
Directing
Elbert Tuganov
Born 1920-02-22 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Elbert Tuganov (February 22, 1922 – March 22, 2007) was an Azerbaijani-Estonian animator and film director. He is known as "the father of Estonian animation". Tuganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Estonian mother and an Ossetian father. In 1946 he joined with Tallinnfilm. In 1958 he created the first Estonian animated film Peetrikese unenägu.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
8.0Soviet Estonian animation about a brave young man seeking a magic ring.
North Dragon
1959
8.0The famous chief of the corsairs Bloody John brings the lovely Isabella back as war booty from yet another foray. The avaricious Isabella shortly seizes power in the gang. Bloody John is reduced to a weak-willed, henpecked subordinate of the female robber. The desperate John escapes and seeks shelter in his dear childhood home in Saaremaa, where he starts earning a living again by honest means.
Bloody John
1974
8.0The famous chief of the corsairs Bloody John brings the lovely Isabella back as war booty from yet another foray. The avaricious Isabella shortly seizes power in the gang. Bloody John is reduced to a weak-willed, henpecked subordinate of the female robber. The desperate John escapes and seeks shelter in his dear childhood home in Saaremaa, where he starts earning a living again by honest means.
Bloody John
1974
NRA film based on Spiridon Vangeli's "The Adventures of Gugutse". It is about a boy Gugutse and his magic hat, which everyone could hide under in the frost.
Guguta
1970
7.0Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1964
The Last Chimney-Sweep
1964
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Captain of Koppeniki
1978
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Captain of Koppeniki
1978
8.5The naughty boy Ott, who spends his school hours lazing and fighting, gets into a launching spaceship and flies into space. This is how exciting and even dangerous adventures begin, during which Ott experiences a long-known truth: you can't go through life without school wisdom. Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1961.
Ott in Space
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Golden Donkey
1976
8.0A modern fairy tale tells the story of an inseparable character living in a children's fantasy world, the mischievous animal Nippet.
Nippet
1972
5.5Three selfish fishermen are in danger because of their great envy. And although fate has mercy on them, the men do not learn from it, but everything repeats itself. Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1966.
Jonn
1966
5.6A Scientist-physicist created a living atom that here ran on will. Without control he brings many destructions, though follows kind intentions. But a scientist eventually compels him to work on a benefit to the people.
Athomic
1970
8.0The Estonian Jubilee Song Festival is shown as a source of creativity that influences the creation of a painting. The documentary material is linked to the animation.
Inspiration
1975
8.0The Estonian Jubilee Song Festival is shown as a source of creativity that influences the creation of a painting. The documentary material is linked to the animation.
Inspiration
1975
Animation short.
Gear Wheel
1968
9.0One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world
Little Peter’s Dream
1958
9.0One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world
Little Peter’s Dream
1958
10.0This soviet stereoscopic puppet animation short is a propaganda film condemning imperialist aggression against the freedom-loving peoples of the world.
Souvenir
1977
10.0The cat was protecting the chickens from a bully puppy, fell from a woodpile and broke his paw. The cockerel went alone into the forest to call the squirrel doctor for help.
Animal Acupuncturists
1964
NRIf we are not careful, one day the cars will take over all existence on Earth. The conflict between drivers and pedestrians is seen from the driver's point of view. The film depicts a humorous opposition to Tuganov's earlier film "Pedestrians".
Drivers
1972
NRIf we are not careful, one day the cars will take over all existence on Earth. The conflict between drivers and pedestrians is seen from the driver's point of view. The film depicts a humorous opposition to Tuganov's earlier film "Pedestrians".
Drivers
1972
9.0An animated satire about a boss who thinks only he knows what is what and what is best.
Just Like That!
1963
7.7A band of mice steals grains from cats.
Mouse Hunt
1965
7.5The film summarizes the origin and development of animated film at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
The Birth of the Genre
1967

