Directing
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
Kapitoshka · 1980Kapitoshka
★ 6.51980
MovieAnimationFamily
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 Favour · 1983A 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 Last Battle · 1989The Last Battle
★ 7.51989
MovieAnimation
Two military men, who live in the neighborhood, lack the past battles and exciting events. And they manage to avoid routine. For example, one uses his ability to control cockroaches, and the second pushes his army of flying insects against the first one. A crushing battle begins.
The Man with the Childlike Accent · 1987The Man with the Childlike Accent
★ 8.01987
MovieAnimation
Once upon a time the main character was afraid very much. Since then, he clearly does not speak a few letters, making him look like a baby babbling. He did everything to get rid of his illness, but to no avail. The doctor advised him such a therapy: go there where he was startled many years ago and try to get afraid there again. But what if he is an adult and is not afraid of anything children offer to him?
How the Cossacks Played Football · 1970How the Cossacks Played Football
★ 7.41970
MovieAdventureAnimation
A group of cossacks travels around Europe, playing football against the teams of different countries, each of which has their very unique playing style.
The Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On Bread · 1986The 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.
How Petryk Piatochkin Counted Little Elephants · 1984How Petryk Piatochkin 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 Ugly Duckling · 1996The Ugly Duckling
1996
MovieAnimationFamily
Once upon a time there was the story of a little duckling that looked very different from the others. Tall, thin and all black, he nevertheless tries to play on his mischief and his kindness to be accepted by his brothers. But all his efforts are in vain... He decides to escape from the village and then begins the most extraordinary of odysseys.
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