Tired and bored by her graceless daily life, a young housewife mourns her lost American lover and dreams of a better life, elsewhere. Inside her, the skeleton woman, hidden into the dark, is waiting to be saved.
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 more
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. close
Short film “Drama” – adaptation of the play of the same name A.P. chekhova . The picture is, in turn, a film version of the play and was shot to the centenary more
Short film “Drama” – adaptation of the play of the same name A.P. chekhova . The picture is, in turn, a film version of the play and was shot to the centenary of the birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
The film "Drama" tells about the famous writer Pavel Vasilyevich, who intends to have a great rest in the country. However, just before his departure, a strange lady appears in the door, calling herself his friend Murashkina. This person tearfully implores the writer to appreciate her work – the drama “What did the nightingales sing?” Protracted tedious reading Pavel Vasilyevich to make it will not be so easy ...
The roles in this short film were performed by outstanding actors. Boris Tenin . The brilliant Ranevskaya managed to increase Chekhov’s short story almost threefold. Thanks to her talent, the character Murashkina acquired a unique, completely unusual character. Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova, the widow of Anton Pavlovich, always reverent about any alterations of his work, was delighted with the version of the play that Ranevskaya proposed. close
Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales) is a 27-minute animated short film, considered the masterpiece of influential Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Told in a more
Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales) is a 27-minute animated short film, considered the masterpiece of influential Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Told in a non-narrative style by free association, the film employs various techniques including puppets, cut-outs, and traditional cell animation. Using classical music and '30s jazz tunes instead of dialogue. close