Anatoliy Karanovich

Советская мультипликационная пропаганда

Anatoliy Karanovich, Youry Merkulov

Joan Borsten, Richard Harrison

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.

Маяковский смеется

Anatoliy Karanovich, Sergei Yutkevich

Leonid Bronevoy, Mikhail Gluzskiy

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."

Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде

Anatoliy Karanovich

Boris Chirkov

«Ска́зка о попе́ и о рабо́тнике его́ Балде́» — сказка А. С. Пушкина, написанная в Болдине 13 сентября 1830 года. Основой послужила русская народная сказка, записанная Пушкиным в Михайловском от Арины Родионовны. При жизни поэта не печаталась. Погнавшись за дешевизной, поп нанял себе в работники Балду за три щелчка по лбу в год. Приближалось время расплаты. Обеспокоенный поп захотел избавиться от своего работника. Он посылает Балду к морю собрать оброк с чертей…

Баня

Anatoliy Karanovich, Sergei Yutkevich

Arkadiy Raykin, Yekaterina Rajkina

Soviet animated feature film

Мистер твистер

Anatoliy Karanovich

Nikolay Litvinov

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.

Влюбленное облако

Anatoliy Karanovich, Roman Kachanov

A Cloud in Love is a unique film based on a script by a Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran (who lived in exile in Soviet Russia). It’s an allegorical story about an evil desert spirit who tries to destroy an oasis that is tendered by beautiful Aishe. Luckily, a Cloud falls in love with her and protects the oasis, although it costs him a life. It features mixed technique (puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation).