Ilf and Petrov

The Elephant Got Lost

The fire in the circus scared the elephant Chandu, and he ran away. Soon, the forester's son Egor discovers Chandu, exhausted and wounded by poachers, and nurses him back to health. It's hard for him to break up with his new friend now...

Adventures of Nuki

The adventures of the little monkey Nuki, who was brought from Italy as a gift to a fat, spoiled boy. Having escaped from an unpleasant house, the monkey gets to a kind girl. But then it turns out that Nuka has been stolen, and her real mistress is a little sick girl suffering from the loss of her pet.

The Little Animals of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch naturalist of the 18th century, the founder of scientific microscopy, makes a lens in his workshop. He is visited by an English scientist, a member of the Royal Society of London. Leeuwenhoek shows the scientist his "microscope". A scientist examines a flea, mold on bread, and other objects through a "microscope." He recommends that Leeuwenhoek write about his invention to the Royal Society of London. Leeuwenhoek refuses. The scientist writes the letter himself. Leeuwenhoek examines different objects through a "microscope". He is visited by a friend of Google, with whom he shares his observations. Leeuwenhoek and Google talk about the origin of the "little animals" in the water. Leeuwenhoek takes samples of rainwater and pond water. The simplest microorganisms, taken through a microscope. Leeuwenhoek writes a letter in which he outlines the results of his research.

The Boy and the Pigeon

The boy wants to have a pigeon, but he can't afford to buy a bird. On the market for a pigeon asking for 100 rubles! Then he decides to buy a bird, bartering it for his father's album with stamps. Having caught a pigeon, the boy releases a bird into the sky. But the pigeon is returning to it's native dovecote, to it's former owner, who again demands money for it. This is a short movie about childhood and dreams, about the first life lessons that everyone has to face in childhood, when society and its laws bring changes into life, sometimes breaking the brightest dreams.

Test

Based on the short story of the same name by science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.

The Museum Remains

About the founder of the State Museum of Art in Nukus, I.V. Savitsky.

The Fates Are Crossed

About the history of the creation of the opera Boris Godunov, about how the fates of two Russian geniuses, M.P. Mussorgsky and A.S. Pushkin, were bizarrely intertwined.