Yuri Norstein Movies

Short soviet animated movie about a girl who wants a dog, while her mother does not approve. The girl then starts playing with her mitten, pretending...

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and...

Surprising master Lefty, who grounded a steel flea. This feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union is based on the story of the same...

The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols.

The fate of sailors' wives is not easy. For six months they do not see their husbands, for six months they raise their children and wait for news...

The screen version of the Saltykov-Shchedrin tale about how two complacent generals miraculously found themselves on an uninhabited island. How a...

The second part of the duology on the famous Estonian artist Ülo Sooster continues his life story, paying homage to many other great artists who...

A geologist boy enters the underworld of the gnomes. Puppet cartoon about the magical properties of precious stones.

A short documentary about the life and career of cinematographer Georgy Rerberg.

Alder uncovers not only the life and works of the elusive Cold War soviet master, but also sheds light on the Soviet animation regime.

Adaptation of the satirical poem by Samuil Marshak, ridiculed racism. Mister Twister with his family went to the USSR on the boat, previously agreed...

This is a somewhat ironic, but very informative story about the origin, development and decline of the Greek Olympiad tradition, set out with the...

Once upon a time there lived a poor fisherman in a dilapidated dugout on the seashore. He went to the sea on a boat, he was fishing. And once he...

"Good Night, Little Ones!" is a Russian-language children's show created by Alexander Tatarsky & Eduard Uspensky that was first aired in 1964. This...

The grandchildren of the Old Cedar - cones and young shoots - fight the forest fire, protecting their grandfather, and defeat the fire.

The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His...

A cartoon about beavers whose school pike was stolen one day during a lesson. And so the little beaver detectives follow the trail of the kidnapper.

About a little rain that did not immediately learn to benefit people and plants.

Gennady Shpalikov. He was 25 when he offered George Danelia a script for the future film “I walk through Moscow”. At this time, Shpalikov...