
Vladimir Dakhno
Directing
Biography
Volodymyr Dakhno was a Ukrainian animator, animation film director and scriptwriter. Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (1988), People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). Best known for the animation series Cossacks ("Як козаки..."). Worked at Kyivnaukfilm (currently, Ukranimafilm).
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

A little girl is walking in the forest while singing a song. All the forest dwellers like the song, and everyone sings it in their own way.
A Song in the Woods

Cossacks help the French musketeers to deliver the portrait of daughter of the Turkish sultan to the Dutch prince, that could marry her. Insidious cardinal Richelieu wants to blow off the plans of queen and equips pursuit.
How the Cossacks Helped Musketeers

Three Cossacks preparing for a meal and gather to smoke their pipes as their meal cooks. Out of tobacco, one of them goes off to investigate smoke on the horizon. He is captured by foreign invaders and must be rescued by his friends.
How the Cossacks Were Cooking Kulish

The royal son fell ill. Visiting doctors could not cure the royal heir. A passing lumberjack pledged to help in trouble.
The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers

Tur regrets being single until he meets a charming maiden to whom he promises a new pair of boots. He gets trapped at a witch’s sabbath hosted by the devil, who promises him a pair of boots in exchange for his soul.
How the Cossacks Celebrated a Wedding

To get his satirical screenplay approved by Cave Film studio, a writer must remove the parts that won't fit through the cave entrance.
Fragments

Hraï, Oko and Tour come across extraterrestrials in search of oil to repair their saucer and be able to return home. Together, they cross Europe, find themselves defending Bulgaria invaded by enemies, discover an aqueduct in Italy and narrowly escape the Inquisition in Spain.
How the Cossacks Met Aliens

A group of cossacks travels around Europe, playing football against the teams of different countries, each of which has their very unique playing style.
How the Cossacks Played Football

A small funny brown bear paced joyfully in the woods. More recently, he did not leave his mother at all and now he came to the lakeon his own. Butwhat he saw there amazed him. Now he has to deal with his own reflection in the water, which can be both bad and friendly.
The Bear And The One Who Lives In The River

The Cossacks save a group of Ukrainian maidens who are kidnapped by pirates while celebrating Ivana Kupala. En route they visit Ancient Greece, Egypt, and India.
How the Cossacks Rescued Brides

About how Detective Teddy tried to find out why the aliens did not want to come into contact with the inhabitants of the Earth.
The Case Is Assigned To Detective Teddy. Case #002: Space Riddle

A story about an agile Cossack named Aeneas. His free and peaceful life was disturbed by the goddess Juno, who did not like our hero and tried with all her might to torment him. Driven by her, Aeneas managed to cope with many difficulties, pass through the fires of hell and even cheat death itself. But the exciting adventures of the Cossack did not end there.
Adventures of the Cossack Aeneas

Cossacks cooked borscht, but ran out of salt, and what kind of taste without salt? They go to the fair, where they find out that the Chumaks who traded the salt, were robbed by the Evil Pan (local feudal lord). In this series, the Cossacks, fighting off the Evil Pan and his servants, try to bring the stolen salt to the bazaar in order to transfer it to the hands of the rightful owners - the Chumaks.
How the Cossacks Bought Salt

The Cossacks become involved in a dispute between the gods Zeus and Mars. Zeus wants to set up the Olympic games, while Mars wants to undermine him and start more wars. The Kozaks help Zeus and challenge Mars at the Games.
How the Cossacks Became Olympians

This story takes place in a Ukrainian village. A thievish fox could not resist not eating some poultry. One night he crawled into a house to steal a chicken, but his actions awakened the owners of the house. In an attempt to flee, he fell into a trap. Only the Ouzel could solve all the fox’s problems.
The Fox and the Ouzel

Two bear cubs have disappeared in the city. Detective Teddy is entrusted with the case of their search.
The Case Is Assigned To Detective Teddy. Case #001: The Brown And The White

A curious dog dipped in his imagination, coming up with interesting comparisons to the surrounding things. And a dandelion scattered in the wind is hundreds of snowflakes, a bumblebee is an angry tiger. Having met other little animals that lose heart and can not come up with something for their liking, the dog decides to cheer them up and carry away with his game.
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The Cossacks

The final episode, released after the fall of the Soviet Union, features the Cossacks as the parents of an entire children’s hockey team. While hosting the Canadian hockey team, they have to thwart their former pirate enemies once again.