Vladimir Shveytser

Writing

Vladimir Shveytser

Born — Died

1889-02-25 — 1971-02-27

Place of birth

Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Przhevalsky poster
6.9

A Russian scientist spends a year documenting the natural world in Central Asia.

Przhevalsky

1951

Vasilisa the Beautiful poster
6.6

Russian folk tale about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.

Vasilisa the Beautiful

1940

Without Dowry poster
6.2

Larisa Ogudalova, unlike her sisters, refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry

Without Dowry

1937

Kashchey the Immortal poster
7.0

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry him. Before he can tell her the answers, the Russian land is invaded by the armies of Kashchey the Immortal, in whose footsteps death and destruction follow. Marya is abducted by Kashchey, and Nikita finds his home in ashes. Nikita meets a kindly wizard who gives him a cap of darkness. With it, the hero will find a way to save his bride and rout Kashchey.

Kashchey the Immortal

1944

The Humpbacked Horse poster
6.6

Surreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.

The Humpbacked Horse

1941

No artwork available
NR

Exposing nationalist tendencies in the development of architecture in Uzbekistan.

The Rahmanov Sisters

1954

Behind the camera

Przhevalsky poster
6.9

A Russian scientist spends a year documenting the natural world in Central Asia.

Przhevalsky

1951

Vasilisa the Beautiful poster
6.6

Russian folk tale about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.

Vasilisa the Beautiful

1940

Without Dowry poster
6.2

Larisa Ogudalova, unlike her sisters, refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry

Without Dowry

1937

Kashchey the Immortal poster
7.0

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry him. Before he can tell her the answers, the Russian land is invaded by the armies of Kashchey the Immortal, in whose footsteps death and destruction follow. Marya is abducted by Kashchey, and Nikita finds his home in ashes. Nikita meets a kindly wizard who gives him a cap of darkness. With it, the hero will find a way to save his bride and rout Kashchey.

Kashchey the Immortal

1944

The Humpbacked Horse poster
6.6

Surreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.

The Humpbacked Horse

1941

No artwork available
NR

Exposing nationalist tendencies in the development of architecture in Uzbekistan.

The Rahmanov Sisters

1954

No artwork available
NR

About the fate of a former prisoner of war, who returns to his homeland, to the Soviet Union.

Nastenka Ustinova

1934

St. Jorgen's Day poster
5.5

The priests, stock market officials, and police conspire to squeeze income out of pilgrims come to see relics of a Christ like figure. A pair of con men try to pass of a resurrected saint.

St. Jorgen's Day

1930

Marionettes poster
4.7

Fearing the Soviet Union, rich businessmen who want more influence in Europe decide to give the nation of Boufferia a new king, an easy to handle drunkard.

Marionettes

1934

Anahit poster
6.5

The prince falls in love with an ordinary girl and marries her. Later, when enemies capture the prince, it's his young wife who gets him out of trouble.

Anahit

1947