Elbert Tuganov

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

North Dragon poster
8.0

Soviet Estonian animation about a brave young man seeking a magic ring.

North Dragon

1959

Bloody John poster
8.0

The 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

Bloody John poster
8.0

The 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

Guguta poster
NR

A 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

The Last Chimney-Sweep poster
7.0

Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1964

The Last Chimney-Sweep

1964

Captain of Koppeniki poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Captain of Koppeniki

1978

Captain of Koppeniki poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Captain of Koppeniki

1978

Ott in Space poster
8.5

The 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

The Golden Donkey poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Golden Donkey

1976

Nippet poster
8.0

A modern fairy tale tells the story of an inseparable character living in a children's fantasy world, the mischievous animal Nippet.

Nippet

1972

Jonn poster
5.5

Three 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

Athomic poster
5.6

A 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

Inspiration poster
8.0

The 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

Inspiration poster
8.0

The 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

No artwork available
8.0

Animation short.

Gear Wheel

1968

Little Peter’s Dream poster
9.0

One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world

Little Peter’s Dream

1958

Little Peter’s Dream poster
9.0

One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world

Little Peter’s Dream

1958

Souvenir poster
10.0

This soviet stereoscopic puppet animation short is a propaganda film condemning imperialist aggression against the freedom-loving peoples of the world.

Souvenir

1977

Animal Acupuncturists poster
10.0

The 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

Drivers poster
NR

If 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

Drivers poster
NR

If 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

Just Like That! poster
9.0

An animated satire about a boss who thinks only he knows what is what and what is best.

Just Like That!

1963

Mouse Hunt poster
7.7

A band of mice steals grains from cats.

Mouse Hunt

1965

The Birth of the Genre poster
7.5

The film summarizes the origin and development of animated film at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

The Birth of the Genre

1967