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Tale of Tales (Russian: Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok) is a 1979 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein [1] [2] and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. [3] Having won numerous awards, acclaimed by both critics and animators, various polls have recognized it as the greatest animated film of all time. [ 4 ]
The basic unit was the Russian ell, called the arshin, which came into use in the 16th century. It was standardized by Peter the Great in the 18th century to measure exactly twenty-eight English inches (71.12 cm). Thus, 80 vershoks = 20 pyad's = 5 arshins = 140 English inches (355.60 cm). [2]
Song of Russia is a 1944 American war film made and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The picture was credited as being directed by Gregory Ratoff, though Ratoff became ill near the end of the five-month production, and was replaced by László Benedek, who completed principal photography; the credited screenwriters were Paul Jarrico and Richard J. Collins.
Film, Film, Film (Russian: Фильм, фильм, фильм) is a 1968 Soviet satirical animated short film directed by Fyodor Khitruk. [1]Made as a parody of the Soviet movie industry, this nearly-silent pantomime tells a story of a film crew that faces various problems during the filmmaking process, from writing a screenplay, to pre-production (which includes dealing with bureaucratic ...
The text was written by Mikhail Matusovsky in 1963, with music by Veniamin Basner, and is one of the themes of the war-based movie "Silence" (Russian: Тишина, Tishina), released in 1964. The song is based on true historical events and glorifies three lucky soldiers, surviving out of an eighteen-soldier infantry squad.
A connecting factor in many recent Russian animated efforts is Timur Bekmambetov, whose Bazelevs Company has helped produce, finance and promote Kikoriki and The Snow Queen. [75] In 2010, the animated series The Fixies premiered on Karusel and Russia 1. In 2018, Soyuzmultfilm, announced plans to restore films from its Golden Collection. [76]
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The song by the same name from the film is still popular and became the unofficial hymn of Moscow youth. [ 2 ] The popularity of this film was low in the 1970s but rose again in the 1980s in contrast to contemporaneous " chernukha [ ru ] " (roughly "black stuff")films, gloomy satirical and social dramas with philosophical motifs.