Directing
Boris Stepantsev
Born December 7, 1929 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Died May 21, 1983 · aged 53
Boris Pavlovich Stepantsev (7 December 1929 — 21 May 1983) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, artist and book illustrator, and creative director of the Multtelefilm animation department of the Studio Ekran. As a child Boris Stepantsev (born Stepantsov) fell in love with animated films "because there was nothing funnier in the whole world" and decided to dedicate his life to co…
Known For
Petia and Little Red Riding Hood · 1958Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
★ 7.71958
MovieFamilyComedy
A boy finds his way into the Little Red Riding Hood cartoon in order to save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf.
Tsocotukha the Fly · 1976Tsocotukha the Fly
★ 5.01976
MovieAnimation
The fly, flying over the field, found a coin. Pleased with this fact, she went to the bazaar to buy a samovar and invite her friends to celebrate her birthday. But then a misfortune came - a spider burst into the festival and stole our fly. None of the guests decided to join the spider in a duel, except for a small, but brave gnat. Fortunately, everything worked out, and fly and gnat made a harmonious pair.
Junior and Karlson · 1968Junior and Karlson
★ 7.01968
MovieAdventureAnimation
A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.
The Nutcracker · 1973The Nutcracker
★ 7.01973
MovieAnimationMusic
A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.
The Signature Is Illegible · 1954The Signature Is Illegible
1954
MovieAnimation
Mole, director of an egg incubator, hires Rat as an employee, who soon begins to steal and muddy the waters. A social satire about poorly-managed organizations, based on caricatures by Boris Yefimov.
Assol · 1983Assol
★ 4.01983
MovieDramaRomance
On the Forest Stage · 1954On the Forest Stage
1954
MovieAnimationMusic
The animated film was created based on the fables of Sergey Mikhalkov "Cautious birds" and "Hare in the hops." Drake with his assistants arranges a performance on the forest stage for animals. He tells fables about forest dwellers from the stage.
Champion · 1948Champion
★ 10.01948
MovieAnimation
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