Vladimir Polkovnikov

Directing

Vladimir Polkovnikov

Born — Died

1906-06-10 — 1982-08-21

Place of birth

Teryaevskoe Rural Settlement, Volokolamsky Urban Area, Russian Empire

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Little Gray Neck poster
7.0

Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.

Little Gray Neck

1948

The Fisher Cat poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

The Fisher Cat

1964

Куда летишь, Витар? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Куда летишь, Витар?

1972

A Peacock's Tail poster
5.8

Soviet animated cartoon film of 1946 based on a fairy tale by Korney Chukovsky, created by directors Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir Polkovnikov. United with similar creative aspirations, the directors found their own style.

A Peacock's Tail

1946

A Peacock's Tail poster
5.8

Soviet animated cartoon film of 1946 based on a fairy tale by Korney Chukovsky, created by directors Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir Polkovnikov. United with similar creative aspirations, the directors found their own style.

A Peacock's Tail

1946

Limpopo poster
NR

A medic gets help from the animal kingdom to reach his patients.

Limpopo

1939

The Little Jackal and the Little Camel poster
NR

Little Jackal asks Little Camel to transport him across the river. He promises to treat him with sugarcane and then deceives him. Little Camel wishes to teach the sly fellow a good lesson, but at the last minute he rescues the Jackal from the Crocodile. Later he refuses to be friends with Little Jackal anyway.

The Little Jackal and the Little Camel

1956

How the Goat Held the Earth poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

How the Goat Held the Earth

1974

The Enchanted Boy poster
7.4

An animated adaptation of the classic story of Nils Holgerson, a naughty boy who is transformed to a very little dwarf and goes through many adventures, flying with a band of wild geese.

The Enchanted Boy

1955

Tails poster
6.0

It's a story about how the animals decided to swap their tails, but soon realized how important each animal's own tail was.

Tails

1966

One, Two, Altogether! poster
NR

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.

One, Two, Altogether!

1967

We Are Looking for a Pram poster
7.0

Untidy schoolboy and schoolgirl are forced to engage into a magical journey to find and erase an ugly blot they created.

We Are Looking for a Pram

1969

Грибок-теремок poster
4.0

A mushroom offers the animals of the forest, an ant, a butterfly and a mouse shelter from the storm. A little rabbit, who wants to hide from the fox, also finds a place with him. The mushroom grows, stretches and stretches as it sees the good will of the other animals to help the hare.

Грибок-теремок

1958

Nargis poster
NR

On the motifs of the story of S.Rashidov “A Kashmir song”. Spring Flower Nargis waits for the master of bees Bambur whom nobody has seen yet. A witch transforms the master of storms Chorud into a young man and lets him pass as Bambur, but her trick is unmasked. Chorud kills Nargis, but Bambur revives her. A tale by the old ( Cell animation) master Polkovnikov, (1908-1982) whose active career as animation director stretched from 1933 till 1980.

Nargis

1965

A Miracle Without Miracles poster
NR

While the owners were away, the neighbors upstairs had a burst pipe. In an attempt to escape the flood, the furniture rushed outside, but then the wardrobe shouted that it could save them all…

A Miracle Without Miracles

1973

Barmaley poster
6.0

The Screen version of the fairy tale of K.Chukovskogo about malicious robber Barmaley and brave children little Tanechka and little Vanechka. They go to Africa to put an end to evil deeds of Barmaley. With the help of doctor Aibolit they manage to win it.

Barmaley

1941

The Green Serpent poster
NR

Baba Yaga and the Devil, with the help of the Green Serpent, brew moonshine from beetroot and sell it to people. Eventually, when Baba Yaga and the Devil are apprehended by the police, the Green Serpent, who managed not to get caught, chooses a new victim. The Green Serpent will live as long as there are drunkards, crooks, and loudmouths around.

The Green Serpent

1962

Penguins poster
8.0

It is a dramatic story which happened in Antarctic where the penguins come for summer to raise their baby birds.

Penguins

1968

The Royal Hares poster
NR

Based on the eponymous fairy tale by Peter Asbjørnsen, this is the story of a young man named Hans, who is given a magical flute that can shepherd any living creature. The King's daughter wishes for hares, and Hans agrees to help. However, soon he finds himself in trouble when the royal family wish for the flute itself. With quick thinking and a few tricks up his sleeve, Hans must navigate the whims of the royal court and protect himself from their avaricious intentions.

The Royal Hares

1960

Soon There Will Be Rain poster
4.5

A gambling-addicted old man loses all the water on Earth, condemning all living beings to death from drought.

Soon There Will Be Rain

1959

The Monster Cockroach poster
5.8

Adaptation of a fairy tale Korney Chukovsky. As big and strong animals, succumbing to panic, obey little cockroach.

The Monster Cockroach

1963

Victorious Destination poster
5.0

Soviet propaganda film celebrating Stalin's five-year plans.

Victorious Destination

1939

A Cuckoo and a Blackbird poster
7.0

The cuckoo does not incubate its chicks and does not have a family. But the starlings were able to prove to the cuckoo that the family is a support in trouble and joy, and therefore everyone needs it.

A Cuckoo and a Blackbird

1949

The Orange Neck poster
5.0

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she brings twenty-four chicks to a meeting of partridges, and she is chosen as the main chicken.

The Orange Neck

1954

Lapland Fairy Tales poster
NR

A collection of cartoons based on fairy tales of the northern peoples of the past years: "The Ugly Duckling", "Royal Hares", "The Enchanted Boy".

Lapland Fairy Tales

1990

Быль-небылица poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Быль-небылица

1970

A Bragging Ant poster
5.0

A braggart ant carried away by the wind, and now he is desperately trying to return home before sunset.

A Bragging Ant

1962

Magic Store poster
7.3

A school student finds a magical store where he can buy things which help to get straight A's with no working at all.

Magic Store

1953

The High Hill poster
7.0

Irresponsible father talks a lot and endangers the safety of his family because of it.

The High Hill

1951

The Robust poster
6.8

In winter, in an unequal battle with the Wolf, the mother of a puppy named Krepysh dies. Poor, half-frozen orphan Krepysh is sheltered by Zaychikha. The whole winter was spent by the puppy in the family of rabbits, bravely defending his new friends from forest predators.

The Robust

1950