Mikhail Volpin

Writing

Mikhail Volpin

Born — Died

1902-12-28 — 1988-07-21

Place of birth

Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire [now Belarus]

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Father Frost poster
6.2

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Father Frost

1965

The Old Jockey poster
4.7

About Trofimov, a well-known rider who goes on taking part in races in spite of the advanced age, until he realizes his time has gone and passes his experience on to his granddaughter’s fiance

The Old Jockey

1941

Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes poster
6.1

Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.

Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes

1968

No artwork available
8.0

A herdsman leaves his flock for the city, dreaming of becoming a cosmonaut, but he is rejected. Working a small job in a film studio, he is singled out for his looks and becomes a stand-in for a star actor.

Return to Earth

1959

Island of Mistakes poster
7.9

A short animated film about poor student Kolya Sorokin, who is dragged by two swans to the island of errors. On the island, incorrect solutions cause a lot of problems for Kolya. These trials force the hero to approach his responsibilities in a different way.

Island of Mistakes

1955

A Wilful Princess poster
7.2

The capricious princess mocks the grooms invited by her father, allowing her jester to humiliate their appearance. Angered by the behavior of his daughter, the king orders her to be married off to the first beggar who entered the city. By chance, the "beggar" turns out to be one of the knights rejected by the capricious woman - the prince, who teaches the princess a harsh lesson that changed her attitude towards life.

A Wilful Princess

1969

The Bouquet poster
NR

A husband becomes unfaithful to his wife, and buys a bouquet of flowers which he wants to give an another woman. But that woman doesn't come to the meeting, so he tries to get rid of the bouquet.

The Bouquet

1966

Stories About Lenin poster
6.8

Two stories ("The feat of the soldier Mukhin", "The Last Autumn"). The events of one concern 1917, when Lenin had to hide in Finland, the second takes place in 1923-1924 during the last months of his life in Gorki.

Stories About Lenin

1957

Hello, Moscow! poster
6.5

At the amateur talent show the boy, accompanying himself on the accordion, sings a song about Moscow... The plot of the movie is based on the story of the director of the school about how this accordion, once belonging to a cadre worker who died during a demonstration in 1905, has been in many hands before it got to the guys.

Hello, Moscow!

1945

Ilya Muromets and Highwayman Nightingale poster
7.2

This is the second story from a series of adventures of the brave warrior Ilya of Murom. This time he is moving towards the city of Kiev and on the way accomplishes his great and small feats. Arriving at the gates of Chernigov city, Illya discovers that black vorogs are circling around the city. Having settled with them, Ilya Muromets meets the locals, who offer him the honorary position of governor. But the hero refuses the offer, because he needs to move towards Kiev and fight with evil spirits.

Ilya Muromets and Highwayman Nightingale

1978

Post in the Mountains poster
5.4

From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...

Post in the Mountains

1953

Fire poster
NR

A boy goes through time, helped by a wise clock, and learns to appreciate human ingenuity.

Fire

1971

The Enchanted Boy poster
7.4

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

1955

The Frog Princess poster
6.5

A prince discovers an enchanted beauty turned into a frog by Koschei the Immortal. After Koschei steals her again, the prince goes on a dangerous quest to free the land of the evil.

The Frog Princess

1954

The Horsemen poster
5.3

A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belarus and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman.

The Horsemen

1950

Fedya Zaitsev poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Fedya Zaitsev

1948

Gutta-Percha Boy poster
7.5

The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts...

Gutta-Percha Boy

1957

How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder poster
6.9

A story about Ivanushka the Fool based on classic Russian fairytales.

How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder

1977

Ilya Muromets: Prologue poster
7.0

Paralyzed Ilya Muromets receives heroic strength.

Ilya Muromets: Prologue

1975

The Nightingale poster
6.6

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes.

The Nightingale

1980

Volga - Volga poster
6.9

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.

Volga - Volga

1938

Story of One Crime poster
6.0

The story about an everyman who one morning suddenly leaps out on the courtyard and bludgeons two conversing housewives to death with a frying pan.

Story of One Crime

1963

The Tale About the Enamored Painter poster
7.7

Once upon a time, a young and cheerful painter named Makar was invited to the king's palace... There he saw a beautiful woman trying on a crown. Makar fell in love, but was expelled from the palace. After undergoing all kinds of trials and heroic deeds, the former painter came to the palace to ask for the princess's hand in marriage, but saw before him a capricious ugly woman—and realized that he had been enchanted by the servant Katya.

The Tale About the Enamored Painter

1987

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish poster
8.2

The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish

1950

The Brave Tailor poster
8.0

The story of how the young worker was bored with life.

The Brave Tailor

1964

The Flower with Seven Colours poster
6.2

A little girl is walking around the city with a bunch of bagels. All the bagels are eaten by a dog that follows her while the little girl was looking around. The girl is upset, but she is comforted by her grandmother, who gives her a magic flower that grants wishes...

The Flower with Seven Colours

1948

Donkey's Hide poster
6.4

At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of King Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's life. Seventeen years later, Theresa falls in love with a poor prince named Jacques. Then the prophecy starts coming true...

Donkey's Hide

1982

Actress poster
5.4

Zoya Vladimirovna Strelnikova, a famous operetta actress, quits the theater and gets a nanny in a military hospital. There she meets the wounded major Peter Nikolayevich Markov.

Actress

1943

Tsarevich Prosha poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Tsarevich Prosha

1974

When Christmas Trees Light Up poster
7.1

On New Year's Eve, two lost in the woods toys try to prove to wild and hungry predators that they're not good to eat.

When Christmas Trees Light Up

1950

The Key poster
6.0

The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.

The Key

1961

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1 poster
NR

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

2000

Sporting Honour poster
6.2

Vetlugin, a worker at a Ural factory, becomes a member of the Moscow soccer team "Turbina". The captain and center forward Vitaly Grinko, known to the whole country, is jealous of the newcomer and tries to defame the simple-minded player. The whole team takes the side of the newcomer, criticizes the captain's behavior, and wins in the game with a foreign team.

Sporting Honour

1951

Behind the Footlights poster
7.5

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.

Behind the Footlights

1956

Soon There Will Be Rain poster
4.5

A gambling-addicted old man loses all the water on Earth, condemning all living beings to death from drought.

Soon There Will Be Rain

1959

Girl in the Jungle poster
7.0

One day, while walking through the jungle, the Girl saw in a cage a Tiger caught by hunters. Having pity on him, she released the striped predator. Instead of gratitude, Tiger prepared to eat the Girl. In response to the complaints of the Girl, Tiger declared that there was no justice on earth. To resolve the dispute, they turned to the Parrot and the Palm .

Girl in the Jungle

1956

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man poster
7.2

On September 1, the first day of school, a happy young boy named Fedya draws a picture of a little man on a white wall using coal.

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man

1960

A Bragging Ant poster
5.0

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

A Bragging Ant

1962

This Isn't About Me poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

This Isn't About Me

1966

Clumsy Friend poster
NR

Story of animal trainers at a circus.

Clumsy Friend

1959