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- DirectorAleksandra Snezhko-BlotskayaIvan Ivanov-VanoStarsVeronika BorisenkoLeonid KtitorovIrina MaslennikovaThe tale about a girl with a cold heart who is dying in agony because of joy and love.
- DirectorVladimir BychkovStarsViktoriya NovikovaValentin NikulinGalina ArtyomovaAfter her sisters wreck his ship, a mermaid saves a human prince from drowning and is helped by a traveling handyman to reach out to him on land.
- DirectorIvan AksenchukStarsNina GulyaevaAnatoliy PapanovVladimir TroshinBased on the fairy tale by Andersen. A film about love and friendship. The little mermaid falls in love with a handsome prince and saves him from death. To be with him, the Little Mermaid loses her voice in exchange for a human form.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsOleg AnofrievGrisha PlotkinSergey MartinsonFour evil wizards decided to regain their youth. But for this they needed to find people who were wasting their time. Luck smiled at them in the face of four careless schoolchildren.
- DirectorViktor MakarovAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarAleksei SmirnovRaisa RyazanovaThe mother is looking for the kidnapped children whom Baba Yaga has turned into fallow deer. The last work of director Aleksandr Rou.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaNatalya SedykhEduard IzotovA fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsNinel MyshkovaViktor PerevalovAnatoliy KubatskiyAn old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who's been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom in a remote Russian lake.
- DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsVera AlentovaAleksey BatalovIrina MuravyovaThree young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.
- DirectorKonstantin ErshovGeorgiy KropachyovAleksandr PtushkoStarsLeonid KuravlyovNatalya VarleyAleksey GlazyrinA young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsVladimir AndreyevLarisa GolubkinaOleg VidovThe envious sisters of the young queen stand in the way of her happiness. A fairy tale based on Alexander Pushkin novel.
- DirectorIvan Ivanov-VanoLev MilchinStarsAnastasiya ZuevaMikhail ZiminAleksey ZolotnitskiyCzar marries one of three sisters and they have a son. The other two consumed by jealousy throw the girl and the boy into the sea. They end up on an island where the boy meets a magical swan who grants wishes. The boy uses three.
- DirectorVladimir PopovStarsMariya VinogradovaValentina TalyzinaZinaida NaryshkinaContinuing adventures of little Fyodor and his talking cat friend.
- DirectorLev AtamanovStarsVladimir GribkovYanina ZheymoAnna KomolovaWhen the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.
- DirectorAleksandr TatarskiyStarsLiya AkhedzhakovaStanislav SadalskiySurreal misadventures of a lazy drunkard with speech impediment trying to get a New Year tree on a short notice. Loosely based on folk fairy tales.
- DirectorYuriy KaraStarsSergey NikonenkoNina RuslanovaVera AlentovaThis movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
- DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey PetrenkoAnatoliy RomashinVelta LineDetails the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
- DirectorValeri RubinchikStarsBoris PlotnikovElena DimitrovaAlbert FilozovA mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsMikhail PugovkinGeorgiy MillyarAnatoliy KubatskiyA Czar who attempts to trick a creature that demands tribute from him into taking a fisherman's baby instead of his newborn heir. Complications arise when the daughter of the creature, Barbara, requests a human suitor to find true love.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsFrantisek SmolíkMartin RuzekMarie KyselkováA Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse-fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted, forced marriage.
- DirectorVera TsekhanovskayaMikhail TsekhanovskiyStarsValentina TumanovaElena PonsovaViktor SergachyovWhen a witch transforms her brothers into swans, a young princess must find a way to change them back.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJirí SovákVladimír MensíkMilena DvorskáThe king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ages together with the entire kingdom.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsSergey StolyarovAlla LarionovaNinel MyshkovaArriving home to find his native land under the yoke of corrupt merchants, an adventurer named Sadko sets sail in search of a mythical bird of happiness.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsNatalya SedykhAleksei KatyshevGeorgiy MillyarOne day, Vasya journeys into the forest to meet his beloved Alyonushka, only to have her forcibly whisked away by the wretched Kashchej. To save her, Vasya must face a number of fabulous, archetypal tests.
- DirectorGennadiy KazanskiyStarsValeri NikitenkoElena ProklovaVyacheslav TsyupaAn adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen".
