Anatoliy Karanovich

A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984), and have never been available before in the U.S.

Inventor Chudakov builds a time machine. All that remains is to interest the technical innovation officials and receive authorization to continue the experiment. And it turns out that's the hardest part! The end point in this inventor's struggle will only be set by a "phosphoric woman" arriving from a wonderful future...

Inventor Chudakov builds a time machine. All that remains is to interest the technical innovation officials and receive authorization to continue the experiment. And it turns out that's the hardest part! The end point in this inventor's struggle will only be set by a "phosphoric woman" arriving from a wonderful future...

A comedian helps to settle matters in two kingdoms, one of which is forbidden to cry, and in the other - to laugh.

Animated adaptation of Rudolph Erich Raspe's stories about Baron Münchhausen's adventures in Russia.

A stop-motion adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic fairy tale.

How six boys of different nationalities swam through multi-colored seas and rivers to bring paints to a girl artist.

It’s an allegorical story about an evil desert spirit who tries to destroy an oasis that is tended by beautiful Aishe. Luckily, a cloud falls in love with her and protects the oasis, although it costs him his life. It features mixed techniques (puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation). Based on a script by a Turkish poet, Nâzım Hikmet Ran (who lived in exile in Soviet Union).

Adaptation of the satirical poem by Samuil Marshak, ridiculed racism. Mister Twister with his family went to the USSR on the boat, previously agreed with the Cook Travel Company to any boat or in the hotel was not "blacks, Malays and other riff-raff." Arriving in Leningrad, Twister and his family stayed at the hotel "Engleterre", and everything went smoothly until they saw on one of the floors the guest from Africa.

This little-seen and little-discussed film combines animation with self-reflexive, live action segments to embody the anarchic, satiric spirit of the poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). The film also showcases Sergei Yuktevich's fondness for formal experimentation. It is nominally adapted from Mayakovsky's play "The Bedbug" and his screenplay "Forget All About the Fireplace."

This little-seen and little-discussed film combines animation with self-reflexive, live action segments to embody the anarchic, satiric spirit of the poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). The film also showcases Sergei Yuktevich's fondness for formal experimentation. It is nominally adapted from Mayakovsky's play "The Bedbug" and his screenplay "Forget All About the Fireplace."

A crane and other magical creatures save a poor fisherman from a greedy miller. Based on Russian folk tales.

The boy does everything he can to help the little sand-drawn figures who have come to life escape the approaching waves.

The boy does everything he can to help the little sand-drawn figures who have come to life escape the approaching waves.