Garri Bardin

Directing

Garri Bardin

Born

1941-09-11 (85)

Place of birth

Orenburg, USSR (Russia)

Known for

Directing

Credits

102 titles

Garri Yakovlevich Bardin (Russian: Гарри Яковлевич Бардин; born September 11, 1941; Orenburg) is a Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his experimental musical and stop motion films. He was awarded the 1988 Short Film Palme d'Or for the Fioritures cartoon and the Order of Honour in 2011.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Cheburashka poster
6.1

Crocodile Gena works in a zoo - a crocodile. Every evening he returns home to his lonely apartment. Finally he tired of playing with himself in chess, and Gene decides to make friends. On the ads pasted around the city, responding animals and people. First comes a girl with a homeless puppy Gal, followed by the Cheburashka...

Cheburashka

2010

The Ugly Duckling poster
6.8

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

The Ugly Duckling

2010

Gop-Stop poster
3.2

Gopnik Vasya from a provincial town by chance becomes Robin Hood, fighting against parochial corruption, as is known, the main enemy of our vast homeland.

Gop-Stop

2011

Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City poster
2.0

He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian animator. He was a director, writer and artist who created animated films. Robert Sahakyants used his work to express his particular view of the world around him. His animated films feature constant movement, whirls of colour and myriad wonderful characters inspired by Armenia. Robert Sahakyants was a true patriot to his motherland. The love for his people drove Robert Sahakyants to openly criticise everything and everyone he disagreed with. He boldly spoke his mind about anything he found troubling, from political events to ugly sculptures in nearby houses. The film features recollections from Robert Sahakyants's friends and family.

Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City

2010

2000s · 4 titles

1980s · 22 titles

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears poster
7.5

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

1980

Lisa Patrikeevna poster
NR

The fox takes advantage of the kindness of the animals. Cartoon in verse, voiced by Harry Bardin and Nikolai Karachentsov.

Lisa Patrikeevna

1982

Marriage poster
5.5

The story of dating, love, marriage and family life, as shown by two ropes.

Marriage

1987

Khalif the Stork poster
7.1

A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can turn human into any animal he wants. The only condition: one mustn't laugh.

Khalif the Stork

1981

Cat Kotofeyevitch poster
7.0

A clever fox passes off a stray cat as a tiger.

Cat Kotofeyevitch

1981

Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers poster
6.2

Animation film about boy Ivashka's adventures in the country of fairy tales.

Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers

1981

Break! poster
6.3

This cartoon is directed against the brutality of professional Boxing. In parody form it ridiculed unworthy methods and means used to achieve victory.

Break!

1985

In a Dim Kingdom, in a Gray State poster
NR

How brothers Colored Pencils and sister Kind Brush defeated the enemies of the multicolored world.

In a Dim Kingdom, in a Gray State

1981

Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy! poster
6.6

A parody of the theatre world. The same piece is played out in a few different theatre styles: opera, avant garde, children's theatre, vaudeville etc.

Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy!

1980

Why is the Hare Hiding poster
NR

Like a hare guarding a cabbage.

Why is the Hare Hiding

1982

Winter Quarters of Animals poster
7.0

Pets decide to survive the cold together, but wolves are close. Musical cartoon based on a folk tale.

Winter Quarters of Animals

1981

The Adventures of the Little Muk poster
6.5

A musical TV story based on the work of Wilhelm Gauf "Little Muck".

The Adventures of the Little Muk

1984

Personal Case of Judge Ivanova poster
6.5

A young girl decides to leave her home after she fails to make a peace in the family.

Personal Case of Judge Ivanova

1986

Twists and Turns poster
7.2

It is a story of the wire man who carried the protection of himself against associates to the point of absurdity, having altered his wife, his dog in a barbed wire, and he fenced off himself from the outwards things.

Twists and Turns

1987

Cricket poster
NR

There was a greedy bear in the forest. Once another elderly bear named Spyridon gave him a barrel of honey, telling him to share it with the others. However, Vanya the greedy bear decided to eat every drop of it himself. The other animals saw this and decided to teach greed a lesson.

Cricket

1982

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam... poster
7.2

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...

1984

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color poster
6.6

Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color

1981

School With a Bias, or an Opera Lesson for Parents poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

School With a Bias, or an Opera Lesson for Parents

1984

The Resourceful Peasant poster
NR

A folk parable about a resourceful peasant who cured the king of his poor appetite.

