The Newcomer in The Cabbage (1988)

The Newcomer in The Cabbage (Russian: Пришелец в капусте) is a 1989 short Soviet Russian stop-motion animation film by Vladimir Danilevich. It is the first film of a tetralogy about the adventures of The Newcomer Vaniusha and his friends. It was followed by Vaniusha The Newcomer, Vaniusha and The Space Pirate and Vaniusha and The Giant.

Synopsis

An old man, an old woman and a goat all live in a village. One day, the old man goes to the garden, and watches a UFO descend from the sky. In his garden the old man discovers the Newcomer, who resembles a big ant. The old man names the Newcomer Vanyusha and takes him in as his grandson.