Vladimir Degtyarev

Vladimir Dmitrievich Degtyarev (January 18, 1916 - October 6, 1974) - Soviet filmmaker-animator, art director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1969). He was born on January 18, 1916 in Moscow. In 1937 he graduated from the Leningrad Art College. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was drafted to the front. In 1942 he became disabled: because of the injured, his right arm was amputated. He without exams was admitted to the VGIK at the Faculty of Art, which he graduated in 1948. In the process of learning, he learned how to draw and write with his left hand. In the same year he was enlisted in the staff of Soyuzmultfilm. He worked as an artist-director in the films of directors V. Gromov, M. Pashchenko, B. Dyozhkin and G. Filippov. Since 1953 - the director of painted and (mostly) large-scale films. He was among the founders of the "Creative Puppet Association" on "Soyuzmultfilm", where he put one of the first post-war puppet cartoons "Two greedy cubs" (1954). Collaborated with artists VP Danilevich, AP Kuritsyn and others, also often combined the duties of the director and the artist-director. He worked exclusively for the children's audience. Since 1956 he has repeatedly become a member of the artistic council of Soyuzmultfilm and the Khudsoleta of puppet films. He was a member of the College of Puppet Association Studio (1960), a member of the Commission for the development of the technological process for the production of a puppet film (1961). He died ...

Beloved Beauty (1959)

Once upon a time there were the tsar with the tsaritsa also there was at them a son Ivan-Tsarevich. And everything would be good if Ivan parents didn't come one morning and didn't tell them about the Beloved Beauty about which to it nurses sang, and now every day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Erast Garin

Once upon a time there were the tsar with the tsaritsa also there was at them a son Ivan-Tsarevich. And everything would be good if Ivan parents didn't come one morning and didn't tell them about the Beloved Beauty about which to it nurses sang, and now every day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Erast Garin

Who Said Miau? (1962)

After hearing someone's "meow" for the first time in his life, baby puppy goes in search of the unknown beast and meets various inhabitants of the house and yard. On children's curiosity and the first acquaintance with the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Boris Voronov
CAST:  Rina Zelyonaya

After hearing someone's "meow" for the first time in his life, baby puppy goes in search of the unknown beast and meets various inhabitants of the house and yard. On children's curiosity and the first acquaintance with the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Boris Voronov
CAST:  Rina Zelyonaya

Brave Pak (1953)

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 is convinced that it is possible to overcome the Dragon only with courage and strength. Overcoming numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Yevgeni Raykovskiy
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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 is convinced that it is possible to overcome the Dragon only with courage and strength. Overcoming numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Yevgeni Raykovskiy
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Miraculous Well (1956)

Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket, to the kingdom of Santa Claus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Mariya Vinogradova  •  Margarita Korabelnikova  •  Vasiliy Shchelokov  •  Yuri Khrzhanovsky

Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket, to the kingdom of Santa Claus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Mariya Vinogradova  •  Margarita Korabelnikova  •  Vasiliy Shchelokov  •  Yuri Khrzhanovsky

The Ugly Duckling (1956)

Soviet cartoon adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Yuliya Yulskaya  •  Georgi Millyar

Soviet cartoon adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Yuliya Yulskaya  •  Georgi Millyar

The Tale of the Snow Maiden (1957)

Once an old man and an old woman fashioned their daughter out of the snow, and Santa Claus revived her. The Snow Maiden was beautiful, kind, hardworking, and everyone loved her very much. Spring came. The Snow Maiden stopped playing and hid from the hot sun all the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Vladimir Danilevich
CAST:  Yuri Khrzhanovsky  •  Georgiy Vitsin

Once an old man and an old woman fashioned their daughter out of the snow, and Santa Claus revived her. The Snow Maiden was beautiful, kind, hardworking, and everyone loved her very much. Spring came. The Snow Maiden stopped playing and hid from the hot sun all the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev  •  Vladimir Danilevich
CAST:  Yuri Khrzhanovsky  •  Georgiy Vitsin

Little Timo's Christmas Tree (1966)

The young boy sends away his little dog out of his house on the New Year's Eve. The dog gets lost in the woods during the snowstorm, but New Year's miracle happens when Santa, The Snowman, The Scarecrow and a bunch of toys help out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
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The young boy sends away his little dog out of his house on the New Year's Eve. The dog gets lost in the woods during the snowstorm, but New Year's miracle happens when Santa, The Snowman, The Scarecrow and a bunch of toys help out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
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Train From Romashkovo (1967)

A little train is always late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Klara Rumyanova  •  Garri Bardin  •  Anatoli Papanov  •  Georgiy Vitsin

A little train is always late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Klara Rumyanova  •  Garri Bardin  •  Anatoli Papanov  •  Georgiy Vitsin

How to Become a Grown-Up (1967)

A little slacker doesn't appreciate his childhood and wants to face with adult problems as quickly as possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Rina Zelyonaya  •  Klara Rumyanova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Mariya Vinogradova

A little slacker doesn't appreciate his childhood and wants to face with adult problems as quickly as possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Rina Zelyonaya  •  Klara Rumyanova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Mariya Vinogradova

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DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Aleksei Gribov

New Year Tale (1972)

Tale about schoolchildren who are preparing for the New Year and lisping goblin who can't pronounce words of children's holiday song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Efim Katsirov  •  Olga Gromova  •  Nadezhda Podyapolskaya  •  Bronislava Zakharova

Tale about schoolchildren who are preparing for the New Year and lisping goblin who can't pronounce words of children's holiday song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Degtyarev
CAST:  Efim Katsirov  •  Olga Gromova  •  Nadezhda Podyapolskaya  •  Bronislava Zakharova