Irina Margolina

Writing

Irina Margolina

Born

1953-05-27 (73)

Place of birth

Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Children's Album poster
NR

Two half-hour almanacs of small cartoons made by famous Directors of Russia and Belarus based on the works of great composers for children. The first part is devoted to the music of Baroque and romanticism, the second-to the music of the twentieth century.

Children's Album

2020

Children's Album poster
NR

Two half-hour almanacs of small cartoons made by famous Directors of Russia and Belarus based on the works of great composers for children. The first part is devoted to the music of Baroque and romanticism, the second-to the music of the twentieth century.

Children's Album

2020

From The Life Of Pencils poster
2.0

Two stories about how pencils colored and decorated the world.

From The Life Of Pencils

1988

The Amorous Crow poster
5.0

About a fickle crow who changed the objects of her hobbies without thinking about their feelings.

The Amorous Crow

1988

The Unwritten Letter poster
7.4

A penetrating and psychologically subtle story of one separation and what remains after it. How much a letter, which never saw the light, meant in the life of a loving couple? The palette of the human senses comes alive with graceful images. The beauty of the figure, a variety of techniques and mesmerizing melody of musical accompaniment subdued the jury of Animated Film Festival in Minsk in 1987, in Czechoslovakia and in Kyiv.

The Unwritten Letter

1985

Tchaikovsky. An Elegy poster
2.0

Thrust into an empty room and prompted by the relentless turning of a music score's pages, Tchaikovsky is forced to revisit the traumas and successes of his life, reaching some acceptance.

Tchaikovsky. An Elegy

2011

Tchaikovsky. An Elegy poster
2.0

Thrust into an empty room and prompted by the relentless turning of a music score's pages, Tchaikovsky is forced to revisit the traumas and successes of his life, reaching some acceptance.

Tchaikovsky. An Elegy

2011

Mikko, Pavlova's Son poster
NR

Dolphines Tristan and Pavlova adopt a boy, Mikko, left behind after a shipwreck.

Mikko, Pavlova's Son

1989

No artwork available
6.6

Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.

Man from the Moon

2002

VMayakovsky poster
6.0

A look at the story through the prism of the present. Artists in front of the audience reincarnate in the heroes of the film (the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky; the women he loved and left him; the friends who admired him and backed away from him; the ruthless “Knights of the Revolution” who proclaimed him his banner) and lead the viewer “to” Mayakovsky, forcing him to live his love, creative, and human drama as his own.

VMayakovsky

2018

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! poster
NR

You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.”

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

2003

The Way Out (A Stream of Consciousness) poster
NR

A film about a woman's perception of the world. It's a very complex and unconventional piece. There is no plot in the usual sense, not even dialogues or clearly defined characters. There are only emotions, sensations, and a unique worldview.

The Way Out (A Stream of Consciousness)

1995

Fairy-Tale About a Stupid Husband poster
NR

Eternally dissatisfied with his wife, a man goes in search of a new one.

Fairy-Tale About a Stupid Husband

1986

The Very Old Fairy Tale poster
10.0

A fairy tale about a narcissistic Kolobok who didn't appreciate anyone. Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a grandmother. They lived well, but they had no children and were sad about it. One day grandmother found some flour and baked a Kolobok from it, and it jumped off the stove and came to life. Grandfather and grandmother were happy that they had an heir, and he looked like his grandfather. They began to love him, feed and pamper him. And they decided that it was time for the kolobok to go out and help them, the old people. The colobok heard this, was indignant, saying that he was not born to work, he was born so beautiful, and left them. Who will he meet on his way?

The Very Old Fairy Tale

1983

About Big and Small poster
NR

It’s boring to play alone, and the “big ones” don’t want to play with you. But, fortunately, then everyone understands that it’s really fun to play with kids.

About Big and Small

1981

The Tree and the Cat poster
6.6

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

The Tree and the Cat

1983

From 9:00 to 18:00 poster
NR

Depicts average routine of average Soviet woman who raises children, cooks at home and goes to work every day.

From 9:00 to 18:00

1987

Save Water poster
NR

About water conservation.

Save Water

1982

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters poster
NR

The film tells the story of Robert Schuman, his life and creative work. He could have been a talented pianist. But he invented the device to prop up his fingers while practicing. The idea was to strengthen them and develop independence, but instead, two fingers on his right hand were permanently injured. As a result Schuman became a great composer and publisher of a music magazine. He fell in love with a talented pianist Clara Wiek - the daughter of his professor - and married her against his will. The film is a romantic story based on the composer's personal notes and his drawings on the margins of sheet music.

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters

2009

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters poster
NR

The film tells the story of Robert Schuman, his life and creative work. He could have been a talented pianist. But he invented the device to prop up his fingers while practicing. The idea was to strengthen them and develop independence, but instead, two fingers on his right hand were permanently injured. As a result Schuman became a great composer and publisher of a music magazine. He fell in love with a talented pianist Clara Wiek - the daughter of his professor - and married her against his will. The film is a romantic story based on the composer's personal notes and his drawings on the margins of sheet music.