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsOlga YukinaTatyana YukinaTatyana BaryshevaOlya and Yalo save the people of the looking glass from lies.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarSergey StolyarovLev PotyomkinThe younger brother from the common people intends to fight for a salvation of the exiled princess, suffering from a dark magic curse.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsNikolai DosenkoTatyana KonyukhovaLiliya YudinaSurreal Soviet fantasy movie based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsSergey BondarchukPavel BoriskinZinaida KirienkoA Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated from his family by World War II. Suffering in German captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsSergey StolyarovAleksandr ShirshovGalina GrigorevaAn epic tale filmed during the Second World War. Russian heroes Nikita Kozhemyaka and Bulat Balagur save the Russian land from the enemy hordes of Kashchei the Immortal and free the beautiful Marya Morevna.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsPyotr AleynikovMarina KovalyovaVeniamin GutSurreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsAnastasiya VertinskayaVasiliy LanovoyYelena CheremshanovaA little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be loved and happy." The neighbours told jokes about her, children teased her, but she waited for her prince. She trusted in the miracles and waited. Arthur Gray's rule was "if you can make a miracle, do it!". And he made a miracle for the wonderful romantic girl.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsPyotr GlebovElina BystritskayaZinaida KirienkoAn epic story of shattered lives of the Don Cossacks through chaos of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War.
- DirectorAleksandr IvanovYevgeni ShiffersStarsVladimir ChestnokovVladimir ZamanskiyLarisa DanilinaWorkers establish the first agricultural commune. In spite of the hostility of the local White Army the workers build houses, cultivate land. The poor peasants are turning towards the commune. However, White Army take vengeance on them.
- DirectorAleksandr RouRostislav ZakharovStarsRaisa StruchkovaGennadi LedyakhElena VankeFilm-ballet about Cinderella to the music of Sergei Prokofiev. The fairy tale of Aleksandr Rou with the artists of the Bolshoi Theater.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaMikhail ShapiroStarsYanina ZheymoAleksey KonsovskiyErast GarinA young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsMariya BarabanovaAnatoliy KubatskiyVyacheslav ZharikovGirl Luba had a dream. She, the daughter of a chess king in a fairyland, became the victim of a cunning political conspiracy of two cards - the Peak Jack Krivello and the Cross Dame Dvuliche.
- DirectorOlga KhodatayevaPyotr NosovStarsGeorgiy MillyarValentina SperantovaThe story of what happens when you postpone the buying of New Year gifts on the last day.
- DirectorLeonid AristovOlga KhodatayevaStarsNina GulyaevaMariya VinogradovaAleksandr KhanovYanko and Olesya are looking for the Wind, on which their harvest depends.
- DirectorOleg NikolayevskyStarsOleg NikolayevskyTatyana YushkovaAs the legend tells, there once lived at the factory an amazing craftsman named Danila. From childhood, he was taught all the secrets of artistic stone processing; he very skillfully carved stone figures, arousing sincere admiration. He had a fiancée, a girl named Katya, kind and sympathetic. Everything would be fine, but Danila is not satisfied with his skill, he wants to achieve perfection in this art.
- DirectorLev AtamanovStarsMariya BabanovaNikolay BogolyubovOlga ChepurovaNastenka asks her good father to bring her a scarlet flower from his journey One thing she doesn't know: the flower belongs to a horrible beast.
- DirectorLev AtamanovStarsVladimir GribkovA. GlushchenkoAnna KomolovaThe film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.
- DirectorLev AtamanovA Graceful passenger charmes the seamen with a marvellous dance. And when the storm comes, she reaches coast in a jump-weed and helps the ship to throw an anchor and rescues it from destruction.
- DirectorPyotr NosovA story about ice fishing on live bait.
- DirectorTamara LisitsianStarsGianni RodariAleksandr ElistratovVladimir BasovThe eccentric musical film tale of the amazing country where there live vegetables and fruit, and about adventures of the brave cheerful and naughty boy Chipollino from onions family.
- DirectorBoris StepantsevStarsFaina RanevskayaVasiliy LivanovKlara RumyanovaKarlsson-on-the-Roof returns to stands against a stern housekeeper. Fun will never surrender.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaAnatoliy ShchukinWinnie the Pooh and Piglet visit their friend the rabbit. After a hearty breakfast of honey, Pooh finds it hard to leave.
- DirectorRoman KachanovStarsVasiliy LivanovKlara RumyanovaVladimir RautbartCheburashka is a creature unknown to science. After the zoo rejects him, he becomes lonely and wants friends. Meanwhile, a crocodile named Gena is in the same boat and seeks friendship. The two meet and build a house for the lonely.
