The Nutcracker

Rooster and Paint

The painted rooster gets acquainted with the inhabitants of the barnyard and learns about the world.

Champion

Murzilka on the Satellite

One of the many stories that happened to the Russian popular fairy tale character Murzilka.

Junior and Karlson

A Soviet cartoon adaptation of a classic Swedish tale by Astrid Lindgren about Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

Petia and Little Red Riding Hood

A boy finds his way into the Little Red Riding Hood cartoon in order to save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf.

Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away

A schoolboy gets into a fairy tale with the help of a librarian and DIY book. But life in the magical land is not as easy as it seems.

Karlson Returns

The Kid didn't have to miss Carlson for long - one day he landed in his room again. This means that there will be new adventures and pranks! With Carlson's help, the harsh and bossy Freken Bock will be re-educated and become very kind. And then the friends will all put on a costume show with dancing and drink tea with buns.

Junior and Karlson

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.

Little Gray Neck

Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.

Polcan and Shavka

Two dogs, Polkan and Shavka, watched a flock of sheep by the river. Suddenly, they notice a hare, chase after him and run into the forest, where they meet face-to-face with three wolves. Shavka, chickening out, backs away, and the brave Polkan takes the fight. In a fierce fight, he manages to defeat one wolf, but from wounds he loses consciousness.

Geese-Swans

With a help of good nature a young brave girl goes to the dark forest for saving her youngest brother abducted by Baba Yaga.

Only Not Now

The Pioneer's Violin

Subtle coloring and an impressionistic approach to landscape distinguish this patriotic animated short set to music. After a flourishing Soviet hamlet is destroyed by Nazi planes, the sole survivor is confronted by a hulking Nazi commando in a tank. The military man tries to cajole the young violinist into repeating a jaunty harmonica melody at gunpoint but the boy strikes up a noble song of resistance instead. Stepantsev's film may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films.

Tsocotukha the Fly

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.

Assol

The Signature Is Illegible

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.