The Blue Meteor

Based on Kipling’s classic tale of how a curious young elephant came to have a trunk.

A satirical express train sets off on its way. The driver S. Mikhalkov gives a farewell beep ... On the first carriage an inscription - "Summer cottage". The following are 8 short stories ...

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

A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can turn human into any animal he wants. The only condition: one mustn't laugh.

In an abandoned dump, old metal objects are thrown out - a kettle, a can, a screw with a screw, and a rusty little carnation. They feel lost and unnecessary to anyone. And then another and insidious rust is selected to destroy the poor. But suddenly they learn that there are such points where they can still come in handy and already serve people in a new guise. Having found this place, friends are surprised to discover that they were not alone in such a deplorable situation and that a whole line of metal things, large and small, lined up for melting.

Dzhovanni was so absent-minded boy that in addition to the things and clothes he lost even his body parts all over the city.

A Russian scientist creates a mind-reading weapon for his generals on a remote island. After the demonstration, the generals are pleased. Little do they realize, both the weapon, and the creator of the weapon have a mind of their own

Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Sparrow the Robber.

Kozyavin is ordered by his boss one day to find a man named Sidorov, and is pointed in a particular direction. The employee follows the indicated direction unswervingly to find him, encountering various obstacles along the way.

Hippo came to the teacher of singing, but all the efforts of the maestro do not help (neither hearing nor voice). It was necessary for the student to simply swallow the teacher, and he sang with a beautiful, alien voice.

A circus lion goes on holiday to Africa, but his circus skills doesn't let him be. Based on the tale of the Czech writer Milos Macourek "Boniface and his nephews»

The tiny firefly couldn't find its place in the deep sea until it found itself among others like it — glowing plankton particles.

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.

A boy finds a magic stone that will allow people to live their lives over again. His bearded, noble Grandfather prefers his life of hardship, revolution and Communist victory to remain just as it is.

Three young scamps sabotage the Nazi occupiers, thereby setting the stage for a Soviet triumph. Made twenty-five years after World War II ended, this animated pageant still has the pungent tang of propaganda.