesh”) the universe of a unique writer, the demiurge of a dislocated reality.
Andrej · 2016Andrej
2016
MovieAnimation
Andrej Ivanovich is stunned as the water in which he spits suddenly turns black. Suddenly his world is turned upside down, his dog can fly and he feels like a dog. His neighbor comes by and goes up in smoke. But when Andrei Ivanovich decides to drink the jet-black water, something unexpected happens.
The Surprised Watchman · 2025The Surprised Watchman
2025
MovieAnimation
At the border between the earthly and the otherworldly sits an old watchman, observing a fly. His thoughts are interrupted by a strange young man who asks, “How do I get to heaven?” What follows is an absurd, at times comical and unsettling dialogue filled with mistrust and irony. The watchman, bound by routine, faces something beyond logic. The young man, without a ticket but full of conviction, insists heaven awaits him. In the quiet, mysterious ending, the young man vanishes, leaving only a white feather — and a question: what was that? A short animated parable about boundaries, misunderstanding, and the mystery of crossing worlds, with absurdist humor in the spirit of Kharms or Kafka.
Wonders · 1980Wonders
1980
MovieAnimation
An animated film for children about how a Clown and the guys argued about who is the bigger inventor and entertainer.
Autobiography · 1987Autobiography
1987
MovieComedy
A short film based on the works of Daniil Kharms.
Concert For A Rat · 1995Concert For A Rat
★ 6.81995
MovieDramaScience Fiction
The rat lives in a cage that stands in the room of a large communal apartment in which the poet lives. The apartment is in the house; House - in the yard-well; The courtyard is in the city; And in the courtyard - 1939 ...In the film there are many newsreel frames of those times, the sound series contains both popular and propagandist songs, both Soviet and German. The plot is divided into many unrelated episodes, which are colorized in different colors. The author claims that everything shown should be understood outside of symbolism: everything in the film means only itself.
Recess IV · 1985Recess IV
1985
MovieAnimation
The cartoon consists of several mini-cartoons: "Liar" based on a poem by D. Kharms, about a boy who fantasized a lot and passed everything off as the truth, but no one believed him. "The Key" is based on a poem by O. Grigoriev, about an old grandmother who left a key at home, but her granddaughter did not open the door for her. "The Ball" is about a boy who dreamed of becoming a football player and therefore could not part with the ball.









