"Masters of Russian Animation" Vol.3 of 4 (1979-1985) - DVDRip separate avi's

Some of you might have already met this marvelous collection on DVD but for the first time in the web it is uploaded as separate avi's so that each cartoon is just 25 to 120 MB in size - pretty handy to download. An extraordinary collection of Russian most important animated short films by Russia's world renowned directors and artists. Winners of many top prizes in various countries. Old doesn't mean not worth watching. Some animations are still describing problems nowadays. Sometimes you don't even need words to understand meaning of it. If you have any love of animation at all – the artistry, the depth, the impact – the “Masters of Russian Animation” volumes are a must own.



Tale of Tales - Director: Yuri Norstein (1979) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079986/
Written by playwright Ludmila Petrushevskaya and based on his childhood memories. TALE OF TALES is Norstein's masterpiece and generally considered one of the greatest animated films ever made. It was the third collaboration among Norstein, his wife, the artist Francesca Yarbusova, and cameraman Alexander Zhukovsky. Zhukovsky photographed houses and even old cars in the Moscow neighborhood where Norstein grew up, and Yarbusova turned them into art. A difficult film from the onset, TALE OF TALES, made studio administrators and film ministry censors very nervous. The first script was rejected. The second was approved, but after four months of preparation production was halted for a year. Itr took Norstein thirteen months to complete the film, which was then rejected by state film censors who were terrified of possible hidden meanings. They rejected the original title - There will Come a Little Grey Wolf. Norstein, without much thought, suggested TALE OF TALES, a phrase from a Turkish poem by Nazim Hikmet. After considerable lobbying by Fyodor Khitruk and numerous foreign film critics, TALE OF TALES was finally approved for distribution in November 1979 when the team of Norstein, Zhukovsky and Yarbusova received teh prestigious "All State" Award for Hedgehog in the Fog and Heron and Crane.

Hunt - Director: Eduard Nazarov (1979) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480440/
Nazarov studied with Norstein at the Children's Art School, They both came to Soyuzmultfilm at the same time. Nazarov worked with Khitruk for twelve years. He served as an assistant on Man in a Frame and as art director with Vladimir Zuikov for Film Film Film and Island. Nazarov directed Hunt after killing one bird and one rabbit on a hunting expedition.

Last Hunt - Director - Alexander Karavayev (1982) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480447/
A hunting dog falls in love with a wounded bird. Karavayev studied art direction at Soyuzmultfilm together with Yuri Norstein and then became a student of director Ivan Ivanov-Vano, His animation is characterized by humor, lyricism, and satire.

There Once Was A Dog - Director: Eduard Nazarov (1981) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216434/
THERE ONCE WAS A DOG (1982) directed by Eduard Nazarov. All ten-minute films produced by Soyuzmultfilm had to be completed in four months, whether simple or complicated. It was impossible for Nazarov to finish HUNT, which required drawing each scene by hand, in accordance with the studio's rigid production schedule. And so despite the success of HUNT, it would be two years before Nazarov was allowed to direct THERE ONCE WAS A DOG. In this film Nazarov used a different, simpler technique, and it was completed "almost on time." A folk tale told by many cultures, Nazarov decided to set his version in the Ukraine where he had spent many enchanted summers and had come to appreciate the beauty of the people, the countryside and the music. The story is about an old guard dog who befriends the old wolf he once chased from the village. The wolf helps him to become appreciated again by the villagers, and te4h dog thanks him by inviting him to a wedding.

Travel Of An Ant - Director: Eduard Nazarov (1983) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216126/
To keep this wonderful film from going over budget, Nazarov used no composers and no actors. He did all of the sound effects by himself.

Lion And Ox - Director: Fyodor Khitruk (1983) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478379/
Khitruk's last film further developed his own very individual style into a new direction. A lyric morality play, it is based on an African folk tale about how slander and envy can destroy friendship.

Wolf And Calf - Director: Mikhail Kamenetsky (1984) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882997/
A former cameraman, Kamenetsky helped to revive the animated techniques pioneered by Dziga Vertov in the 1920s, making Soyuzmultfilm an international leader in the "stop motion" genre. His films like WOLF AND CALF are characterized by great humor and soft irony and tell the story of humanity and good deeds.

Cabaret - Director: Ideya Garanina (1984)
Inspired by the plays of Federico Garcia Lorca. Shelved by Soviet censors, the film was resurrected and recut after perestroika.

Old Stair - Director: Alexander Gorlenko (1985)
Gorlenko has animated more than 60 films and directed more than a dozen prize-winning short features. Among his best, OLD STAIR tells the story of a boy's ordinary life and his unusual fantasies.

King's Sandwich - Director: Andrei Khrjanovsky (1985) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480419/
based on a poem by A. A. Milne, and narrated by Arcady Raikin, one of Russia's most renowned comedians. For Khrjanovsky, the poem illustrated how a simple human desire can create absolutely irrational problems, out of proportion to the original desire. Soviet censors suspected Khrjanovsky was criticizing the country's lack of butter.

About Sidorov Vova - Director: Eduard Nazarov (1985)
Nazarov spent three and a half years in the Soviet army as a simple soldier based in Berlin. He got rid of a recurrent nightmare that he was going to be drafted a second time by making this film.


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http://www.avaxhome.ws/video/F...ian_Animation_Vol.2_of_4_.html

The last volume is coming soon!!!