The Resourceful Peasant

1984

The Resourceful Peasant poster
NR

A king believes the peasants are hoarding all the good food.

The Resourceful Peasant

1986

Brave Nazar poster
9.0

The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest.

Brave Nazar

1980

No artwork available
NR

"Puck, puck!" - animated story No. 216 from the film magazine Wick.

Puck! Puck!

1980

1970s · 25 titles

The Adventures of Buratino poster
6.7

A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.

The Adventures of Buratino

1976

SOS poster
NR

About the harmful effects of alcohol on the human body.

SOS

1973

Vasilyok poster
5.5

Animated Soviet propaganda cartoon by S. Aristakesov, about a boy who search for his grandfather who was MIA in WWII.

Vasilyok

1973

Practical Joke poster
6.1

Secondary school students play a 'practical joke' on their teacher: on midterms day, they claim she told them the wrong date. She almost believes them, but an honest classmate ruins their fun... and now they want revenge.

Practical Joke

1977

Ar-chi-me-des! poster
7.5

A funny story about four young men who are starting a band.

Ar-chi-me-des!

1975

Mitya and the Microbus poster
NR

The boy Mitya is a real athlete: He is actively involved in sports and participates in all school sports competitions. One day he finds an apple that has fallen from a tree and eats it. Mitya had a severe stomach ache, and the boy imagined himself very tiny in his own body, where he met the evil Microbus.

Mitya and the Microbus

1973

Wolf and the Seven Goats in a New Way poster
5.8

How the love of music made the wolf and the goats friends.

Wolf and the Seven Goats in a New Way

1975

About the Pipe and the Bird poster
NR

Two funny stories about little ones and for little ones.

About the Pipe and the Bird

1977

Rejuvenating Apples poster
7.5

The peasant sends his sons in search of rejuvenating apples. The eldest sons go to a tavern, and the youngest, with the help of a Gray Wolf, gets apples for his father and marries a beautiful Blue-eyed woman.

Rejuvenating Apples

1974

Zhikharka poster
7.0

A cartoon based on a Russian fairy tale. About the adventures of girl Zhikharka living with a Cat and a Rooster.

Zhikharka

1977

Baba-Yaga Against! poster
4.7

When Misha the Bear was chosen as the mascot for the Olympic Games 1980, Baba-yaga (the witch) sets out to fight and become the mascot herself.

Baba-Yaga Against!

1979

The Legend About the Old Lighthouse poster
NR

Children help Soviet ships find their way to the bay captured by the Germans.

The Legend About the Old Lighthouse

1976

Gift of Fate poster
NR

A mischievous and cheerful employee of the textile mill, Dinka Balashova, becomes a true gift of fate for the commandant of the best women's dormitory in the region, Viktor Pavlovich, a strict guardian of instructions, schedules and schedules...

Gift of Fate

1978

The Secret of the Cricket from Behind the Stove poster
NR

Episodes from the biography of the young Mozart.

The Secret of the Cricket from Behind the Stove

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Land

1976

Two Maples poster
6.5

About how Baba Yaga turned the children of Vasilisa the worker into two maples and about maternal love that defeated evil forces.

Two Maples

1977

The Flying Ship poster
7.3

Poor chimney sweep Ivan and Princess Zabava fall in love with each other. They dream of their future happy life, but the difference in their social status and the treacherous Polkan, who dreams of marrying a royal daughter and becoming a ruler, stand in their way. To avoid marriage with the royal adviser, Zabava informs that she will marry only the one who can build a flying ship. Now Ivan has to solve this problem by all means.

The Flying Ship

1979

Artyom poster
NR

About the life and work of the professional revolutionary Bolshevik F.A. Sergeev (1883-1921), known under the pseudonym Artyom. The film takes place in the period from 1905 to 1921 in Kharkov.

Artyom

1978

The Hare, the Squeak and the Violin poster
NR

How the bunny learned to play the violin.

The Hare, the Squeak and the Violin

1976

Anansi Spider and the Magic Wand poster
NR

Short film by Ideya Garanina

Anansi Spider and the Magic Wand

1973

Olympic Character poster
NR

How Misha the bear became the Olympic mascot.

