Fyodor Khitruk

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Fyodor Khitruk

Born May 1, 1917 · Tver, Russian Empire

Died December 3, 2012 · aged 95

Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (Russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; 1 May 1917 – 3 December 2012; Tver) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator and animation director. Khitruk was born in Tver (Russian Empire), into a Jewish family. He came to Moscow to study graphic design at the OGIS College for Applied Arts. He graduated in 1936 and started to work with "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1938 as an animator. From 1962 …

Known For

The Snow QueenThe Snow Queen · 1957
The Snow Queen
★ 6.81957
MovieAnimationFamily
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kai, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.
The Twelve MonthsThe Twelve Months · 1956
The Twelve Months
★ 6.31956
MovieFantasyAnimation
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.
The Love of MankindThe Love of Mankind · 1973
The Love of Mankind
★ 6.01973
MovieDramaRomance
A film about young architects who are building a new city in Siberia (Norilsk), their anxieties, concerns, and victories. Story of subtle psychology of love and personal happiness experienced men and women, behind the shoulders of which the pain of the past
The Adventures of BuratinoThe Adventures of Buratino · 1959
The Adventures of Buratino
★ 6.71959
MovieFamilyAdventure
A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven KnightsThe Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights · 1951
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
★ 6.81951
MovieAnimationFamily
Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...
The Scarlet FlowerThe Scarlet Flower · 1952
The Scarlet Flower
★ 6.51952
MovieAnimationFantasy
Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest (Nastenka) asks her father to bring her a beautiful scarlet flower like one which she saw in her dreams. Her elder sisters laugh at this simple wish. The father's trip is successful and he finds everything that he came for, with the exception of Nastenka's scarlet flower. Nevertheless, the ship heaves off and they begin to head back while the father scans the lands around him for a scarlet flower.
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy DayWinnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day · 1972
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
★ 7.51972
MovieFamilyAnimation
Another Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh story. This time the donkey, known from the Pooh stories as Eeyore, is sad because he has no tail. Pooh goes in search of one and finds it attached to a bell that hangs from the treehouse of one Owl.
Winnie-the-PoohWinnie-the-Pooh · 1969
Winnie-the-Pooh
★ 7.41969
MovieAnimationFamily
According to Winnie-the-Pooh himself, bears love honey very much. That's why it always runs out very quickly. And you can't do without honey, so Winnie, along with Piglet, sets off for a tall tree with a beehive hanging from it. Winnie fearlessly climbs up to the beehive on a balloon, singing a song about a little cloud.

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