Aleksandr Rou
Aleksandr Rou is widely remembered as the “Soviet Walt Disney,” a filmmaker whose fairy-tale movies became cultural touchstones across the Eastern Bloc. Specializing in magical adventures drawn from Russian folklore, Rou crafted films filled with enchanted forests, witches and... Read full bio →
Zolotye roga
A long time ago a splendid deer with golden antlers lived in the woods, always protecting the poor and weak and disdaining evil. In a little village nearby the woods widow Yevdokya lived with her twin daughters Mashenka and Dashenka, her son and her old father. One day the girls observe robbers hunting the deer.
Varvara-krasa, dlinnaya kosa
Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds of intrigue and treachery.
Ogon, voda i... mednye truby
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Morozko
A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal
Alice-type Soviet girl, named Olya meets her counterpart Yalo, while looking into the mirror.
Mariya-iskusnitsa
An old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who's been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom in a remote Russian lake.
Kashchey bessmertnyy
An epic tale filmed during the Second World War. Russian heroes Nikita Kozhemyaka and Bulat Balagur save the Russian land from the enemy hordes of Kashchei the Immortal and free the beautiful Marya Morevna.
Vasilisa prekrasnaya
Задумал отец женить трех своих сыновей. Вышли братья в чистое поле и пустили стрелы в разные стороны. Стрела старшего сына упала на боярский двор, к боярской дочери, стрела среднего сына — упала на двор купеческой, а стрела Ивана, младшего сына упала на болото к лягушке-квакушке…