Fyodor Khitruk

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    Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук, Федор Хитрук, Fedor Khitruk, Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk, Ф. Хитрук

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Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (Russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; 1 May 1917 – 3 December 2012; Tver) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator and animation director. Khitruk was born in Tver (Russian Empire), into a Jewish family. He came to Moscow to study graphic design at the OGIS College for Applied Arts. He graduated in 1936 and started to work with "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1938 as an animator. From 1962 onwards, he worked as a director. His first film "Story of One Crime" was an immense success. Today, this film is seen as the beginning of a renaissance of Soviet animation after a two-decade-long life in the shadows of Socialist realism. Diverging from the “naturalistic” Disney-like canons that were reigning in the 1950-60s in Soviet animated cartoons, he created his own style, which was laconic yet multi-level, non-trivial and vivid. He is the director of outstanding animated short films including such classics as his social satire of bureaucrats, "Man in the Frame" (1966); the philosophic parable, "Island" (1973) about the loneliness of a man in modern society; the biographical film "A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters" (1970), based on drawings and letters of young Engels; the parody "Film, Film, Film" (1968); and the anti-war film, "Lion and Bull" (1984). In April 1993, Khitruk and three other leading animators (Yuri Norstein, Andrei Khrzhanovsky, and Eduard Nazarov) founded SHAR Studio, an animation school and studio in Russia. The Russian Cinema Committee is among the share-holders in the studio. In 2008, he released a two-volume book titled "Profession of Animation". He is the grandfather of violin virtuoso Anastasia Khitruk. Khitruk lived in Moscow, where he died in 2012, aged 95.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1917-05-01
  • event Death Date 2012-12-03
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 4.5
  • info Birth Place Tver, Russian Empire
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Fyodor Khitruk

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One Day Before Our Era

1977-01-01

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Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day

1972-07-13

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Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting

1971-07-10

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Winnie-the-Pooh

1969-07-19

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3

2000-08-01

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Othello-67

1967-05-04

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Othello-67

1967-05-04

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Olympians

1982-02-09

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Olympians

1982-02-09

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Island

1973-04-23

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The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers

1965-02-05

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The Robust

1950-03-21

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Fyodor the Hunter

1938-03-23

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The Frog Princess

1954-12-01

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The Enchanted Boy

1955-01-01

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When Christmas Trees Light Up

1950-12-31

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The Scarlet Flower

1952-06-05

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Dog and Cat

1955-03-23

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About Me

2005-01-01

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The Cow

1989-11-08

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The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights

1951-01-01

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Sarmiko

1952-03-23

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What Kind of Bird Is This?

1955-03-24

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Ikar and Sages

1976-02-01

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The Magic Carpet

1948-01-01

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A Dangerous Prank

1954-03-22

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An Unusual Match

1955-09-15

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The Night Before Christmas

1951-01-01

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Dunno on the Moon

1997-05-01

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The Magic Treasure

1950-03-14

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The Lion and the Hare

1949-03-21

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Old Friends

1956-11-15

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About the Girl Who Found Her Bear

2002-05-14

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Bear Cub

1940-03-22

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The Flower with Seven Colours

1948-01-01

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Little Gray Neck

1948-01-01

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Fox the Builder

1950-12-31

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The Miraculous Bell

1949-03-24

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Geese-Swans

1949-06-04

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Validoob - Fell Oak

1952-01-01

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Magic Store

1953-06-06

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Ambulance

1949-03-23

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Forest Travellers

1951-01-01

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An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale

1954-03-23

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Familiar Pictures

1957-05-21

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A Brave Hare

1955-01-01

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The Snow Postman

1955-01-01

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Again, Deuce

1957-01-01

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Once Upon a Time

1957-05-31

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Kashtanka

1952-01-01

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Flight to the Moon

1953-04-11

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The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster

1953-03-14

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The Orange Neck

1954-03-22

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Different Wheels

1960-03-23

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The Love of Mankind

1972-12-01

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The Snow Queen

1957-10-22

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The High Hill

1951-03-14

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The Key

1961-01-01

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Family Chronicle

1961-05-01

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It Was I Who Drew the Little Man

1960-03-24

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Big Troubles

1961-04-03

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The Secret of the Far Away Island

1958-03-23

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The Adventures of Buratino

1959-12-31

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Riding on a Broomstick

2011-05-06

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A Sober Sparrow

1960-05-05

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At Exactly Three Fifteen ...

1959-01-01

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Petia and Little Red Riding Hood

1958-01-01

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Soon There Will Be Rain

1959-03-23

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Murzilka on the Satellite

1960-01-01

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Stepan the Sailor

1955-03-23

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The Cat in the Cap

1984-05-08

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Balance of Fear

1973-01-01

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The Tale of Chapayev

1958-05-06

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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish

1950-12-31

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Balance of Fear

1973-01-01

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Attraction

1995-05-07

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Adventures of Murzilka

1956-10-09

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Friends-Comrades

1951-03-14

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Mukha-Tsokotukha - The Clatter Fly

1941-05-01

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Wolfy

1985-04-22

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Neighbours

2002-05-01

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O Sport, You Are Peace!

1980-09-18

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Escape of Mr. McKinley

1975-12-15

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The Love of Mankind

1972-12-01

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A Naughty Kitten

1953-10-01

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Zigzag of Success

1968-12-30

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Fairy Tale About Emelya

1938-03-23

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Uncle Stepa

1939-01-01

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Granny's Goat

1963-01-01

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Favorite Characters

1940-03-22

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The Boy from Napoli

1958-10-12

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On the Forest Stage

1954-03-22

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A Goat-Musician

1954-03-21

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A Cuckoo and a Blackbird

1949-03-21

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Ivashko and Baba-Yaga

1938-03-21

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Kuth and Mice

1985-01-31

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A Pipe and a Bear

1955-03-24

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Tale of the Good Umar

1938-03-23

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Little Hippo

1975-01-01

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Girl in the Jungle

1956-04-29

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Film, Film, Film

1968-01-01

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Man in the Frame

1966-01-01

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Story of One Crime

1963-06-01

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I Give you a Star

1974-01-01

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Ikar and Sages

1976-02-01

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One Day Before Our Era

1977-01-01

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One Day Before Our Era

1977-01-01

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Little Stomper

1964-01-01

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Boniface's Holiday

1965-01-01

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Lion and Bull

1984-08-01

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Lion and Bull

1984-08-01

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A Hazel Tree Twig

1955-03-22

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Boniface's Holiday

1965-01-01

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Island

1973-04-23

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Island

1973-04-23

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Film, Film, Film

1968-01-01

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I Give you a Star

1974-01-01

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Balance of Fear

1973-01-01

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Three Novels

1986-09-07

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Winnie-the-Pooh

1969-07-19

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Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting

1971-07-10

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The Friends from Taiga

1939-09-24

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Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa

1986-03-01

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Little Stomper

1964-01-01

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Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day

1972-07-13

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The Twelve Months

1956-01-01

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Man in the Frame

1966-01-01

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A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters

1970-11-06

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A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters

1970-11-06

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1

2000-04-01

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1

2000-04-01

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

2000-05-16

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Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

2000-05-16

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Brave Pak

1953-03-23

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The Cat's House

1958-01-01

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Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood

1998-01-01

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Winnie-the-Pooh

1969-10-26