Roman Davydov

Directing

Roman Davydov

Born — Died

1913-04-09 — 1988-09-17

Place of birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [Russia]

Known for

Directing

Credits

25 titles

Roman Vladimirovich Davydov (Russian: Роман Владимирович Давыдов; 9 April [O.S. 27 March] 1913 – 17 September 1988) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, artist and educator. Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1979).

Known for

Behind the camera

Kolobok poster
6.4

A dough-ball runs away from the old man and old woman who made him and overcomes various forest animals until he meets the fox. Based on the Russian folk tale.

Kolobok

1956

Adventures of Mowgli: The Kidnapping poster
7.8

Episode 2. Mowgli — the adopted son of a wolf family. He grows quickly and learns from his mentors. The rumor that the wolf pack living human child, comes to banderlogs. The monkey tribe, decided to make Mowgli their leader. They steal Mowgli and transfer it into a towns ruins in the jungle.

Adventures of Mowgli: The Kidnapping

1968

The Childhood of Ratibor poster
7.7

The plot takes place in the pre-Christian Russia and revolves around a young boy Ratibor who becomes a victim of the Khazar invasion. Based on the historical novel Primordial Rus' by Valentin Ivanov.

The Childhood of Ratibor

1973

Adventures of Mowgli: Raksha poster
7.8

Episode 1. A small child falls into the jungle in the wolf family. He liked the mother wolf Raksha, which gave him the tiger Sher Khan. The wolves raised a human baby named Mowgli. But life in a wolf pack is subject to the law of the jungle. The Council of the pack should decide whether Mowgli live among the beasts or eaten by Shere Khan.

Adventures of Mowgli: Raksha

1967

The Son of the Stone and the Giant poster
NR

Another story of Adygean folk hero Sosruko, protector of the Narte people. Evil giant has stolen sacred fire from Narte people and now Sosruko has to retrieve it back.

The Son of the Stone and the Giant

1986

The Goatling poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Goatling

1961

The Son of the Stone poster
NR

The story of the heroic struggle of the hero Sosruko with the evil Demon, bringing eternal disasters to his people. Based on Adygean folk tales of Narte people.

The Son of the Stone

1982

Foka the Handiman poster
NR

The blacksmith Foka accidentally saves the princess from foreign suitors.

Foka the Handiman

1972

Vassilissa Mikulishna poster
8.0

Adaptation of the epic "Tale about the beautiful Vassilissa Mikulishna". As Vassilissa with her intelligence and cunning freed her husband from prison.

Vassilissa Mikulishna

1975

Adventures of Mowgli: Return to Mankind poster
7.1

Episode 5. Mowgli stood the leader of the wolf pack. It's time to settle with the main enemy of Mowgli tiger Shere Khan. In addition, the jungle comes the time of renewal, blossom and love. Mowgli feels vaguely disturbing. It's time to leave the jungle and return back to the people.

Adventures of Mowgli: Return to Mankind

1971

Главный звёздный poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Главный звёздный

1966

The Adventures of Mowgli poster
6.9

Adventures of Mowgli is an animated feature-length story originally released as five animated shorts of about 20 minutes each between 1967 and 1971 in the Soviet Union.

The Adventures of Mowgli

1973

Adventures of Mowgli: Akela's Last Hunt poster
8.1

Episode 3. Mowgli has grown and in order that he might take his place in the pack he needed to arm themselves. Kaa helped Mowgli find the Iron Tooth in the abandoned cave. It happened just in time because the old enemy tiger Shere Khan raised havoc in the pack was going to overthrow Akela leader of the wolf.

Adventures of Mowgli: Akela's Last Hunt

1969

Tom Thumb poster
6.0

A poor old couple adopts a tiny boy who helps them with farming and housekeeping. One day a greedy nobleman passes by, and so the boy decides to make some easy money for his new parents.

Tom Thumb

1977

Gunan-Bator poster
NR

Gunan is a shepherd in love with the beautiful Oyuun, the daughter of the khan Iribsyn. When he is taking part in a competition for the hand of Oyun, he must defeat not only the rich princes, but also the three-headed monster Mongoose. Based on the Mongol folk tale of the same name.

Gunan-Bator

1965

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Living Numbers

1962

Swans of Nepriadva poster
6.8

A cartoon about the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

Swans of Nepriadva

1980

A Pill poster
8.0

How the animals punished the liar-fox.

A Pill

1983

The Tale of Yevpatiy Kolovrat poster
NR

Based on XIII century historical chronicles (The Tale of the Destruction of Riazan by Batu) it's a story about how folk hero Yevpatiy Kolovrat seeks revenge on Batu Khan for burning the city of Riazan.

The Tale of Yevpatiy Kolovrat

1985

Slashing Fellow poster
10.0

A merry village guy meets a sorcerer's daughter in the forest and immediately proposes to her. But her father decides to challenge him to a game of hide-and-seek.

Slashing Fellow

1976

Adventures of Mowgli: The Fight poster
7.8

Episode 4. A terrible threat hanging over the wolf tribe and all living inhabit the jungle. On native places for Mowgli is approaching a huge flock of wild red dogs, destroying everything in its path. It seemed nothing to resist them, but Mowgli comes up with as they confront the red Horde.

Adventures of Mowgli: The Fight

1970

The Last Bride of Zmey Gorynych poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Last Bride of Zmey Gorynych

1978

Shareholders poster
5.2

Soviet propaganda cartoon depicting the evils of American capitalism. A worker who owns a small share in a big company is living large, until his company replaces its workers with robots and its small shares become worthless. The shareholder finds himself alone in a cruel world.

Shareholders

1963

Hunter and His Son poster
NR

Young Saltyk follows the example of his father and learns to be brave in the fight against the evil monster that ruined his village. Based on Altai folk tales.

Hunter and His Son

1983

The Three Bears poster
NR

Little Varvarushka disobeys her grandmother and gets lost in the woods, then enters a house in which three bears live. Based on Lev Tolstoy's 1875 version of the English folk tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

The Three Bears

1958