Olympic Character

1979

Aibolit and Barmaley poster
5.4

About the adventures of the good doctor Aibolit and the evil robber Barmalei.

Aibolit and Barmaley

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Riding a Dolphin

1970

New Year's Wind poster
6.0

Little bear and little Frost unleash a New Year's wind that spreads Christmas decorations around the world.

New Year's Wind

1975

The Holiday of Disobedience poster
NR

About that, how parents abandoned the disobedient children and returned only then, when they reformed.

The Holiday of Disobedience

1977

Series credits

Behind the camera

Marriage poster
5.5

The story of dating, love, marriage and family life, as shown by two ropes.

Marriage

1987

Marriage poster
5.5

The story of dating, love, marriage and family life, as shown by two ropes.

Marriage

1987

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood poster
6.9

A Soviet claymation short film created by Garri Bardin in 1990 that retells the story of Red Riding Hood while incorporating political metaphors and themes about the USSR's demise; the wolf representing communism, devouring innocent creatures who have never known him.

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

1990

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood poster
6.9

A Soviet claymation short film created by Garri Bardin in 1990 that retells the story of Red Riding Hood while incorporating political metaphors and themes about the USSR's demise; the wolf representing communism, devouring innocent creatures who have never known him.

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

1990

Long Before When We Were the Birds poster
5.0

Story based on an ancient Gypsy Proverbs, which talked about how the thirst for gold, wealth deprived "Gypsy birds" their true form and turned into a wandering people.

Long Before When We Were the Birds

1982

Long Before When We Were the Birds poster
5.0

Story based on an ancient Gypsy Proverbs, which talked about how the thirst for gold, wealth deprived "Gypsy birds" their true form and turned into a wandering people.

Long Before When We Were the Birds

1982

Banquet poster
6.8

A riotous dinner party where the guests are invisible to the viewer.

Banquet

1986

Banquet poster
6.8

A riotous dinner party where the guests are invisible to the viewer.

Banquet

1986

The Ugly Duckling poster
6.8

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

The Ugly Duckling

2010

The Ugly Duckling poster
6.8

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

The Ugly Duckling

2010

The Ugly Duckling poster
6.8

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

The Ugly Duckling

2010

Break! poster
6.3

This cartoon is directed against the brutality of professional Boxing. In parody form it ridiculed unworthy methods and means used to achieve victory.

Break!

1985

Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy! poster
6.6

A parody of the theatre world. The same piece is played out in a few different theatre styles: opera, avant garde, children's theatre, vaudeville etc.

Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy!

1980

About the Pipe and the Bird poster
NR

Two funny stories about little ones and for little ones.

About the Pipe and the Bird

1977

Rainbow poster
5.0

A fairy tale about two boys who were befriended by a rainbow.

Rainbow

1975

A Road Tale poster
4.0

A modern fairy tale about funny little cars.

A Road Tale

1981

A Road Tale poster
4.0

A modern fairy tale about funny little cars.

A Road Tale

1981

Adventures of Homa poster
6.3

The story of how the lazy hamster Homa forced the Gopher to do all the daily chores for him.

Adventures of Homa

1978

Brave Inspector Mamochkin poster
NR

A story how traffic inspector Mamochkin punished someone who had disturbed public order.

Brave Inspector Mamochkin

1977

Brave Inspector Mamochkin poster
NR

A story how traffic inspector Mamochkin punished someone who had disturbed public order.

Brave Inspector Mamochkin

1977

Choo-Choo-2 poster
8.0

The film is about a boy who made himself a very necessary stuffed nanny out of old, unnecessary things. And, as happens in fairy tales, the Scarecrow came to life. True friendship is not only about holidays, but also the harsh trials that the heroes overcome with honor.

Choo-Choo-2

2001

Choo-Choo-2 poster
8.0

The film is about a boy who made himself a very necessary stuffed nanny out of old, unnecessary things. And, as happens in fairy tales, the Scarecrow came to life. True friendship is not only about holidays, but also the harsh trials that the heroes overcome with honor.

Choo-Choo-2

2001

Choo-Choo-2 poster
8.0

The film is about a boy who made himself a very necessary stuffed nanny out of old, unnecessary things. And, as happens in fairy tales, the Scarecrow came to life. True friendship is not only about holidays, but also the harsh trials that the heroes overcome with honor.

