Kosmikino Kartoons: Soviet Era Russian And Eastern European Science-Fiction And Fantasy Animation
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc era animated science-fiction, fantasy, folktale and fairytale films from Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe covering the period 1924 to 1992.
Any suggestions would be most welcome and if you know of any articles, papers or reviews covering these genres of animation from this period, please let me know.
kosmikino@gmail.com
http://kosmikino.blogspot.co.uk/
There a number of animations from this era that have never had an English translation or have been machine translated into English and need proof-reading and revising, if you can help, please get in touch.
There are currently, a small number of these animations for viewing on the Kosmikino You Tube channel: visit the blog address above for the link.
Any suggestions would be most welcome and if you know of any articles, papers or reviews covering these genres of animation from this period, please let me know.
kosmikino@gmail.com
http://kosmikino.blogspot.co.uk/
There a number of animations from this era that have never had an English translation or have been machine translated into English and need proof-reading and revising, if you can help, please get in touch.
There are currently, a small number of these animations for viewing on the Kosmikino You Tube channel: visit the blog address above for the link.
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- DirectorNikolay KhodataevZenon KomissarenkoYoury MerkulovA tale about Comrade Kominternov, the Red Army Warrior, who flew to Mars and vanquished all the capitalists on the planet. The film is a parody on the famous SF film "Aelita" from the same year.
- 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.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoTale about a fish-man and a fish, based on Alexander Pushkin story.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsLudek MunzarJaroslav MouckaChristian BrücknerA young boy becomes an apprentice for a mysterious sorcerer, working at the sorcerer's strange and sinister mill where secretive black magic is being taught and performed at a very heavy price.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsOtakar BrousekAntonín ProcházkaFrantisek FilipovskýYoung knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove himself. However, things go dire fast and he becomes burdened with life's hardships. But then he meets a pretty water nymph, Mary.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsJan Tríska
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsJan TrískaStories from the three-year journey of the world-famous Sinbad.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsJan Tríska
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsJan Tríska
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- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsH. HustolesovaZdenek KrízPeople living on an island finds a treasure, but it does not only do them good.
- DirectorPiotr KamlerStarsMichael LonsdaleWeary immortals inhabit a metropolis in the sky and amuse themselves with constructions as they kill time and await whatever comes next.
- DirectorPiotr KamlerCreatures create, destroy, play, consume, fly and behave in generally odd ways.
- DirectorMarcell JankovicsStarsGyörgy CserhalmiVera PapGyula SzabóIn this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
- DirectorElbert Tuganov
- DirectorVladimir TarasovStarsAleksandr KaydanovskiyVasiliy LivanovAleksandr PashutinPeople survive on an alien planet in the hope of returning to Earth. Fantastic cartoon based on Kir Bulychyov's novel.
- DirectorIon Popescu-GopoThis 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory into a ten minute short film. Not only that, he eerily anticipates the communist triumph of the USSR launching the first man into space by a few years.
- DirectorVladimir SamsonovStarsAleksey BorzunovVsevolod LarionovYuriy PuzyryovSet in the future, a rocket ship from Earth travels to a far universe and touches down on an unknown planet with a mission to exploit its natural resources. However, this is planet is like no other, it seems to be alive.
- DirectorVladimir TarasovA man walking on the fields encounters a shapeshifting alien visitor from outer space.
- DirectorNazim TulyahodzhayevStarsAleksandr LenkovAnimated Film based on Ray Bradbury's novel "The Martian Chronicles", on the short story called "There Will Come Soft Rains..."
- DirectorRumen PetkovStarsRobert AxelrodRobert V. BarronRobin LevensonA villain wants to stop the crew from getting to a gem that will bring life back to earth
- DirectorMilan BlazekovicDoro Vlado HreljanovicStarsJosip MarottiVili MatulaLjubo KaporA painter who can temporarily talk to the creatures of an enchanted forest must help them stop the evil Cactus King, who's building an army of magical living weapons and machines to turn the forest into a wasteland perfect for the cacti.
- DirectorMilan BlazekovicStarsDragan MilivojevicIvo RoguljaEmil GladThistle the magician and his forest friends (from _The Elm Chanted Forest (1986)_) take on an ice emperor, Mrazomor, and his horde.
- DirectorRadka Bachvarova
- DirectorJirí TrnkaMilos MakovecStarsHelena PatockovaJaromir SobotoaDetsky pevecky sbor Jana KuhnaA Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches him to revolt against his glittering but shallow world.
- DirectorAnatoliy PetrovStarsAleksandr BelyavskiyAnatoliy KuznetsovSergey MartynovA military scientist creates a mind-reading weapon for his generals on a remote island. After the demonstration, the generals are pleased. Little do they realize, both the weapon, and the creator of the weapon have a mind of their own.
- DirectorRobert SahakyantsEvery time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.
- DirectorRobert SahakyantsA Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.
- DirectorRoman KachanovStarsTamara DmitrievaVasiliy LivanovKlara RumyanovaAdventures of Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile continue.
- DirectorMarcell JankovicsStarsGyörgy CserhalmiAnikó NagyErzsi PártosA traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.