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters

2009

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters poster
NR

The film tells the story of Robert Schuman, his life and creative work. He could have been a talented pianist. But he invented the device to prop up his fingers while practicing. The idea was to strengthen them and develop independence, but instead, two fingers on his right hand were permanently injured. As a result Schuman became a great composer and publisher of a music magazine. He fell in love with a talented pianist Clara Wiek - the daughter of his professor - and married her against his will. The film is a romantic story based on the composer's personal notes and his drawings on the margins of sheet music.

Tales of the Old Piano. Robert Schuman. Letters

2009

The Master of the Winds poster
NR

Based on a Nenets fairy tale about how the Master of the Winds punished a greedy sister and helped a kind one.

The Master of the Winds

1984

Morsi’s Birthday poster
NR

In an ordinary family, in an average apartment, a guest appears. And everything in the family and in the apartment is changing. With her active character and with a personal example and more Morsi changes the views, habits and even the mentality of everyone. Morsi receives a unique living gift. For this charming “gift”, the company grows a real home “winter” garden.

Morsi’s Birthday

2021

Thread poster
NR

Short film by Sergey Alibekov.

Thread

1989

The Animated Century poster
6.3

The first ever comprehensive history of animation worldwide. Animated with hosts created by Bill Plympton, this films includes over 160 films from 26 countries.

The Animated Century

2003

The Animated Century poster
6.3

The first ever comprehensive history of animation worldwide. Animated with hosts created by Bill Plympton, this films includes over 160 films from 26 countries.

The Animated Century

2003

The Animated Century poster
6.3

The first ever comprehensive history of animation worldwide. Animated with hosts created by Bill Plympton, this films includes over 160 films from 26 countries.

The Animated Century

2003

Georgiy Sviridov. Winter poster
NR

Winter has come to the city. And it has come in the form of a cold noir lady.

Georgiy Sviridov. Winter

2024

No artwork available
NR

George Gershwin's musical world becomes clearer and closer thanks to the children's story of the cook's son Izya Shmulevich. And, as the composer said: "Jazz is music, it uses the same notes that Bach used".

Tales of the Old Piano: George Gershwin

2012

No artwork available
NR

George Gershwin's musical world becomes clearer and closer thanks to the children's story of the cook's son Izya Shmulevich. And, as the composer said: "Jazz is music, it uses the same notes that Bach used".

Tales of the Old Piano: George Gershwin

2012

No artwork available
NR

George Gershwin's musical world becomes clearer and closer thanks to the children's story of the cook's son Izya Shmulevich. And, as the composer said: "Jazz is music, it uses the same notes that Bach used".

Tales of the Old Piano: George Gershwin

2012

No artwork available
NR

Hand-drawn cartoon of 1985, which was created by director Oksana Cherkasova based on Chukchi fairy tales at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio by order of the USSR State Television and Radio.

Kuth and Mice

1985

«Onegin» Hotel poster
NR

An animated fantasy film based on the novel by A.S. Pushkin and the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky, created in a unique author's technique - frame-by-frame processing of game blanks on glass using light-painting glaze. Barry, a famous director-animator, has been in love with the world of Pushkin since childhood and dreams of making a film based on the novel "Eugene Onegin". Illness has set priorities, and the director, together with his beloved cat, flies to Russia. Here, in the magical hotel "Onegin", everything is ready for immersion in the world of Pushkin. The film is dedicated to the director-puppeteer Barry Purvis.

«Onegin» Hotel

2025

«Onegin» Hotel poster
NR

An animated fantasy film based on the novel by A.S. Pushkin and the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky, created in a unique author's technique - frame-by-frame processing of game blanks on glass using light-painting glaze. Barry, a famous director-animator, has been in love with the world of Pushkin since childhood and dreams of making a film based on the novel "Eugene Onegin". Illness has set priorities, and the director, together with his beloved cat, flies to Russia. Here, in the magical hotel "Onegin", everything is ready for immersion in the world of Pushkin. The film is dedicated to the director-puppeteer Barry Purvis.

«Onegin» Hotel

2025

The Blast of the Book poster
10.0

Spiritual medium Openshaw is so removed from real life that he confuses a military alarm with a signal from the other world. Father Brown returns the professor to reality and the problems of modern life. Based on the "The Blast of the Book" short story from "The Scandal of Father Brown" stories collection, written in 1935 by Gilbert K. Chesterton.

The Blast of the Book

1990

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs poster
NR

A poor misunderstood wolf tells the real story of what happened

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

2008

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs poster
NR

A poor misunderstood wolf tells the real story of what happened

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

2008

The Cat and the Mouse poster
7.0

The story of an unusual and touching friendship between a cat and a mouse.

The Cat and the Mouse

2015

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime poster
NR

Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

1991

Why Don't Chicken's Peck Money? poster
6.0

Hand drawn cartoon from a series of animated shorts for Soviet television

Why Don't Chicken's Peck Money?

1990