Directing

Ivan Ufimtsev

Born — Died

1928-01-15 — 2010-08-31

Place of birth

Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

1971

Maigret Hesitates poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Maigret Hesitates

1983

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

Falling Stars poster
4.2

Falling Star is based on three stories by the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Astafyev and centers on a young soldier on the front lines who is wounded and taken to the hospital. Once there, he muses about his childhood and a little girl he had loved - someone who could easily have grown up to be the nurse that is attending to him now. As he recuperates, he and the nurse fall in love and he very much wants to marry her. At this point, the nurse's mother comes for a visit and advises him against such an action because if they were to marry and he were subsequently killed or maimed in action - the fighting is still close to the hospital - the nurse would suffer much more than if he just left her alone. Now it is up to the soldier to make a decision one way or the other.

Falling Stars

1981

According to Lopotukhin... poster
5.0

A movie about very strange events which happened in the ordinary school after Vasya Lopotukhin got late to a math lesson because of his meeting with aliens.

According to Lopotukhin...

1984

Tale of the Moon Outstanding poster
9.0

The legendary commander of the Civil War, the winner of Wrangel arrives in the capital at the call of Stalin. In the capital, he is perplexed to learn that the Politburo at a special meeting decided to force him to operate on a long-standing ulcer. The attending physician is convinced that the operation is not needed, but, obeying party discipline, the old Bolshevik lies on the operating table.

Tale of the Moon Outstanding

1990

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 5 titles

Maigret Hesitates poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Maigret Hesitates

1983

Falling Stars poster
4.2

Falling Star is based on three stories by the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Astafyev and centers on a young soldier on the front lines who is wounded and taken to the hospital. Once there, he muses about his childhood and a little girl he had loved - someone who could easily have grown up to be the nurse that is attending to him now. As he recuperates, he and the nurse fall in love and he very much wants to marry her. At this point, the nurse's mother comes for a visit and advises him against such an action because if they were to marry and he were subsequently killed or maimed in action - the fighting is still close to the hospital - the nurse would suffer much more than if he just left her alone. Now it is up to the soldier to make a decision one way or the other.

Falling Stars

1981

According to Lopotukhin... poster
5.0

A movie about very strange events which happened in the ordinary school after Vasya Lopotukhin got late to a math lesson because of his meeting with aliens.

According to Lopotukhin...

1984

Who's Right, Who's to Blame? poster
NR

A certain Chumakov addressed the People's Judge Kavelin. He brought a statement of claim to his son, Sergey Gribanov, in which he demands care, love and alimony from him. Chumakov, who left his family when the boy was two years old, is now afraid to be alone, because Sergei's stepfather has become a real, loving father... Judge Kavelin has to figure out this difficult, but unfortunately, life-changing situation.

Who's Right, Who's to Blame?

1980

The Trustees poster
10.0

A television play based on A.N. Ostrovsky's play *"The Last Victim"*, filmed for the 180th anniversary of the playwright's birth. This play features the fateful passion of a young woman, an irresistible seducer, vast wealth, and a desire to destroy one's soul in debauchery.

The Trustees

1982

Series credits

Behind the camera

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

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

Three Little Froggies #2 poster
NR

The second issue of the animated film, with the participation of characters already familiar to the children - three funny froglings, who this time go to secondary school and meet with their dried relatives, who were put in alcohol and face new adventures.

Three Little Froggies #2

1988

Whose Are the Cones in the Wood? poster
6.3

The tale about the wolf-proprietor and the inhibited animals without their own opinion.

Whose Are the Cones in the Wood?

1965

How Old Man Became a Brood-Hen poster
NR

The wife tells her husband to hatch the chickens, but the cheerful soldier is ready to save him. Puppet cartoon based on a folk tale.

How Old Man Became a Brood-Hen

1983

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

My Friend Martyn poster
NR

Self-confident, arrogant Seryozha is not friendly with anyone. His only friend is puppy named Martyn, yet he treats him rudely. One day Martyn runs away and Seryozha has no one to help him in his searches.

My Friend Martyn

1970

Porridge Made from an Axe poster
NR

A soldier was returning from the war. On the way, he stopped by a certain old woman Melanya and her little old man. The old woman turned out to be greedy and, citing a complete lack of food, refused to feed the soldier. Then the experienced soldier offered to cook porridge from an axe.

Porridge Made from an Axe

1982

Car, Love and Mustard poster
NR

The film intended for adults, tells us about the misadventures of the owner of the automobile and derides some disorders of our life.

Car, Love and Mustard

1966

Three Little Froggies #3 poster
NR

We are for the world. Peace, friendship. Three little froglings found an alien frog that fell from the sky. And she invited the frogs to her house, where you can't touch anything, this is not a swamp. Frogs didn't like it in the city, because it's better in the swamp.

