Castling (An Aquarium Confession)

Castling (An Aquarium Confession) 1979

6.80

One decent citizen was having lunch and indifferently looking at the fish in his aquarium. But suddenly a real monster emerged from the muddy water. However, unwillingness to strain even to save his own life led the hero to slavery. Or maybe nothing has really changed in his life?

1979

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland 1981

7.60

Alice follows the white rabbit, falls down a deep hole and discovers a strange Wonderland at the bottom.

1981

Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map

Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map 1987

8.00

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book.

1987

I and Others

I and Others 1971

6.30

How independent are we in our judgments? How do other people influence us? Being like everyone else is a natural desire of a child. He often succumbs to suggestion and passes out someone else's opinion for his own. But for an adult, this is a loss of personality, adaptability, conformism, which forms the psychology of a slave.

1971

Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure

Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure 1987

7.60

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This film covers the second half of the book.

1987

Adventures of Captain Vrungel

Adventures of Captain Vrungel 1980

7.52

An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.

1980

Battle

Battle 1986

5.90

A man kills a toy designer and steals his latest product. The product, a mini-army complete with weapons, then wages war on the killer. The first Ukrainian screen adaptation of Stephen King's story.

1986

Heather Honey

Heather Honey 1974

7.00

This story happened a long time ago, when the mead makers kids skillfully knew their business, and their magnificent drink was appreciated and famous far beyond the borders of the land where they lived. One insidious and cruel ruler destroyed almost all of these mead makers. And when summer came and new heather carpeted the fields, the ruler began to yearn for the lovely drink, therefore ordered his subjects to get it...

1974

How the Cossacks Celebrated Wedding

How the Cossacks Celebrated Wedding 1984

7.40

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.

1984

The Tree and the Cat

The Tree and the Cat 1983

6.40

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

1983

Kapitoshka

Kapitoshka 1980

6.50

Animation film about a friendship between young Wolfy and Kapitoshka. Wolfy tries to learn how to be scary and threatening. But then he meets a drop of rain, Kapitoshka, which makes him realize that it is not necessary to be scary.

1980

A Favour

A Favour 1983

6.50

Mistress Hen has a lot of worries every day. She needs to feed the chickens, take them to kindergarten, clean, iron, and prepare dinner. But how to cook something without salt? Hen goes to the neighbor Goose to borrow salt, but she asks to do her a favour. A simple request triggers a whole cascade of favours that must be arranged to get...salt. The cartoon satirically mirrors the rampant barter and blat in the poor Soviet society of the late "stagnation" era.

1983

The Fern Flower

The Fern Flower 1979

6.00

There lived a Ukrainian lad. He was nice and not stupid, but poverty prevented him from choosing a wife that he loved. To achieve his goal, he went on a very dangerous and serious step, having sold his soul to evil powers. Since then, his life has changed dramatically, becoming prosperous and even luxurious, but the hour of reckoning will come, which inevitably puts pressure on the protagonist...

1979

Let It Rain, Let It Rain!

Let It Rain, Let It Rain! 1982

1

Little Thunder dreams of growing up and wants to thunder and cause rain. For now, Grandpa Thunder does not allow him to do this and instructs him only to look for places on Earth where rain is needed.

1982

Mars XX

Mars XX 1969

6.00

A mad scientist invented a new weapon of mass destruction and offered it to the god of war. The animation was shot in the genre of political satire. The visual solution of the tape proposed by the artist Henrikh Umanskyi is reminiscent of the films of the German expressionist cinema of the 1920s, in particular the legendary film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920). There, too, the main character was a mad scientist, and the events unfolded in distorted scenery that emphasized the state of insanity.

1969

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass 1982

7.30

The second adventure of Alice who steps through the looking glass and finds herself in a wonderful mirror land populated by chess figures and weird creatures.

1982

How the Table Was Carried

How the Table Was Carried 1979

1

The animals did not know how to properly carry the table, then they asked a little girl, to whom her parents gave colored pencils. She began to draw and explain everything perfectly to them in pictures.

1979

Naughty Mom

Naughty Mom 1989

7.00

A story about a naughty mother, based on a poem by Alan Alexander Milne.

1989

Tethered to the Runway

Tethered to the Runway 1989

1

When a man cannot get a health certificate from a veterinary, he leaves his dog at the airport. Abandoned, the dog waits for her master, hoping to meet him off of every plane.

1989

Two Righteous Chicks

Two Righteous Chicks 1984

1

Friendship, kindness and genuine efforts to help can greatly change the lives of those around us, making the world a better place. And do not think that there won’t be enough strength; instead you should try to change something you do not like. So, this story tells of two cute chicks that were able to break the evil spell and release a crane.

1984