
Vladimir Polkovnikov
Directing
Known For

An animated adaptation of the classic story of Nils Holgerson, a naughty boy who is transformed to a very little dwarf and goes through many adventures, flying with a band of wild geese.
The Enchanted Boy

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.
One, Two, Altogether!

Based on the eponymous fairy tale by Peter Asbjørnsen, this is the story of a young man named Hans, who is given a magical flute that can shepherd any living creature. The King's daughter wishes for hares, and Hans agrees to help. However, soon he finds himself in trouble when the royal family wish for the flute itself. With quick thinking and a few tricks up his sleeve, Hans must navigate the whims of the royal court and protect himself from their avaricious intentions.
The Royal Hares

A braggart ant carried away by the wind, and now he is desperately trying to return home before sunset.
A Bragging Ant

Soviet animated cartoon film of 1946 based on a fairy tale by Korney Chukovsky, created by directors Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir Polkovnikov. United with similar creative aspirations, the directors found their own style.
A Peacock's Tail

A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984), and have never been available before in the U.S.
Animated Soviet Propaganda

It's a story about how the animals decided to swap their tails, but soon realized how important each animal's own tail was.
Tails

On the motifs of the story of S.Rashidov “A Kashmir song”. Spring Flower Nargis waits for the master of bees Bambur whom nobody has seen yet. A witch transforms the master of storms Chorud into a young man and lets him pass as Bambur, but her trick is unmasked. Chorud kills Nargis, but Bambur revives her. A tale by the old ( Cell animation) master Polkovnikov, (1908-1982) whose active career as animation director stretched from 1933 till 1980.
Nargis

A medic gets help from the animal kingdom to reach his patients.
Limpopo

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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How the Goat Held the Earth

Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.
Little Gray Neck

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she brings twenty-four chicks to a meeting of partridges, and she is chosen as the main chicken.
The Orange Neck

A school student finds a magical store where he can buy things which help to get straight A's with no working at all.
Magic Store

A mushroom offers the animals of the forest, an ant, a butterfly and a mouse shelter from the storm. A little rabbit, who wants to hide from the fox, also finds a place with him. The mushroom grows, stretches and stretches as it sees the good will of the other animals to help the hare.
Грибок-теремок

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Быль-небылица

It is a dramatic story which happened in Antarctic where the penguins come for summer to raise their baby birds.
Penguins

The cuckoo does not incubate its chicks and does not have a family. But the starlings were able to prove to the cuckoo that the family is a support in trouble and joy, and therefore everyone needs it.
A Cuckoo and a Blackbird

Little Jackal asks Little Camel to transport him across the river. He promises to treat him with sugarcane and then deceives him. Little Camel wishes to teach the sly fellow a good lesson, but at the last minute he rescues the Jackal from the Crocodile. Later he refuses to be friends with Little Jackal anyway.
The Little Jackal and the Little Camel

Soviet animated story of The Three Musketeers by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.