Three Little Froggies #3

1990

Three Little Froggies #1 poster
NR

The main characters of the animated film are three little frogs, who suddenly lost their home due to drainage of the swamp and are now forced to look for a new reservoir for life. Together they dream of finding a sea in which they can settle. But the search for a new home is not an easy task. It's very difficult for little frogs in the modern world, where there are many cars and an incredible amount of dangers around.

Three Little Froggies #1

1987

About Petrushka poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

About Petrushka

1973

Happy Gregory poster
NR

The gloomy dog Gregory no longer wants to be an "evil dog". Philosophical puppet cartoon about the search for happiness.

Happy Gregory

1987

Ёжик плюс черепаха poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ёжик плюс черепаха

1981

Cuckoo Clock poster
7.0

One day, the Cuckoo left the clock and temporarily flew away to the forest on business. Her neighbors are different animals, and they decided to help her, replace her. But nothing good came of it. Based on the fairy tale by Sofia Prokofieva.

Cuckoo Clock

1973

General Toptygin poster
NR

The formidable clubfoot bear is mistaken for the authorities. A satirical cartoon based on the poems of Nikolai Nekrasov.

General Toptygin

1971

Greedy Kuzma poster
5.2

About cat Kuze, who strove to carry off all the tasty morsel, and made ​​himself an annoying lot.

Greedy Kuzma

1969

Rustic Vaudeville poster
NR

A comedy about family troubles on a poultry farm.

Rustic Vaudeville

1993

And What if It Works! poster
6.2

Parrot sets forth for a nest. But he foots. Appears he is afraid to fly, because he never tried.

And What if It Works!

1978

Watch Out, Pike! poster
NR

About how the pike settled next to the beaver dam and lay in wait for the beaver cubs. In response, the beavers built an underwater vehicle to drive away the pike and its assistant crayfish, but adult beavers also had to be called in for help.

Watch Out, Pike!

1968

How to cure Boa? poster
7.0

The Boa got sick. So everybody wants to treat him. In fact, nobody understood him.

How to cure Boa?

1977

Unobvious Textbook poster
NR

Funny Monkey, omniscient Parrot, polite Elephant and pensive Boa start to learn mathematics.

Unobvious Textbook

1991

Python's Grandmother poster
7.3

Boa's grandma came to visit her grandson.

Python's Grandmother

1977

Losharik poster
5.3

The film tells us about the circus horse made of wooden balls who became the best actor in the circus. Yuri Norstein was it's sole animator. His handling of puppets and decor created a rare elegant beauty. Being known as the worlds greatest puppet animation director, many people in the west forget that he was animator too.

Losharik

1971

What Sound Does a Mosquito Make? poster
NR

How the king of animals decided to learn the mosquito language, but then convinced himself that everyone in the forest spoke the same language - lion. Based on the fairy tale by R. Baumgol.

What Sound Does a Mosquito Make?

1989

The Great Closure poster
1.0

Elephant, Boa, Monkey and Parrot attempt to close the law of attraction.

The Great Closure

1985

Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow poster
5.8

Elephant, Boa and Monkey decide that the future had already come.

Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow

1979

Hello Monkey poster
7.5

Boa is in great mood and wants to share it with Monkey. So he sends his best regard to her through Elephant.

Hello Monkey

1978

Where is Elephant Going? poster
5.7

Baby elephant goes somewhere. Everybody wants to know where he goes. It turned out, that he is just hanging around.

Where is Elephant Going?

1977

38 Parrots poster
6.8

Parrot, Monkey and Elephant are excited to understand how long their friend Boa is. They finally arrive to the result, though it is measured in quite a strange fashion.

38 Parrots

1976

As If poster
NR

Once on a summer day, decided to play the Hare, the Bear cub and the Squirrel. Traditional forestry games have bothered them, as in the forest everything is so familiar. So they decided to hunt as if they were in the jungle. The Bear said that he would be a hunter, and the Hare is a wild beast. The Squirrel was assigned the role of a dog. But the dog from the squirrel came out some very soft, and in general the imagination of the squirrel is rather weak. She does not like to pretend and fantasize.

As If

1981

Gymnastics for the Tail poster
5.0

Parrot teaches Elephant, Marmoset and Boa to do charging.

Gymnastics for the Tail

1979

What A Miracle poster
NR

A priest engages in a scam claiming a water burst is holy.

What A Miracle

1965

No artwork available
NR

The story of a friendship between a little boy and his mechanical nanny.

Our Nanny

1975

No artwork available
NR

A cartoon for adults about how a chicken and a penguin accidentally met in a barnyard. And everything was fine with them and they had chickens, but evil tongues prevented their happiness. One day, when the penguin was playing blind man's buff with the chickens, he accidentally kissed the cow, and the neighbors saw this as treason and whispered to the chicken, and she drove the penguin away.

Oh, These Blind Man's Buffs!

1994