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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
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- info Birth Place Tver, Russian Empire
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Fyodor Khitruk
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The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
1997-01-01
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Searching for the Lost Pochta
2014-12-09
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Animated Soviet Propaganda
1997-06-15
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Miracle Factory. Animation Director
2005-05-01
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Magia Russica
2004-10-05
movie_edit Directing
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One Day Before Our Era
1977-01-01
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Winnie-the-Pooh
1969-07-19
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Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
1972-08-06
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Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting
1971-07-10
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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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About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2002-05-14
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About Me
2005-01-01
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Island
1973-04-23
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Ikar and Sages
1976-02-01
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The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers
1965-02-05
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The Cow
1989-11-08
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Fyodor the Hunter
1938-03-23
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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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The Magic Carpet
1948-01-01
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Little Gray Neck
1948-01-01
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The Miraculous Bell
1949-03-24
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Ambulance
1949-03-23
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The Lion and the Hare
1949-03-21
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Geese-Swans
1949-06-04
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Fox the Builder
1950-12-31
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The Robust
1950-03-21
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When Christmas Trees Light Up
1950-12-31
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The Magic Treasure
1950-03-14
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The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
1951-12-31
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The Night Before Christmas
1951-12-31
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Forest Travellers
1951-01-01
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The High Hill
1951-03-14
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Sarmiko
1952-03-23
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Kashtanka
1952-06-01
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Validoob - Fell Oak
1952-01-06
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The Scarlet Flower
1952-06-05
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Flight to the Moon
1953-04-13
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The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster
1953-03-14
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Magic Store
1953-06-06
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The Frog Princess
1954-12-01
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An Arrow Flies Into a Fairy Tale
1954-03-23
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The Orange Neck
1954-03-22
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A Dangerous Prank
1954-03-22
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Dog and Cat
1955-03-23
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What Kind of Bird Is This?
1955-03-24
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A Brave Hare
1955-01-01
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The Snowman-Postman
1955-01-01
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An Unusual Match
1955-09-15
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The Enchanted Boy
1955-09-16
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Old Friends
1956-11-15
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The Snow Queen
1957-10-22
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Again, Deuce
1957-01-01
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Familiar Pictures
1957-05-21
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Once Upon a Time
1957-02-22
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The Secret of the Far Away Island
1958-03-23
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Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
1958-01-01
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At Exactly Three Fifteen ...
1959-01-01
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The Adventures of Buratino
1959-12-31
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Different Wheels
1960-03-23
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A Sober Sparrow
1960-05-05
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Murzilka on the Satellite
1960-01-01
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Family Chronicle
1961-05-01
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The Key
1961-01-01
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Big Troubles
1961-04-03
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The Love of Mankind
1973-01-08
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Riding on a Broomstick
2011-05-06
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It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
1960-03-24
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Balance of Fear
1973-01-01
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Granny's Goat
1963-01-01
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The Tale of Chapayev
1958-05-06
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The Boy from Napoli
1958-10-12
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Adventures of Murzilka
1956-10-09
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Girl in the Jungle
1956-04-29
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Stepan the Sailor
1955-03-23
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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 Naughty Kitten
1953-10-01
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Friends-Comrades
1951-03-14
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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
1950-01-16
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A Cuckoo and a Blackbird
1949-03-21
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Favourite Characters
1940-08-27
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Ivashko and Baba-Yaga
1938-03-21
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Tale of the Good Umar
1938-03-23
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Balance of Fear
1973-01-01
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The Cat in the Cap
1984-05-08
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Kuth and Mice
1985-01-31
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Wolfy
1985-01-01
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Attraction
1995-05-07
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Neighbours
2002-05-01
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Zigzag of Success
1968-12-30
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The Flight of Mr. McKinley
1975-12-15
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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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Boniface's Holiday
1965-01-01
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Little Stomper
1964-01-01
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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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Three Novels
1986-09-07
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Balance of Fear
1973-01-01
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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
1972-08-06
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The Twelve Months
1956-12-31
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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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Uncle Stepa
1939-01-01
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O Sport, You Are Peace!
1981-09-18
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The Hunting Rifle
1948-03-23
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Soon There Will Be Rain
1959-03-23
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The Big Leap
1998-01-01
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Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood
1998-01-01
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Dunno on the Moon
1997-12-01
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Winnie-the-Pooh
1969-10-26