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Alexandre Ptouchko is a Director, Writer, Art Direction and Special Effects Supervisor Russe born on 19 april 1900 at Luhansk (Ukraine)
Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Луки́ч Пту́шко; April 19 1900 in Lugansk, Russian Empire – March 6, 1973 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen. Some critics, such as Tim Lucas and Alan Upchurch, have also compared Ptushko to Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, who made fantasy and horror films with similarities to Ptushko's work and made similarly innovative use of color cinematography and special effects. He began his film career as a director and animator of stop-motion short films, and became a director of feature length films combining live-action, stop-motion, creative special effects, and Russian mythology. Along the way he would be responsible for a number of firsts in Russian film history (including the first feature-length animated film, and the first film in color), and would make several extremely popular and internationally praised films full of visual flair and spectacle.
Son film d'animation en long métrage Le nouveau Gulliver rencontre un grand succès en 1935. Tiré du célèbre conte de Jonathan Swift, le film nécessite la fabrication de plus de 1 500 poupées et marionnettes et innove par ses méthodes cinématographiques. C'est à cette époque que Ptouchko commence à diriger la section du film d'animation des studios Mosfilm. Il sort régulièrement de nouveaux films dont La petite clé d'or en 1939 d'après un conte d'Alexis Tolstoï.
Pendant la Grande Guerre patriotique, comme la plus grande partie de ceux qui étaient dans les studios à Moscou, Alexandre Ptouchko est évacué à Alma-Ata dans le Kazakhstan où il continue de travailler sur les effets spéciaux mais ne dirige aucun film. Après la guerre, il revient à Moscou et porte à l'écran des contes russes, (byline), et des récits de la littérature enfantine. Il obtient le Prix Staline et un prix au festival de Cannes en 1946 pour son film La Fleur de pierre et un lion d'argent au festival de Venise, en 1953 pour Sadko et d'autres prix pour ses films postérieurs dont Ilia Mouromets (1956).
En 1932-1949, il était professeur et le chef du département artistique de l'Institut national de la cinématographie.
Nommé artiste du Peuple de la RSFSR en 1957, il devient Artiste du peuple de l'URSS en 1969. Il est décoré de l'ordre de l'Insigne d'Honneur et de deux ordres du Drapeau rouge du Travail.
Le cinéaste est inhumé au cimetière de Novodevitchi.
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Nationality Russie
Birth 19 april 1900 at Luhansk (Ukraine)
Death 6 march 1973 (at 72 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR, State Stalin Prize
Birth 19 april 1900 at Luhansk (Ukraine)
Death 6 march 1973 (at 72 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR, State Stalin Prize
Biography
Né à Lougansk situé alors dans le gouvernement de Iekaterinoslav (depuis 1991, l'oblast de Louhansk en Ukraine), Alexandre Ptouchko étudie à l'Université russe d'économie Plekhanov de Moscou entre 1923 et 1926. Il change plusieurs fois de profession : journaliste, décorateur de théâtre, acteur, etc. C'est à partir de 1927 qu'il trouve sa voie dans le dessin-animé et le film d'animation. Il crée des poupées et des marionnettes pour le cinéma et fait de la mise en scène. Il commence sa carrière de cinéaste réalisateur en 1928 en créant son personnage fétiche : Bratichkine. Il sort son premier dessin-animé parlant en 1932 : Vlasteline byta.Son film d'animation en long métrage Le nouveau Gulliver rencontre un grand succès en 1935. Tiré du célèbre conte de Jonathan Swift, le film nécessite la fabrication de plus de 1 500 poupées et marionnettes et innove par ses méthodes cinématographiques. C'est à cette époque que Ptouchko commence à diriger la section du film d'animation des studios Mosfilm. Il sort régulièrement de nouveaux films dont La petite clé d'or en 1939 d'après un conte d'Alexis Tolstoï.
Pendant la Grande Guerre patriotique, comme la plus grande partie de ceux qui étaient dans les studios à Moscou, Alexandre Ptouchko est évacué à Alma-Ata dans le Kazakhstan où il continue de travailler sur les effets spéciaux mais ne dirige aucun film. Après la guerre, il revient à Moscou et porte à l'écran des contes russes, (byline), et des récits de la littérature enfantine. Il obtient le Prix Staline et un prix au festival de Cannes en 1946 pour son film La Fleur de pierre et un lion d'argent au festival de Venise, en 1953 pour Sadko et d'autres prix pour ses films postérieurs dont Ilia Mouromets (1956).
En 1932-1949, il était professeur et le chef du département artistique de l'Institut national de la cinématographie.
Nommé artiste du Peuple de la RSFSR en 1957, il devient Artiste du peuple de l'URSS en 1969. Il est décoré de l'ordre de l'Insigne d'Honneur et de deux ordres du Drapeau rouge du Travail.
Le cinéaste est inhumé au cimetière de Novodevitchi.
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Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
, 2h23Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Andrei Abrikosov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Sergey Martinson
Rating71%
The hero of the movie is the bogatyr Ruslan who moves off in searches of the kidnapped bride Ludmila. On the way of it wait for dangerous adventures, he should battle to the sorcerer Chernomor, the sorcerer Naina and to rescue the darling.