- DirectorIrina PovolotskayaStarsMarina IlyichyovaLev DurovAlla DemidovaHaving gone for a gift for his daughter, the father is captured by a monster. A poetic adaptation of a fairy tale by Sergey Aksakov.
- DirectorLev AtamanovStarsValentina SperantovaNina NikitinaRuben SimonovA poor Indian boy saves a magic antelope that can produce gold with its hooves. After a greedy Raja learns about it, he orders to bring him the antelope - or die.
- DirectorLev AtamanovStarsVladimir GribkovVladimir KandelakiYuriy KhrzhanovskiyThe story is about the harsh gypsy market competition and shashlik's lovers.
- DirectorLeonid AmalrikStarsGalina NovozhilovaElena PonsovaMikhail YanshinThe first ever animated version of the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
- DirectorLeonid AmalrikStarsAnastasiya GeorgievskayaViktoriya IvanovaSergey MartinsonA rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
- DirectorValentina BrumbergZinaida BrumbergStarsNina GulyaevaAleksey KonsovskiyYulian KozlovskiyPrincess becomes a milkmaid instead of babulechka-krasotulechka.
- DirectorIvan AksenchukStarsBoris AndreyevAnatoliy PapanovGeorgiy MillyarThe gray wolf and Ivan deceive Koshchey the Deathless in order to free the girl.
- DirectorOlga KhodatayevaStarsRostislav PlyattNorthern folktale about the eternal battle between the Cold and the Sun and the two siblings trying to save their mother from frozen dungeon.
- DirectorLeonid NechaevStarsDmitriy IosifovTatyana ProtsenkoRoman StolkartsSeveral adventurers - cruel and cunning, virtuous and brave - sets off on a quest for the Golden Key - a metaphor of happiness.
- DirectorVladimir FetinStarsAleksey GribovIvan DmitrievMargarita NazarovaA comedy about tigers and lions running around a cruise ship full of passengers.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsPyotr SavinMariya KravchunovskayaGeorgiy MillyarAdapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaLyudmila MyznikovaYuri TavrovSurreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.
- DirectorAleksandra Snezhko-BlotskayaStarsKlara RumyanovaMariya VinogradovaElena PonsovaA valiant mongoose enters into an unequal battle with two snakes while tries to protect a human family.
- DirectorBoris StepantsevStarsHans ConriedShirley MacLaineA young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsVladimir VolodinGalina StepanovaMariya MironovaTo present Karp Trofimovich, the inveterate fisherman, a gift to birthday, its nephew during competition of fishers clings to the uncle on a hook a huge pike.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaVladimir OsenevA Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
- DirectorRoman KachanovGlenn StantonStarsOlga GromovaVsevolod LarionovYuriy VolyntsevZoologist professor Steel, his small daughter Christine and captain Green leave Earth in search for rare space animals. The journey turns into adventurous and dangerous mission involving space pirates and a missing captain of a ship.
- DirectorVladimir PopovStarsOleg TabakovValentina TalyzinaMariya VinogradovaLittle Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.
- DirectorRoman KachanovStarsVasiliy LivanovIrina MazingKlara RumyanovaOn their new adventure, the old friends intend to protect nature from unscrupulous poachers.
- StarsDonald BishopDavid HubandCaroly LarsonIt's a show that could be about stories from your childhood.
- DirectorRoman KachanovStarsMariya VinogradovaAgar VlasovaOlga GromovaA girl receives a magic flower, capable of fulfilling any seven desires. How many of them will be wasted, and can responsibility prevail?
- DirectorRoman KachanovThe animated film, in a light lyrical form, tells about a boy who plays pranks in the park. He breaks flowers, offends an elderly woman, but after he meets a blind girl, helps her and even saves her life, he understands the fragility of the world around him and becomes kinder.
- DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsStanislav LyubshinEvgeniy LeonovYuriy YakovlevTwo Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
- DirectorAleksandr GintsburgStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevVsevolod SafonovMikhail AstangovA talented inventor who created the machine of unprecedented destructive power is obsessed with world domination. In his manic quest he commits one crime after another, without assuming the dreadful consequences would be for him.
- DirectorEvgeniy SherstobitovStarsVija ArtmaneSergey StolyarovNikolai KryukovA spaceship from Earth is trapped on the unknown planet. Based on book "Tumannost Andromedy" by Ivan Efremov.
