Aleksandr Davydov
Directing
Biography
Alexander Romanov Davidov (January 25, 1937, Moscow - November 20, 2012, ibid.) - Soviet and Russian animator and animator, winner of the "Nika" award. Among his most famous works are “Once - the peas, two - the peas ...”, “The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (second edition)” and others. Alexander Davydov was born in Moscow on January 25, 1937 in the family of the famous animator Roman Davydov. From 1959 to 2005, Alexander Davydov took part in the creation of about 100 animated films by an animator, artist, director, screenwriter or stage director. From 1986 to 1988, Davydov participated in the film satirical magazine “Wick” as a director. In 1988, for "The Return of the Prodigal Parrot", Alexander Romanovich was awarded the national prize of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR - "Nika", becoming the first multiplier winner of this award. Davydov’s latest work was the 2005 Keshi Parrot New Adventure cartoon. From Wikipedia (ru), the free encyclopedia
Known For
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Fuse
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The Return of the Prodigal Parrot
It is a musical imagination on the theme of the fairy tale of V.Odoevsky "Small town in a snuffbox". The film represents an original tiny rock opera. Source : www.animator.ru
A Box With Secret
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The Tales for Old and Young
Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.
Puss in Boots
Sparrow was invited to a banquet. He came and at first tried to drink only soda. The neighbor noticed this and was indignant. Tamada poured a glass for sparrow and made him drink, then poured more and more. Then the guests began to sing, dance, and all ended by beating dishes. Absolutely drunk sparrow was getting home staggering and with loud singing, than woke up all the neighbors. He smashed to bits someone's nestling and fell. Sparrow was summoned to the public court, where former guests accused him of all sins.
A Sober Sparrow
The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife.
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.
The Key
The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.
Neznaika at School
Soviet animation from Vladimir Tarasov.
Forward March, Time!
The Tortoise composed a song and the Lion cub learnt it by heart and they sang it together.
How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song
A fantasy that space preserves images of the past.
A Mirror of Time
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Treasures of the Sunken Ships
Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.
The Little Mermaid
The peasant sends his sons in search of rejuvenating apples. The eldest sons go to a tavern, and the youngest, with the help of a Gray Wolf, gets apples for his father and marries a beautiful Blue-eyed woman.
Rejuvenating Apples
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Весёлая карусель
Based on a Russian folk tale.
Dereza
A gambling-addicted old man loses all the water on Earth, condemning all living beings to death from drought.
Soon There Will Be Rain
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There Was A Tram The Tenth Number
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