Choo-Choo-2

2001

The Flying Ship poster
7.3

Poor chimney sweep Ivan and Princess Zabava fall in love with each other. They dream of their future happy life, but the difference in their social status and the treacherous Polkan, who dreams of marrying a royal daughter and becoming a ruler, stand in their way. To avoid marriage with the royal adviser, Zabava informs that she will marry only the one who can build a flying ship. Now Ivan has to solve this problem by all means.

The Flying Ship

1979

Puss in Boots poster
6.6

The cat in the bag arrives in Russia as part of humanitarian aid from America and gets young drunk and mountain-the patriot Karabasov, which offers to emigrate to America. Flying on the magic cat which uses the tail as a propeller, dropped over Europe. There conceited young man forgets about the invaluable services rendered him puss in boots, and he returns ungrateful back to Russia...

Puss in Boots

1995

Puss in Boots poster
6.6

The cat in the bag arrives in Russia as part of humanitarian aid from America and gets young drunk and mountain-the patriot Karabasov, which offers to emigrate to America. Flying on the magic cat which uses the tail as a propeller, dropped over Europe. There conceited young man forgets about the invaluable services rendered him puss in boots, and he returns ungrateful back to Russia...

Puss in Boots

1995

Puss in Boots poster
6.6

The cat in the bag arrives in Russia as part of humanitarian aid from America and gets young drunk and mountain-the patriot Karabasov, which offers to emigrate to America. Flying on the magic cat which uses the tail as a propeller, dropped over Europe. There conceited young man forgets about the invaluable services rendered him puss in boots, and he returns ungrateful back to Russia...

Puss in Boots

1995

To Reach the Sky poster
NR

As children returned fallen star to the sky.

To Reach the Sky

1975

To Reach the Sky poster
NR

As children returned fallen star to the sky.

To Reach the Sky

1975

Adagio poster
5.9

"Adagio" which is a philosophical parable exploring the conflict between a hero and the crowd is loosely based on a romantic short story written by the famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky about a young man named Danko and his burning heart.

Adagio

2001

Adagio poster
5.9

"Adagio" which is a philosophical parable exploring the conflict between a hero and the crowd is loosely based on a romantic short story written by the famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky about a young man named Danko and his burning heart.

Adagio

2001

Adagio poster
5.9

"Adagio" which is a philosophical parable exploring the conflict between a hero and the crowd is loosely based on a romantic short story written by the famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky about a young man named Danko and his burning heart.

Adagio

2001

No artwork available
NR

The story of a boy and his nanny, played to the music of J.Bizet — R.Shchedrin "Carmen Suite". A third character, a puppy, appears in their life, which causes the boy's insane jealousy. But love reconciles everyone.

Choo-Choo-3

2004

No artwork available
NR

The story of a boy and his nanny, played to the music of J.Bizet — R.Shchedrin "Carmen Suite". A third character, a puppy, appears in their life, which causes the boy's insane jealousy. But love reconciles everyone.

Choo-Choo-3

2004

No artwork available
NR

The story of a boy and his nanny, played to the music of J.Bizet — R.Shchedrin "Carmen Suite". A third character, a puppy, appears in their life, which causes the boy's insane jealousy. But love reconciles everyone.

Choo-Choo-3

2004

Twists and Turns poster
7.2

It is a story of the wire man who carried the protection of himself against associates to the point of absurdity, having altered his wife, his dog in a barbed wire, and he fenced off himself from the outwards things.

Twists and Turns

1987

Twists and Turns poster
7.2

It is a story of the wire man who carried the protection of himself against associates to the point of absurdity, having altered his wife, his dog in a barbed wire, and he fenced off himself from the outwards things.

Twists and Turns

1987

School With a Bias, or an Opera Lesson for Parents poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

School With a Bias, or an Opera Lesson for Parents

1984

Choo-Choo poster
10.0

A film about a boy who made himself a very necessary nanny from old, unnecessary things - Chucha. On New Year's Day, Chucha came to life.

Choo-Choo

1997

Choo-Choo poster
10.0

A film about a boy who made himself a very necessary nanny from old, unnecessary things - Chucha. On New Year's Day, Chucha came to life.

Choo-Choo

1997