David Samoylov

Writing

David Samoylov

Born — Died

1920-06-01 — 1990-02-23

Place of birth

Moscow, RSFSR [now Russia]

Known for

Writing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

A Little Elephant Is a Tourist poster
NR

An elephant and a camel went hiking and got lost in the summer forest. The finale of the puppet trilogy based on the fairy tale by David Samoylov.

A Little Elephant Is a Tourist

1992

The Little Elephant Got Sick poster
NR

The baby elephant fell ill, his tooth ached and he did not go to school, but remained at home with a bandage. Camel comes to visit a friend, and then a cunning cat.

The Little Elephant Got Sick

1985

Elephant Went to Study poster
6.0

An unusual student appears in the mouse school. The beginning of the trilogy about the shy elephant based on the fairy tales of David Samoylov.

Elephant Went to Study

1984

About the Cat... poster
6.7

The musical based on the famous "Puss in the Boots".

About the Cat...

1987

The Key That Should Not Be Handed On poster
5.7

AKirill Sergeyevich, a retired Army officer, becomes the new school Headmaster. Used to a strict and orderly routine, he at first finds the chaotic bustle of everyday school life hard... It is not easy to deal with both the children and the teachers, especially with the students' favorite Marina Maximovna who teaches Literature. Well then, wasn't Marina surprised to discover the "martinet" Nazarov to be a perceptive and tactful person and an experienced tutor.

The Key That Should Not Be Handed On

1977

Cockroach poster
NR

The life of a simple cockroach is not easy. Not only are people poisoning him at every turn, he still has to exist without a TV. And our hero has a dream - TV. Unrealizable, but a dream. And yet one morning he believed that dreams come true, because he found a whole penny. We see several episodes from his life in the barn, a trip to a restaurant that is located in the floor of a real restaurant for cockroaches, getting only the TV console instead of the TV itself.

Cockroach

1988

Film credits

Behind the camera