
Yefim Gamburg
Directing
Known For

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Cartoon characters discuss the basics of ethics using funny examples from real life.
What Is Good and What Is Bad

The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus.
The Dog in Boots

The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.
Neznaika at School

A cartoon composed of four parts, parodying "classical" gangster and criminal movies of four countries: robbery American style, French style, Italian style and Russian style. All cartoon characters resemble real movie stars of 50th and 60th.
A Robbery In... Style

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

Based on Kipling’s classic tale of how a curious young elephant came to have a trunk.
The Elephant

Volume 1 (1962-1968): "Story of One Crime", "Man in the Frame", "My Green Crocodile", "There Lived Kozyavin", "Mountain of Dinosaurs", "Passion of Spies", "Glass Harmonica", "Ball of Wool", "Singing Teacher", "Film, Film, Film".
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1

In a fun and instructive way, the film tells how important it is for children entering the pioneers to be collected, disciplined and well aware of the pioneer regulations.
Recess

Animated cartoon about a little baby elephant Fantik and by the evil of Shtush-Kutush.
Fantik
Free adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "Fatal Eggs", also referencing many science fiction books of the early 20th century.
No Such Thing As New

A puppy, born with a strangely light-blue coat, finds himself shunned by all. No one wants to play with him or call him a friend — even the Grey Dogs keep their distance. But when a fearsome Pirate suddenly attacks the island, he enlists the Black Cat’s help to kidnap the Blue Puppy.
Blue Puppy

To surprise his grandmother, the boy climbs into someone else's garden.
Funtik and Cucumbers

A parody of the spy movies of the '50s and '60s
Passion of Spies

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.
Contacts... Conflicts... 3

A satirical film for adults about communication problems.
Contacts... Conflicts...

Two plots: "Quarrel" and "Heroic Symphony".
Only for Adults II

A story about how laziness can turn a human back to the ape.
The Origin of Species

Cartoon based on letters and drawings of children of Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic.
Friendship Song

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.