
Vladimir Samsonov
Directing
Known For

A detective investigates the crimes of a medieval duke: is he really guilty of the deaths of his wives?
A Very Blue Beard

Vasilisa the Beautiful is kidnapped by an evil force that has invaded her kingdom. Prince Ivan fails when he tries to save her and the kingdom. He decides to seek help from the mighty firebird.
The Firebird

An animated film for children about how a Clown and the guys argued about who is the bigger inventor and entertainer.
Wonders

A modern fairy tale about a boy who flew to another planet to help its inhabitants in distress.
In the 30th Century

Set in the future, a rocket ship from Earth travels to a far universe and touches down on an unknown planet with a mission to exploit its natural resources. However, this is planet is like no other, it seems to be alive.
Here There Be Tygers

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It's in the Bag

One evening, Mom, Dad, and a maid named Natasha were sitting at a table drinking.
Who's There?

A musical story about how an artist created his own version of the creation of the world.
After

A teddy bear attempts to win back the favor of the little girl who own him after she gets a new toy doll.
The Old Toy

Two friends serve as pilots in a military unit near a peaceful and blossoming city. When an accident happens during a flight, they have to decide whether to eject or sacrifice themselves and save thousands of lives. Based on a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky.
The Great Sky

The flames in the fireplace create whimsical reflections, creating a New Year's mood in the house.
Glare

About what happened to Santa Claus on his way to the New Year. Santa Claus leads the "train of life" to the New Year, but a drooping horse blocks the train's path. It turns out that after a quarrel with her jealous husband, a beautiful woman who was born according to the Chinese horoscope in the year of this animal turned into a horse. And the year of her husband's birth doomed him to the role of a monkey. Santa Claus spent a lot of effort to reconcile the spouses, after which the train again followed towards the New Year.
December 32

About the adventures of the little men painted on the blackboard.
Draw Start

A picturesque sketch of flowers.
Flower Music

Soviet propaganda cartoon contrasting the alleged lies of capitalism, depicted as a charlatan prophet, with the alleged achievements of the Soviet working people.
Prophets and Lessons

The main character sits in an armchair in front of the TV and sleeps, and on the screen the House Spirits group sings songs about the need to save water and electricity. The genre of the cartoon is completely uncharacteristic for the USSR: throughout the entire animation not a single line is uttered, but only songs in rock and roll style. The melodies, completely unusual for the USSR, but on topics that were quite relevant at that time, were written by the composer Anatoly Kiselyov. The animation breaks away from Samsonovs mellow oil paint-style developed in the first half of the 80s, with a much more raw and brusque kind of style followed up by the 1988 short 32 December, also a completely rock musical animation with music form the same group as this one.
The Brownies, or a Dream on a Winter Night

A picturesque study of flowers to the music of Scarlatti.
Bumblebee

A mesmerizing wordless combination of surreal animation and classical music
Sonata

A study about the beauty of nature.
Motive

A cartoon about a magpie, greedy for everything shiny.