
Directing
Leonid Amalrik
Born — Died
1905-07-08 — 1997-10-22
Place of birth
Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Known for
Directing
Credits
31 titles
Known for
7.0Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.
Little Gray Neck
1948
6.9A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
Thumbelina
1964
5.8Soviet 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
6.5No synopsis available yet.
The Little Ship
1956
7.7On the eve of the New Year, several children write a letter to Father Frost asking him to send them a Christmas tree for the holiday, and then they make a Snowman who should take the letter to the magic forest. When midnight arrives, under the beat of a clock, the Snowman comes to life and, together with a small yard puppy, nicknamed Druzhok, sets off in search of Father Frost. (Note: Released in the United States as Spunky the Snowman in a shortened version of approximately 8 minutes.)
The Snowman-Postman
1955
NRA medic gets help from the animal kingdom to reach his patients.
Limpopo
1939
Behind the camera
7.0Defending a friend, duckling is attacked by fox and must learn to survive.
Little Gray Neck
1948
6.9A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
Thumbelina
1964
5.8Soviet 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
5.8Soviet 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
6.5No synopsis available yet.
The Little Ship
1956
7.7On the eve of the New Year, several children write a letter to Father Frost asking him to send them a Christmas tree for the holiday, and then they make a Snowman who should take the letter to the magic forest. When midnight arrives, under the beat of a clock, the Snowman comes to life and, together with a small yard puppy, nicknamed Druzhok, sets off in search of Father Frost. (Note: Released in the United States as Spunky the Snowman in a shortened version of approximately 8 minutes.)
The Snowman-Postman
1955
NRA medic gets help from the animal kingdom to reach his patients.
Limpopo
1939
5.3Bubble, Straw and Bast Shoe look for firewood. Bubble doesn’t want to work but when, on their way back he shifts the share of firewood on the shoulders of the Bast Shoe, he gets in a trouble – the wind blows him off. After some adventures Bubble is rescued and reforms.
Three Woodcutters
1959
7.7Fabulous animals bathed, rested and had fun on the summer beach of the southern town. Suddenly, the rest was interrupted by an urgent message on a hanging poster: "Everyone needs to vaccinate vaccinations from elephant to fly!". However, all the animals, having read the message, as if nothing had happened, began to rest, dance and sunbathe again. And only Behemoth, worried, began to ask everyone how scary and painful it was to vaccinate.
About the Hippopotamus Who Was Afraid of Inoculations
1966
4.0A cartoon depicting Spunky the Snowman's visit to Santa.
Spunky the Snowman
1957
NRThe story about an elephant who could read but not write.
A Girl and an Elephant
1969
4.4The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.
Black and White
1932
5.7A rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
The Cat's House
1958
4.6Soviet propaganda cartoon from World War 2. Adolf Hitler, introduced by Charlie Chaplin's the Tramp, is ridiculed in three short skits.
Cinema-Circus
1942
7.3An animated film based on a fairy tale "Teremok".
Terem-teremok
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Tales for Old and Young
1967
6.0The 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
7.0A fairy tale about animals, which tells how the desire to be useful to others helps to cope with vanity and anger. Four friends - Fly, Frog, Hedgehog and Cockerel found an old cart. The cart is ordinary, but the wheels are different. Sitting on the tree Magpie told the friends that the cart was made by the Bear, who did not finish and threw it, that's the cart and lying around. The friends were interested in the wheels, and they decided to take them home.
Different Wheels
1960
NRLived there were a grandfather and grandmother. A grandmother baked one time kolobok and put to cool off on a window-sill. And a kolobok did not begin to wait and left in the forest. In-field met a bear, wolf and fox. And all eating him was tried. And meantime a grandfather and grandmother left to search a kolobok.
Kolobok
1936
3.8No synopsis available yet.
An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale
1954
8.5Sparrow was invited to a banquet. He came and at first tried to drink only soda. The neighbor noticed this and was indignant. Tamada poured a glass for sparrow and made him drink, then poured more and more. Then the guests began to sing, dance, and all ended by beating dishes. Absolutely drunk sparrow was getting home staggering and with loud singing, than woke up all the neighbors. He smashed to bits someone's nestling and fell. Sparrow was summoned to the public court, where former guests accused him of all sins.
A Sober Sparrow
1960
5.0Soviet propaganda film celebrating Stalin's five-year plans.
Victorious Destination
1939
7.0The 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
7.3A 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
NRThe plot of the fairy tale of the same name by Felix Krivin, based on the famous children's song, presents a classic story turned inside out. Now all the familiar "horns and legs" remain not from the goat, but from the grandmother. And the goat itself becomes a tomboy, falling into the bad company of wolves.
Granny's Goat
1963
NRThe plot of the fairy tale of the same name by Felix Krivin, based on the famous children's song, presents a classic story turned inside out. Now all the familiar "horns and legs" remain not from the goat, but from the grandmother. And the goat itself becomes a tomboy, falling into the bad company of wolves.
Granny's Goat
1963
3.7Several stories about animals, in particular, about a possessed goat.
I Want to Butt
1968
7.0Irresponsible father talks a lot and endangers the safety of his family because of it.
The High Hill
1951
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Two Stories
1962
6.8In 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
The cat and the pussy-cat met on the roof, near the chimney. They liked each other and decided to get married. Guests and neighbors gathered for the wedding. The photographer made a wedding portrait in a frame. Gifts, congratulations, songs and dances. The generous and cheerful feast is over. Family everyday life came, and with it the first misunderstandings, quarrels and resentments.
Family Chronicle
1961
