Aleksandr Ptushko Movies

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish...

In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of Prince Vladimir, the girl is kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Chernomor and...

When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive...

American-dubbed, re-edited version of the 1953 Soviet fantasy film Sadko. Produced by Roger Corman's Filmgroup in 1962, it's shorter by 8 minutes,...

American-dubbed, re-edited version of the 1956 Soviet fantasy film Ilya Muromets. Produced by Roger Corman, it's shorter by 10 minutes, the names of...

In the old Russian city of Novgorod, the merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace and Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a...

American-dubbed, re-edited version of the 1959 Soviet-Finnish fantasy co-production Sampo. Produced by Roger Corman, it's shorter by almost 30...

The children's writer Korney Chukovsky gets calls on his new telephone from various forest animals.

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to...

The first Soviet cel-animated feature film, based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. A messenger is tasked with delivering a letter to...

Driven from the court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask with her infant son. Surviving the storm-tossed...

A film combining live action and stop-motion animation about the adventures of the wooden boy Pinocchio and his friends - Pierrot, Malvina and...

Young boy dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation.

A story about a Secretary of the Communist Party District Committee who is leading partisans in their fight with the Nazis during WWII.

Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic...

After several days of the offensive, the Red Army detachment settles down to rest. At a halt, the warrior Kuregen tells his comrades-in-arms the...

About the struggle for a new way of life. One of the residents of an old, dilapidated house receives a new apartment. But he can’t sleep in his...

Little Danila was the most inquisitive apprentice of old Prokopich, a famous stone-carving master. Like his teacher, the grown-up Danila has learned...

Four evil wizards succeeded to become young by using a time stolen from lazy kids. Now these kids who became seniors must act fast if they want to...

The plot is based on the eponymous fable by Ivan Krylov.