Tatyana Basmanova

The Soldier's Tale

The tale of how the soldier not hurry to return home after the end of military service.

The Lost Letter

The Lost Letter (Russian: Пропа́вшая гра́мота, Propavshaya gramota), or A Disappeared Diploma, is a 1945 Soviet animated film directed by the Brumberg sisters and Lamis Bredis. It is the first Soviet cel-animated feature film. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol.

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon (Gvidón.) The older sisters arrange to have the tsaritsa and the child sealed in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The sea takes pity on them and casts them on the shore of a remote island, Buyan. The son, having quickly grown while in the barrel, goes hunting. He ends up saving an enchanted swan from a kite bird. The swan creates a city for Prince Gvidon to rule, but he is homesick, so the swan turns him into a mosquito to help him. In this guise, he visits Tsar Saltan's court, where he stings his aunt in the eye and escapes. Back in his realm, the swan gives Gvidon a magical squirrel. But he continues to pine for home, so the swan transforms him again, this time into a fly.

Ivashko and Baba-Yaga

Ivashko was a small fisherman. Once, Baba Yaga noticed him and decided to kidnap him. She forged a thin voice at the smith's and called Ivashko like his grandmother usually called him...

Puss in Boots

The youngest son in a family inherits only a cat when his parents die. It turns out that it is a quite peculiar cat...

Little Red Riding Hood

A classic Soviet, black-and-white, animated film by the sisters Brumberg, "grandmothers of the Russian animation". Its plot differs slightly from the original fairy tale.

Little Red Riding Hood

A classic Soviet, black-and-white, animated film by the sisters Brumberg, "grandmothers of the Russian animation". Its plot differs slightly from the original fairy tale.

The Hare-Tailor

The Hare-Tailor has made an unforgivable mistake. In the spring, he took the measurements from his customers, but by the time fall comes, the sheep are trimmed and the bears have grown-up! How will the clothes fit?