Mikhail Volpin

Mikhail Volpin

Birth : 1902-12-28, Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire [now Belarus]

Death : 1988-07-21

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Mikhail Volpin

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1
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Volume 1 (1962-1968): "Story of One Crime", "Man in the Frame", "My Green Crocodile", "There Lived Kozyavin", "Mountain of Dinosaurs", "Passion of Spies", "Glass Harmonica", "Ball of Wool", "Singing Teacher", "Film, Film, Film".
Tale about the enamored painter
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Donkey's Hide
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At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of king Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's life. Seventeen years later, Theresa falls in love with a poor prince named Jacques. Then the prophecy starts coming true...
The Nightingale
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes are integrated in this marvelous Russian adaptation by fairytale master Nadezhda Kosheverova.
The Bat
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Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.
Ilya Muromets and Highwayman Nightingale
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This is the second story from a series of adventures of the brave warrior Ilya of Murom. This time he is moving towards the city of Kiev and on the way accomplishes his great and small feats. Arriving at the gates of Chernigov city, Illya discovers that black vorogs are circling around the city. Having settled with them, Ilya Muromets meets the locals, who offer him the honorary position of governor. But the hero refuses the offer, because he needs to move towards Kiev and fight with evil spirits.
How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
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A story about Ivanushka the Fool based on classic Russian fairytales.
Царевич Проша
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Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes
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Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Father Frost
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A 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.
The Brave Tailor
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The story of how the young worker was bored with life.
The Wild Swans
Lyricist
When a witch transforms her brothers into swans, a young princess must find a way to change them back.
Story of One Crime
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The story about an everyman who one morning suddenly leaps out on the courtyard and bludgeons two conversing housewives to death with a frying pan.
Муравьишка-хвастунишка
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The Key
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The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
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On September 1, the first day of school, a happy young boy named Fedya draws a picture of a little man on a white wall using coal.
Soon There Will Be Rain
Adaptation
A gambling-addicted old man loses all the water on Earth, condemning all living beings to death from drought.
Clumsy friend
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Story of animal trainers at a circus.
Stories About Lenin
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A few stories about Vladimir Lenin.
Gutta-Percha Boy
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The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts...
Behind the Footlights
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Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
Girl in the Jungle
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One day, while walking through the jungle, the Girl saw in a cage a Tiger caught by hunters. Having pity on him, she released the striped predator. Instead of gratitude, Tiger prepared to eat the Girl. In response to the complaints of the Girl, Tiger declared that there was no justice on earth. To resolve the dispute, they turned to the Parrot and the Palm .
Island of Mistakes
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The Enchanted Boy
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An animated adaptation of the classic story of Nils Holgerson, a naughty boy who is transformed to a very little dwarf and goes through many adventures, flying with a band of wild geese.
The Frog Princess
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A prince discovers an enchanted beauty turned into a frog by Koschei the Immortal. After Koschei steals her again, the prince goes on a dangerous quest to free the land of the evil.
Post in the mountains
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From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...
Sportivnaya Chest
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The Horsemen
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A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belorussia and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman.
When Christmas Trees Light Up
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On New Year's Eve, two lost in the woods toys try to prove to wild and hungry predators that they're not good to eat.
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
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The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.
The Flower with Seven Colours
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Hello, Moscow!
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Actress
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Zoya Vladimirovna Strelnikova, a famous operetta actress, quits the theater and gets a nanny in a military hospital. There she meets the wounded major Peter Nikolayevich Markov.
The Old Jockey
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About Trofimov, a well-known rider who goes on taking part in races in spite of the advanced age, until he realizes his time has gone and passes his experience on to his granddaughter’s fiance
Volga - Volga
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Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.