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy
Actors Larisa Golubkina, Oleg Vidov
Rating72%
Un synopsis détaillé est fourni par la page Le Conte du tsar Saltan (conte). Cependant le film, sans doute pour ne pas être trop répétitif, n'a retenu que deux métamorphoses du prince Gvidon au lieu de trois. Les dialogues, les chants sont en vers, vraisemblablement par respect pour l'œuvre originale, mais aussi pour éloigner ce récit merveilleux des contraintes du réel.
A Tale of Lost Times (1964)
, 1h20Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Savely Kramarov, Rina Zelionaïa, Yevgeny Morgunov, Sergey Martinson
Rating70%
Petia Zoubov, élève de 3e année, ce qui veut dire dans l'URSS de 1964 qu'il fréquente l'école depuis trois ans, est un enfant qui paresse au lit et qui, réveillé, est captivé par ses fantaisies et non par le nécessités de la vie d'un écolier. Heureusement, son ami, Droujok, un chien exceptionnellement intelligent, qui a bien «les pattes sur terre» l'aime et lui rend beaucoup de services.
Scarlet Sails (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Anastasia Vertinskaïa, Vasily Lanovoy, Ivan Pereverzev, Yevgeny Morgunov, Jemma Firsova, Oleg Anofriyev
Rating69%
The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren (Ivan Pereverzev) raises his daughter Assol (Lena Cheremshanova/Anastasiya Vertinskaya) alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man (Nikolay Volkov) who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day.
The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Risto Orko, Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Finlande
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Urho Somersalmi, Anna Alekseïevna Orotchko, Ada Vojtsik, Marvin Miller
Rating43%
The people of Kalevala are a peaceful hard working people, they have everything they need and want bar the mystical Sampo, a magical mill which will make grain, salt and gold and give prosperity to whoever possesses it.
The Sword and the Dragon (1956)
, 1h27Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dragons, Musical films
Actors Boris Andreyev, Andrei Abrikosov, Shukur Burkhanov, Natalia Medvedeva, Iya Arepina, Sergey Martinson
Rating56%
In medieval Russia, the aging giant bogatyr Svyatogor gives his sword to some traveling pilgrims to be passed on to a new bogatyr. Svyatogor and his horse become a mountain as he dies. Meanwhile, Asiatic pagans known as the Tugars are ravaging and pillaging the land. They raid the village where the bearded and robust Ilya Muromets lives and capture his future wife Vassilisa. Ilya is unable to defend her because his legs haven't worked since childhood. A man called Mishatychka caught by the Tugars pleads to serve them if they spare him, and promises to be a double agent for them. The pilgrims with Svyatogor's sword come upon the house of Ilya Muromets and cure his ailment with a magical potion and a magical song. They also give him the sword. Later on, he decides to leave his family to go on an epic journey in order to defend Kiev from the Tugars. For this purpose he is given a foal by a neighbour (Mikula Selyaninovich) which magically grows into a steed in three days. He passes by some woods and is confronted by a forest-dwelling monster known as Nightingale the Robber who blows wind so hard it parts the forest backward; Ilya defeats him by throwing a cudgel at him.
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (1953)
, 1h20Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Stepan Kayukov, Ivan Pereverzev, Nikolai Kryuchkov
Rating53%
This tale is based upon the legends born in ancient times in the old Russian city of Novgorod (the capital of Novgorod republic). Novgorod's merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace. A young gusli player named Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voiced bird of happiness. But the merchants are ridiculing him. Nevertheless, Sadko sets off on a travel to bring the bird of happiness to Novgorod. He is offered help by the daughter of the Ocean King - she is mesmerized by Sadko's singing and is in love with him. The hero is destined to visit many lands in his search of the bird. He will come to India, Egypt and other countries. But only on his return to his native Novgorod, would Sadko realize that there is no better land than the one you were born in. And so there is no need to go far in search of one's happiness.
The Stone Flower (1946)
, 1h10Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Genres Fantasy
Themes Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Vladimir Droujnikov, Tamara Makarova, Stepan Kayukov, Mikhaïl Yanchine
Rating70%
Ce film remarquable est basé sur le conte de fées de P. Bazhov « La malachite Box ». Peu Danila était l'apprenti plus curieux de vieux Prokopich, un célèbre maître-sculpture sur pierre. Les années ont passé ... Comme son maître, l'adulte Danila a appris à se sentir l'âme de son matériel et est devenu un expert dans le traitement des pierres précieuses rares trouvées dans les montagnes de l'Oural. Un jour, il a rencontré la maîtresse de la Copper Mountain, une fée qui a commandé pour elle-même une fleur de pierre inhabituelle.
The New Gulliver (1935)
, 1h15Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Politique, Political films
Rating63%
The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation.
Scriptwriter
Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
, 2h23Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Andrei Abrikosov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Sergey Martinson
Roles Writer
Rating71%
The hero of the movie is the bogatyr Ruslan who moves off in searches of the kidnapped bride Ludmila. On the way of it wait for dangerous adventures, he should battle to the sorcerer Chernomor, the sorcerer Naina and to rescue the darling.
