The Rain

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A series of cartoons based on the stories of northern fairy tales by the writer Stepan Pisakhov. Tall tales and funny fantasies about people living ne

1977

From Darkness

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

2002

Belarusian Sayings

2008

Pocahontas

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

1995

Prince Bayaya

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He so

1951

Grandpa Planted a Beet

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the

1945

The Animals and the Brigands

The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is

1947

The Golden Fish

A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of hi

1951

Brothers Liu

Based on the Chinese folk tale. Long ago, three brothers Liu lived in China. They were so similar that even their own mother discerned them on colored

1953

The Dog and the Cat

Soviet cartoon, The Dog and the Cat, from Lev Atamanov.

1938

It's The Same Story

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called

2011

Sita Sings the Blues

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's

2008

Faust

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to

1994

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio.

1987

Raining Cats and Frogs

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little g

2003

Brave Pak

Based on Korean folk tales. Every year a terrible Dragon flies over the distant mountains and burns fields of the industrious farmer Pak. The peasant

1953

The Fox and the Hare

As winter gives way to spring in the Russian wilderness, a crafty fox promptly expels a defenceless hare from his warm, comfortable residence, claimin

1973

Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.

1953

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

2012

Sohrab and Rustum

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem.

2018