Valentin Karavaev (Director)
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Works
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 3)
The fat red Cat goes with his owners to their country house. Kesha complains that, unlike the others, he has to stay in the city because Vovka is sick. Not wanting to wait for his owner to recover, the parrot goes on vacation by himself.
Release Date1988-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd cat / кот
Vote Count9
Fuse
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Release Date1962-06-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
The Key
The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.
Release Date1961-01-01
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count4
The Adventures of Buratino
A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.
Release Date1959-12-31
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count41
Only Not Now
Release Date1962-03-23
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count1
Mu-mu
Poetic screen version of the story of I.Turgenev about mutual relations of landowner’s old wife and her mute yard keeper Gerasim. About Gerasim's attachment to a dog with nickname Mu-mu.
Release Date1987-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Soon There Will Be Rain
A gambling-addicted old man loses all the water on Earth, condemning all living beings to death from drought.
Release Date1959-03-23
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count2
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1)
Animated series about the adventures of a parrot Kesha, "the hero of our time." The action is concentrated in the city and its surroundings. Kesh lives in the apartment of Vova, a schoolchild, but because of his hot-tempered, arrogant character, he periodically runs away and gets into trouble, eventually returning to Vovka with a confession. The humor of the series is based on the eccentric behavior of Keshi, on recognizable realities, as well as on the multiple quotations used by the parrot.
Release Date1984-01-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count56
Little Misunderstandings
Release Date1970-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Animated Soviet Propaganda
A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984), and have never been available before in the U.S.
Release Date1997-06-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Father Frost and the Summer
A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer.
Release Date1969-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count13
Peace To Your Home
A parable of man going through war & peace and finding unity in the end.
Release Date1962-01-01
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot
Release Date1984-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count4
Rooster and Paint
The painted rooster gets acquainted with the inhabitants of the barnyard and learns about the world.
Release Date1964-04-20
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count1
Run, Run, the Little Stream
Release Date1963-05-13
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count1
Rabbit and Fly
Release Date1977-04-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Gunan-Bator
Gunan is a shepherd in love with the beautiful Oyuun, the daughter of the khan Iribsyn. When he is taking part in a competition for the hand of Oyun, he must defeat not only the rich princes, but also the three-headed monster Mongoose. Based on the Mongol folk tale of the same name.
Release Date1965-02-02
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
First Time in the Circus Arena
Elephant Timka really wants to perform in the circus, but is shy. A story about what is worth trying for the sake of a dream.
Release Date1961-04-21
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
I Will Draw the Sun
Release Date1970-02-09
DepartmentArt
JobProperty Master
Last Hunt
Release Date1982-03-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
Reflection
Three parody stories: “The Leaning Tower of Pisa,” “The Tower of Babel,” and “Nike of Samothrace.”
Release Date1981-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A Lesson Not Learned
This film was made in reaction to revanchism fear that Germany would reunite and seek revenge on Europe and the USSR for World War II. A disguised Nazi slips into the US zone of divided Germany. The Americans nurse him back to health as he plots how to reunite the Fatherland. His plans are ruined when he runs headlong into the Berlin Wall, erected by the USSR between East and West Berlin in 1961.
Release Date1971-06-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
The Wise Gudgeon
On the motives of Saltikov-Shedrin’s fairy tale, the film derides aimless and senseless being.
Release Date1979-09-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count10
The History of a City. Organchik
Based on the satirical novel by the Russian writer Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City". The action takes place in the fictional city of Glupov, but the buildings are drawn in such a way that there is no doubt that this city is Kostroma. Thus, Trade Rows, a fire tower, many historically existing churches are shown.
Release Date1991-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Frog the Traveller
A modern frog comes up with an original way to travel and sets off abroad — to the place she's been dreaming of — together with some ducks.
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3
Volume 3 (1979-1985): "Tale of Tales", "Hunt", "Cabaret", "Last Hunt", "There Was a Dog", "Travels of an Ant", "Lion and Bull", "Wolf and Calf", "Old Stair", "King's Sandwich", "About Sidorov Vova".
Release Date2000-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 2)
The Cat shows off his new player. Kesha, jealous, returns home and makes a scene for his owner. After that, he leaves home and tries to sell himself for 1,000 rubles. Meeting Vovka's rich neighbor, he goes to live with him. But life turns out to be not so sweet.
Release Date1987-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count10
Little Things in Life
Two vignettes on drunkards and their enablers.
Release Date1977-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Magia Russica
A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.
Release Date2004-10-05
Vote Count1