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy
Actors Larisa Golubkina, Oleg Vidov
Roles Writer
Rating72%
Un synopsis détaillé est fourni par la page Le Conte du tsar Saltan (conte). Cependant le film, sans doute pour ne pas être trop répétitif, n'a retenu que deux métamorphoses du prince Gvidon au lieu de trois. Les dialogues, les chants sont en vers, vraisemblablement par respect pour l'œuvre originale, mais aussi pour éloigner ce récit merveilleux des contraintes du réel.
Viy (1967)
, 1h18Directed by Constantin Erchov, Gueorgui Kropatchev
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Leonid Kouravliov, Natalia Varley, Alekseï Glazyrine, Petro Yukhymovych Vesklyarov, Borislav Brondoukov
Roles Ecrivain
Rating71%
As a class of seminary students are sent home for vacation, three of them get lost on the way in the middle of the night. One spots a farmhouse in the distance, and they ask the old woman at the gate to let them spend the night. She agrees, on the condition that they sleep in separate areas of the farm. As one of them, Khoma, lies down in the barn to sleep, the old woman comes to him and tries to seduce him, which he staunchly refuses. She puts him under a spell, and makes him lie down so she can climb on his back. She then rides him around the countryside like a horse. Khoma suddenly finds that they are flying and realizes she is a witch. He demands that she put him back down, and as soon as they land, he grabs a stick and beats her violently. As she cries out that she's dying, he looks and sees she has turned into a beautiful young woman. Horrified, he runs back to his seminary, where he finds the Rector has sent for him. Khoma is told that a rich merchant has a daughter who is dying and needs prayers for her soul, and that she specifically asked for Khoma by name. He refuses to go, but the Rector threatens him with a public beating, so he relents and finds he is returning to the farm where he met the witch. The girl dies before he gets there, and to his horror, he realizes it is the witch, and that he is the cause of her death (but he tells no one). The girl's father promises him great reward if he will stand vigil and pray for her soul for the next three nights. If he does not, grave punishment is implied. After the funeral rites, Khoma is told of a huntsman who fell in love with the young girl, and how when she came into the stable and asked his help to get on her horse, he said he would like it more if she rode on his back, then took her on his back and ran off with her, reminding Khoma of his encounter (the men telling the tale suspect the girl was a witch). He is taken to the chapel where the girl's body lies and is locked in for the night.
The New Gulliver (1935)
, 1h15Directed by Alexandre Ptouchko
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Politique, Political films
Roles Writer
Rating63%
The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation.
Art
Viy (1967)
, 1h18Directed by Constantin Erchov, Gueorgui Kropatchev
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Leonid Kouravliov, Natalia Varley, Alekseï Glazyrine, Petro Yukhymovych Vesklyarov, Borislav Brondoukov
Roles Art Direction
Rating71%
As a class of seminary students are sent home for vacation, three of them get lost on the way in the middle of the night. One spots a farmhouse in the distance, and they ask the old woman at the gate to let them spend the night. She agrees, on the condition that they sleep in separate areas of the farm. As one of them, Khoma, lies down in the barn to sleep, the old woman comes to him and tries to seduce him, which he staunchly refuses. She puts him under a spell, and makes him lie down so she can climb on his back. She then rides him around the countryside like a horse. Khoma suddenly finds that they are flying and realizes she is a witch. He demands that she put him back down, and as soon as they land, he grabs a stick and beats her violently. As she cries out that she's dying, he looks and sees she has turned into a beautiful young woman. Horrified, he runs back to his seminary, where he finds the Rector has sent for him. Khoma is told that a rich merchant has a daughter who is dying and needs prayers for her soul, and that she specifically asked for Khoma by name. He refuses to go, but the Rector threatens him with a public beating, so he relents and finds he is returning to the farm where he met the witch. The girl dies before he gets there, and to his horror, he realizes it is the witch, and that he is the cause of her death (but he tells no one). The girl's father promises him great reward if he will stand vigil and pray for her soul for the next three nights. If he does not, grave punishment is implied. After the funeral rites, Khoma is told of a huntsman who fell in love with the young girl, and how when she came into the stable and asked his help to get on her horse, he said he would like it more if she rode on his back, then took her on his back and ran off with her, reminding Khoma of his encounter (the men telling the tale suspect the girl was a witch). He is taken to the chapel where the girl's body lies and is locked in for the night.
My Friend, Kolka! (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Aleksey Saltykov, Alexandre Mitta
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anatoly Kuznetsov, Savely Kramarov, Yuri Nikulin, Boris Novikov, Ingrid Bergman, Oleg Vidov
Roles Art Direction
Rating70%
Kolka Snegeryov is boring at school and other children too. Work of the pioneer organization became into monotonous routine.The senior Pioneer leader Lydia Mikhajlovna's work looks externally all nice. But behind accurately made plans the formalism, indifference and boredom. Declaring boycott, children organize a secret society with abbreviated form - ТОТР under the motto: "To help offended and weak ". New pioneer leader supports children and carries away their greater and interesting business.