Mikhail Tsekhanovsky

When a witch transforms her brothers into swans, a young princess must find a way to change them back.

According to legend, Chapaev does not die, but with the help of magical powers, fairy-tale animals and plants, he becomes a real hero.

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 .

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.

A cute doggy with gypsy soul found temporary work in a creative environment.

The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.

A mouse sings a lullaby to her baby, but he falls asleep, so she ask for help to her neighbors.

This brief sequence, titled 'Bazaar,' or 'The Market,' remains the sole surviving remnant of what would have been the first feature-length Soviet animation film, 'The Tale of the Priest and of his Workman Balda'.

A mostly lost Soviet Union stop-motion version of this classic fairytale. The only surviving scene is called Bazaar.

A mostly lost Soviet Union stop-motion version of this classic fairytale. The only surviving scene is called Bazaar.

The film is a visual accompaniment to Honegger's music representing the progress of a transcontinental locomotive. No attempt is made at realistic parallel, but cutting is used mainly to effect rhythmic reinforcement of the music.

A short rhythmic short by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.

A boy is sitting at a table, writing a letter for Boris Prutkov. The cartoon follows the journey of this letter from Rostov to Leningrad, where its addressee Prutkov has just left for Berlin; when the letter arrives in Berlin, Prutkov has just departed for London; as the letter arrives in London, Prutkov is already on a steamboat to Brazil; and once the letters is delivered by the postman Don Basilio, Prutkov is already on his way back to Leningrad – where the letter, having followed Prutkov around the world, finally reaches him. The film sings a song of praise to the global postal services and to the reliability of the postmen, but it also tells the story of a journey around the world, returning once more to the new Soviet capital: Leningrad.