Alexander Kostinsky

Writing

Alexander Kostinsky

Born

1946-01-19 (80)

Place of birth

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Writing

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

A Favour poster
6.5

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.

A Favour

1983

Girlfriend poster
5.2

A short Russian animated film about a man and a fish.

Girlfriend

1989

Treasure poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Treasure

1985

On the Road with Clouds poster
7.2

Little Tiger is unhappy with the cloudy day: the sky is covered with clouds and the sun is not visible. Cheerful Monkey invites him to go for a walk.

On the Road with Clouds

1984

Contact poster
7.1

A man walking on the fields encounters an alien visitor from outer space.

Contact

1978

Tales About The Cars poster
NR

Three stories of lives of vehicles. First is about the bus, who considered himself a humorist but in fact only upset and offended people with his clumsy mischief. As a result, the passengers were able to explain him that it was necessary to respect others and not to cause them harm. The second tractor was about a young tractor with no experience, and the third is about a small motor scooter.

Tales About The Cars

1975

Who Will Get the Pineapple? poster
NR

The monkey is a bit of a rascal, until the tiger cub shows him he doesn't have any friends because of it.

Who Will Get the Pineapple?

1978

How the Cossacks Met Aliens poster
7.5

Hraï, Oko and Tour come across extraterrestrials in search of oil to repair their saucer and be able to return home. Together, they cross Europe, find themselves defending Bulgaria invaded by enemies, discover an aqueduct in Italy and narrowly escape the Inquisition in Spain.

How the Cossacks Met Aliens

1987

A gift for the Elephant poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

A gift for the Elephant

1984

Mikolino's Wealth poster
6.0

Poor Mikola came to the fair, but he has no money, only dreams and a cheerful disposition. On the way home, he got caught in the rain and took refuge in a terrible house, where he met with the ghost miller.

Mikolino's Wealth

1983

Birthday Night poster
NR

The Night had her birthday, and gave a party to which she invited Dima, a little boy so afraid of the dark that he could never sleep when the light was out.

Birthday Night

1980

And Their Sister Lybid poster
8.0

There were three brothers, Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, who founded Kyiv. The city swelled, craftsmen worked, builders created day-to-day the beautiful and places on the slopes. And brothers had beautyful sister Lybyd to get together with the rest of the townspeople to celebrate Midsummer. But no one thought that the upcoming feast will be irrigated with blood. The animation was created for the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv.

And Their Sister Lybid

1982

Inspiration poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Inspiration

1991

Fairytale About White Iceberg poster
5.5

A story about a little penguin and a big whale who live on an icy island and maintain order on it. Their life credo, which became a catchphrase outside the animation: "Cleanliness is the key to health! Order is the first thing!" One day they were noticed by a person who brought crowds of visitors with him. They left heaps of garbage and destroyed the cleanliness and order on the white iceberg.

Fairytale About White Iceberg

1974

Carry On! poster
NR

About a little boy who dreamed of feats and noble deeds, and how once he saved children from evil robbers.

Carry On!

1975

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 poster
NR

Volume 2 (1969-1978): "Ballerina on the Boat", "Seasons", "Armoire", "The Battle of Kerzhenets", "Butterfly", "Island", "Fox and Rabbit", "The Heron and the Crane", "Hedgehog in the Fog", "Crane's Feathers", "Firing Range" Contact

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

2000

Once Upon a Time There Were Thoughts... poster
NR

About thoughts different in character and mood that create a unique atmosphere around. The wonderful idea brings a light disorder, the funny one caused people to enjoy, the evil thought gave suffering, the kind one was healing them from any kind of adversity, but the foolish one often left scratches and bad consequences behind. They all lived fairly close to each other, but at the same time, their interests did not coincide, so sometimes they had to fight...

Once Upon a Time There Were Thoughts...

1983

Who Is The Master In The Forest? poster
5.5

Many animals live in the forest. They all have their own characters and ambitions, the relationship between themselves and the settled way of life. One day a Bear decided to prove to everyone that he is the most important one. How will animals perceive such brazen statements? Will they be frightened and obey or put the high-handed insolent in his place?

Who Is The Master In The Forest?

1977

Parable About a Mouse poster
NR

About a mouse who is initially like all the other mice. But her meetings with Raccoon, Frog, Bison and Bear change her spiritually, and her meeting with Eagle transforms her essence. Based on "The Story of Jumping Mouse" (1972) by American writer Hyemeyohsts Storm, inspired by Native American folklore.

Parable About a Mouse

1991

The Tale of Ivan, Pan and Poverty poster
1.0

One gentleman did not give rest to ordinary people, all his offerings and dues were not enough. On purpose, he went home with the poor, taking the last thing he found. It was the turn of Ivan, who did not grieve that they took away their hard-won possessions, but decided to punish the impudent villain and his henchmen, resorting to one trick…

The Tale of Ivan, Pan and Poverty

1977

The Hunt poster
6.6

Short Russian animated film. The boy comes to the hunting shop considers trophies and imagines that he is in the African savannah.

The Hunt

1979

Frost-Frost poster
NR

A stop-motion animated short about how several Santas are born in a hatchery and raised by snowpeople.

Frost-Frost

1986

The Legend of Salieri poster
NR

Antonio Salieri was a talented composer and sought-after teacher who created hundreds of beautiful works in the early days of the mature classical style. There is no reason for his legacy to be tarnished or for him to be reviled or pitied. And his work certainly deserves to be more than a footnote to a fictionalized biopic about Mozart.

The Legend of Salieri

1986

Three Ivans poster
NR

About the inextricable friendship of the Eastern Slavs: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian Ivan.

Three Ivans

1982

Mu-mu poster
NR

Poetic screen version of the story of I.Turgenev about mutual relations of landowner’s old wife and her mute yard keeper Gerasim. About Gerasim's attachment to a dog with nickname Mu-mu.

Mu-mu

1987