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Foundation date 10 june 1936

Soyuzmultfilm (Russian: Союзмультфильм; [səjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm], Union Cartoon) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union. The studio has produced 1530 films during its existence.

It is currently divided into two studios: "Creative union of the "Film studio "Soyuzmultfilm" («Творческо-производственное объединение «Киностудия «Союзмультфильм») and the Soyuzmultfilm Film Fund («Фильмофонд Киностудии «Союзмультфильм»).
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Filmography of Soyuzmultfilm (38 films)

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Production

Experiment
Experiment (1988)
, 7minutes

Experiment is set in a town, where the citizens were forced walk everywhere by foot because of constant traffic jams. To solve this situation, city officials decided to conduct an experiment: people were allowed to fly. Most citizens immediately grew wings and quickly moved to a new lifestyle, however, for some reason wings did not grow on few others. To find such wingless people a place for life, they decided to appoint flight supervisors and invented strict rules and regulations for the flights.
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin (1987)
, 1h18
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about birds, Films about penguins
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Rolan Bykov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Evgueni Leonov, Mona Marshall

The story begins with the end of winter, and the southern ocean showing the aurora australis. A flock of penguins, coming from the north, returns home. The females separate from their mates to go hunt as males build their nests from piles of pebbles. The females return to lay their eggs, only to eventually separate from the males again, whilst the males take care of the eggs. It would take forty days before the females returned. A flock of aggressive seagulls constantly threatens to steal the penguin eggs and raids the nesting grounds while the females are away. Unfortunately, the hunger and all the good food that was waiting made some of the male penguins abandon their nest. A father (black and white penguin) of a couple saves the egg of another family, meanwhile one of their two eggs is stolen from their nest. When the mother (a dark blue and white penguin) returns, the father says that one of the eggs does not belong to them. They return another penguin's egg and have one egg for themselves.
Hedgehog in the Fog
Hedgehog in the Fog (1982)
, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Vyacheslav Nevinny

This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova), who is on his way to visit his friend the bear cub. As explained in the introductory narration, the two would meet every evening to drink tea from the cub's samovar, which was heated on a fire of juniper twigs. As they drank their tea, the hedgehog and the bear would chat and count the stars together.
Maria, Mirabella
Maria, Mirabella (1982)
, 1h8
Directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Medeea Marinescu, Ion Popescu-Gopo, Rogvold Sukhoverko, Dem Rădulescu

Oache ([o̯aˈkɛ]), a frog meets old acquaintances: a butterfly, Omide ([omidɛ']) and a fire-fly, Scaparici ([skəpə'ritʃ]). Together they watch two girls playing in a meadow, Maria and Mirabela. Oache remembers an adventure when they all first met each other, and Oache begins to tell the story.
Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog
Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog (1982)
, 10minutes
Directed by Édouard Nazarov
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Armen Djigarkhanian, Georgi Burkov, Édouard Nazarov

The day comes when an old watchdog becomes useless but the masters being kind decide not to drive him away. However they turn exasperated when the Dog stays indifferent during a burglary. The Dog is kicked out and goes to the forest, where he meets the Wolf, his old enemy. The Dog and the Wolf are both old, so they understand they can't be just enemies. The Wolf stages a kidnapping to help his mate and the Dog "rescues" the child. The Dog is welcomed back to the khutor (the farmstead) and continues managing his old duty. The winter comes and one evening the Dog hears the howl of the Wolf. The Dog remembers to repay the Wolf's kindness. He helps the Wolf to infiltrate the house where there is wedding in progress and feeds him with viands from table. Becoming tipsy from filling meal, alcohol and warm house, the Wolf reveals starts to howl his "song". He howls and the Dog has to cast the mate away from the house. The Wolf thanks the Dog and the best friends bid farewell.
The Dog In Boots
The Dog In Boots (1981)
, 20minutes
Genres Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Musical films
Actors Nikolai Karachentsov, Evgueni Iakovlevitch Vesnik, Irina Muravyova, Alexandre Schirwindt, Valentin Gaft, Alexander Schirvindt

The film begins with young Gascon Dog running on the road to Paris and singing that he is "provincial yet principled", "fameless, but direct and honest", and "if service, let it be service to the king". He sees two carriages and a beautiful bichon nearby. Anne of Austria, sitting unseen inside one carriage, hands a diamond necklace to the Duke of Buckingham. Then both carriages leave the place. The whole scene is seen by red cat Milady, who reports on the meeting to a Cardinal Richelieu's gray cat (unnamed).
Shooting Range
Shooting Range (1979)

Directed by Vladimir Tarasov
Genres Animation

In New York City, an unemployed young man finds a job in a shooting gallery as a living target. After a while, the man falls in love and lives in the gallery with his wife at gunpoint. Finally, they give birth to baby, and the shooting range owner wants to use it as another target, too. Disgusted, the family flies off, but there's a lot of other unemployed people to fill their position.
Three from Prostokvashino
Three from Prostokvashino (1978)
, 17minutes
Directed by Vladimir Popov
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Oleg Tabakov, Lev Dourov, Valentina Talyzina, Boris Novikov

Uncle Fyodor is a very independent city boy, "a boy on his own". After his mother forbids him from keeping his talking cat Matroskin, Uncle Fyodor runs away from home to live on his own. He and his friends arrive at the village Prostokvashino, where a house is provided for them. There is a lot of extra space in the house, and therefore the local dog Sharik was called to fill it; he joined them cheerfully and amicably.
Polygon
Polygon (1977)
, 10minutes
Genres Science fiction, Animation, Military science fiction
Actors Anatoly Kuznetsov, Alexander Belyavsky

The plot is based on an anti-war military science fiction story by Sever Gansovsky.
Ikar and Sages
Ikar and Sages (1976)
, 8minutes
Directed by Fyodor Khitruk
Origin Russie
Genres Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology

La vie coule tranquillement dans la société ancienne. Chacun y trouve sa place et les gens consacrent leur temps à des discussions philosophiques sur le sens de la vie. Parmi eux vit Icare, un excentrique qui essaie d'apprendre à voler comme les oiseaux. Retombant à chaque tentative, il se voit asséner un proverbe par l'un des vieux sages qui observent la scène, comme, par exemple Festina lente, Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi, Quo altior gradus, tanto profundior casus, Bene qui stat non moveatur, etc. Ces paroles atteignent le ciel et en retombent sous forme de monuments de granit. Mais un jour, un miracle se produit et Icare s'envole.