Oleksandr Viken

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Oleksandr Viken

Born April 4, 1947 · Berlin, Germany (age 79)

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Viken is a Soviet and Ukrainian animator, director and screenwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (2010).

Known For

The Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On BreadThe Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On Bread · 1986
The Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On Bread
7.01986
MovieAnimation
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.
A FavourA Favour · 1983
A Favour
6.51983
MovieAnimation
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.
The Fox and the OuzelThe Fox and the Ouzel · 1982
The Fox and the Ouzel
1982
MovieAnimationTV Movie
This story takes place in a Ukrainian village. A thievish fox could not resist not eating some poultry. One night he crawled into a house to steal a chicken, but his actions awakened the owners of the house. In an attempt to flee, he fell into a trap. Only the Ouzel could solve all the fox’s problems.
Stone AgeStone Age · 1987
Stone Age
8.01987
MovieAnimation
This film was shot as a trophy during one of the many inhuman wars. Thanks to unique means of restoration, it was possible to restore footage taken in the Stone Age.
How Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little ElephantsHow Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little Elephants · 1984
How Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little Elephants
6.41984
MovieAnimation
Petryk Pyatochkin goes to kindergarten and loves to play around. One day he counted elephants so that he could fall asleep with the other children during quiet time. And when he succeeded, Petryk got to Africa in an amazing kindergarten, where he had to take care of baby elephants, who did not miss the opportunity to have fun.
The Death of a Government ClerkThe Death of a Government Clerk · 1988
The Death of a Government Clerk
5.01988
MovieAnimation
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.
Alarm in the ForestAlarm in the Forest · 1990
Alarm in the Forest
1990
MovieAnimation
In the forest an alarm went off by accident and a commotion arose among the animals. It turned out that no one knows how to behave in emergency situations.
The Fox With The Rolling PinThe Fox With The Rolling Pin · 1977
The Fox With The Rolling Pin
9.01977
MovieAnimation
Ukrainian folktale telling the story of how the sly fox tricked on village people and how they finally avenged themselves.

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