The Mystery of the Cactus

An animated feature film, later re-released as a mini-series, is an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, a classic of world literature, tells a story of love, sacrifice, loyalty, journeys, and the heroic adventures of Greek warriors at sea and on magical islands.

An ancient Latvian folk tale is the basis for this colorful animated feature in the tradition of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. A vengeful sorceress casts a kingdom’s princess into a deep sleep at the top of an icy mountain, where she awaits release from the spell that will destroy the land. Of all the men vying for the honor, the shy outcast son of a family of thugs is the most unlikely. Director Kalnaellis brings a playful sense of humor to the characterizations and adds zippy contemporary elements including a chorus of wisecracking crows. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

HBO aired “The Animated Odyssey” as a four-part miniseries in the US in 2000. It was originally produced by Vilanima Studios of Lithuania and first aired in Russia as a feature-length film in 1998 under the title The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus (Разрушение Трои и путешествие Одиссея). As a series it was divided into half-hour episodes including “The Trojan Horse,” “The Cyclops,” “Circe, Hades and the Sirens,” and “Odysseus Returns.” The production was supervised by original Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz & took three years to complete, was lavish & ambitious, & was intended to appeal to a wide audience that included school-age children and young adults. The narrative presented was more detailed than other animated treatments of the Odyssey and stayed closer to traditional storyline. The English-dubbed version of the film is nowhere to be found online or streaming, only the Russian version and a modern Greek version are available.

An animated film based on the poem by S. Nėries.

Narrates the story of the friendship between an injured girl and a ladybird, reflecting a special relationship between the child and nature.

One day, a musician runs away from the radio station. Too much sugar sinks the ship and the hope of finding love outside the door with a heart. Fortunately, the missing hat appeared.

In a small village, together with tailors, shoemakers, poor musicians and strange wise men, lives the tailor Mendel and his large family... And who could have thought that the reason for happiness or unhappiness for this family could be a simple goat? Here begins an instructive story full of folk wisdom.

Mystical Lithuanian mythological fairies and the goddess Laima determine the fate of a newly born person. Sometimes it gives a person wealth, health, happiness, sometimes only misery, suffering, failures. Nothing can change Laima's destiny.