Yuri Norstein Movies

Once upon a time there lived a poor fisherman in a dilapidated dugout on the seashore. He went to the sea on a boat, he was fishing. And once he...

The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His...

"Good Night, Little Ones!" is a Russian-language children's show created by Alexander Tatarsky & Eduard Uspensky that was first aired in 1964. This...

The grandchildren of the Old Cedar - cones and young shoots - fight the forest fire, protecting their grandfather, and defeat the fire.

The second part of the duology on the famous Estonian artist Ülo Sooster continues his life story, paying homage to many other great artists who...

A geologist boy enters the underworld of the gnomes. Puppet cartoon about the magical properties of precious stones.

A cut-out animation warning for children about the danger of fire and playing with matches, far from the grim warning of your typical PSA and...

This is a somewhat ironic, but very informative story about the origin, development and decline of the Greek Olympiad tradition, set out with the...

Alder uncovers not only the life and works of the elusive Cold War soviet master, but also sheds light on the Soviet animation regime.

In 1980, renowned Russian animators Yuri Norstein and Francheska Yarbusova began production on a beautiful stop-motion film called The Overcoat....

Gennady Shpalikov. He was 25 when he offered George Danelia a script for the future film “I walk through Moscow”. At this time, Shpalikov...

An animated film in two parts, about the tragic fate of Estonian artist Ülo Sooster and about his work.

He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian...

The fate of sailors' wives is not easy. For six months they do not see their husbands, for six months they raise their children and wait for news...

The life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St....

The third film of the biographical cycle based on Pushkin's drawings and texts.