Masters Of Russian Animation - Volume 1 | 
| Director: Fyodor Khitruk
Actors: Aleksei Polevoy, Georgi Vitsin, Zinoviy Gerdt
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 41910
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 133
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 5525J
UPC: 014381552522
EAN: 0014381552522
ASIN: B00004S89F
Theatrical Release Date: 1962
Release Date: April 11, 2000
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Condition: NEW MINT SEALED DVD, IMMEDIATE SHIPPING, FREE FIRST CLASS UPGRADE, LANGUAGE(S): RUSSIAN. SUBTITLE(S): ENGLISH.
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Description
An extraordinary collection of Russias most important animated short films by Russias world renowned directors and artists. Winners of the top prizes at Annecy , Cannes, Colombo, Delhi, Espinho, Grijon, Hiroshima, Huesca, Kiev, Krakow Lille, London, Mamaia, Melbourne, Moscow New York, Oberhausen, Odense, Ottawa, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tampere, Tours, Venice, and Zagreb. Presented in anthology format for the first time. As seen on Bravo and the Independent Film Channel. This DVD covers the years 1962-1968. Fyodor Khitruk Story of One Crime 1962 20 min
Fyodor Khitruk Man in A Frame 1966 10 min
Vadim Kurchevsky My Green Crocodile 1966 10 min
Andrei Khrjanovsky There Lived Kozyavin 1966 7 min
Rasa Strautmane Mountain of Dinosaurs 1967 10 min
Yefem Gamburg Passions of Spies 1967 20 min
Andrei Khrjanovsky Glass Harmonica 1968 20 min
Nikolai Serebryakov Ball of Yarn 1968 10 min
Anatoly Petrov Singing Teacher 1968 3 min
Fyodor Khitruk Film Film Film 1968 20 min
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Excellent collection with a glitch January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All four volumes are excellent - they represent the best of soviet era animation. There is one glitch. As a Russian speaker I was quite disappointed with the fact that subtitles stay on the screen all the time and cannot be removed. It is rather annoying. If you are a Russian speaker - stay away from it.
 I love it. May 15, 2007
These animated shorts are classics to say the least. They reveal so much about Russian culture that is universal to us all. The variety of animation styles is astounding. Stop motion, cut out, hand drawn, surrealism; it's all here. The standout for me was "Man in the Frame", which is pure genius, showing literally how we frame ourselves with our capitalistic structures. A must have for animation explorers.
A forgotten era September 18, 2003
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed these old Soviet-era shorts. People who don't understand the millieu will probably scratch their heads and not follow a few stories too well. (Even my fourty-something wife needed a brief explanation of the mindset behind the first one.) Russian humour is also somewhat different than our Western humour. The animation styles aren't much to get excited about. They are all some fourty years old from a studio that wasn't on the cutting edge of animation technology. However, I found a lot of artistic appeal in the simple techniqes. While I can't give it a perfect score, I found a lot of charm and enjoyment in these shorts from a bygone culture... with a small disturbing twinge with regard to how much the shorts reflect our own modern society's attitudes and direction.
 Rather inconsequential... May 23, 2003
1 out of 38 found this review helpful
This release did nothing at all for me. The storylines are weak and the art is dated and mediocre. These shorts strike me as the Soviet equivalent of those crufty, ephemeral 8mm films you find at flea markets and in the storerooms of elementary school libraries. Masterworks these are not.
Da, Da, Russia! July 30, 2000
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
A great anthology of animated films from a country with a rich (yet often hidden) sense of humour. The films range from the Soviet system bashing of "Man in the Frame" & "There Lived Kozyavin" to morality plays such as "Ball of Wool" and "Glass Harmonica" to the delightful silliness of "Film, Film, Film" & "The Passion of Spies". These films provide a rare glimpse into the REAL world of the Soviet Union of the sixties. A rich compilation certain to please anyone who appreciates wit & wisdom in animation.
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