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinMykola ShpykovskyiStarsJosé Raúl CapablancaVladimir FogelAnna ZemtsovaWith an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.
- DirectorMikhail KaryukovAleksandr KozyrFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsIvan PereverzevAleksandr ShvorinKonstantin BartashevichTwo countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
- DirectorMikhail TsekhanovskiyViktor GromovStarsTatyana BaryshevaNatalya ZashchipinaBoris OmekhinA little girl receives a magic flower that grants seven wishes and starts wasting them one after another, not caring about the consequences.
- DirectorGarri BardinStarsTatyana ShabelnikovaMikhail BoyarskiyGarri BardinTo build a flying ship - here is a condition for marriage with a king's daughter. She loves a poor chimney sweep, but he has a dangerous rival.
- DirectorBoris StepantsevStarsRina ZelyonayaElena PonsovaKlara RumyanovaA 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.
- DirectorBoris DyozhkinStarsNina GulyaevaErast GarinSergey MartinsonAn oppressed vegetables and fruits rebel against tyranny leading by Chipollino, an onion boy.
- DirectorMargarita MikaelyanValentin PluchekStarsMikhail ZashchipinSpartak MishulinTatyana PelttserThe mischievous Carlson and the gullible Kid are the heroes of a well-known fairy tale. Carlson loves to play pranks very much, and for all the consequences of pranks he has a "proprietary" excuse: "It's nothing, it's an everyday thing!".
- StarsGennadiy KhazanovMargarita KorabelnikovaNatalya ChenchikKesha is a parrot. That explains a lot. He's a Soviet parrot, and that explains the rest.
- StarsAleksandr KalyaginAndrey MironovGennadiy KhazanovAn amiable cat is pursued by two boorish mice.
- DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsAndrey MartynovIrina DolganovaElena DrapekoDuring World War II in a small village outpost, a Soviet sergeant has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsValeri KozinetsNatalya PetrovaVladimir FyodorovThe valiant Ruslan, who went in search of the kidnapped bride, overcomes cunning, deception, evil sorcery - and, in the end, defeats Chernomor the Wizard in a fierce battle.
- DirectorLeonid AgranovichVladimir SemakovStarsGeorgiy KulikovOleg DalGennadiy FrolovInvestigator Lekarev was instructed to go to a distant Siberian city and re-investigate the case of the murder of a tenth grader, since the guilt of the convicted Boris Dulenko is in doubt.
- DirectorLeonid AgranovichStarsSergey ShakurovNatalya GundarevaNatalya EgorovaGrigory Bozovkin, in his youth, beat up a man out of jealousy and was put under investigation. By escaping from the prison cell with the passport of the deceased, Grigory thereby severed all ties with the past. But one day he met Natalya and fell in love with her. And now, awaiting the expiration of the statute of limitations for what he committed.
- DirectorOtakar VávraStarsVladimír SmeralElo RomancikJosef KemrIn the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsIva JanzurováJosef AbrhámNina DivískováKlara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.
- DirectorMarlen KhutsievFeliks MironerStarsNina IvanovaNikolay RybnikovVladimir GulyaevA newly appointed Russian literature teacher develops a strong connection with one of her flagging students.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy NikulinNina GrebeshkovaAndrey MironovAn ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
- DirectorAleksandr ProshkinStarsValeriy PriyomykhovAnatoliy PapanovViktor StepanovFormer political inmates Sergei and Nikolai live as exiles in a remote Siberian village. After the general Soviet gulag amnesty of 1953 8 pardoned common criminals terrorize the inhabitants.
- StarsAndrey MironovVladislav StrzhelchikZinoviy GerdtCharming womanizer and playboy Leonidas Fadinar wants to quit his bachelor life and marry the daughter of local rich gardener.
- DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsMayya BulgakovaSergey NikonenkoZhanna BolotovaA fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that she cannot adjust to life in peacetime.
- DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsBoris PlotnikovVladimir GostyukhinSergey YakovlevTwo Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
- DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsBolotbek ShamshiyevNurmukhan ZhanturinKlara YusupzhanovaKemel, a young recent school graduate, travels into an isolated part of the steppes to work in a small communal farm camp.
- DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsLeonid DyachkovYuriy VizborAlla DemidovaBecause of the failed marriage neurosurgeon Pyotr going through an identity crisis by trying to solve accepting a job in far Siberia .
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr DemyanenkoAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.