Elbert Tuganov

Apple Pie (1982)

The story of a foal who, through inevitability, ends up in an unfamiliar environment—the city—but ultimately discovers his calling and profession. ...

Victim (1980)

A humorous and journalistic stop-motion puppet film about a victim of excessive smoking. ...

Merchant and Monkeys (1979)

Captain of Koppeniki (1978)

The Golden Donkey (1976)

Clown and Kroops (1976)

The story of how a clown was chased by an angry Kroops beast. ...

Inspiration (1975)

The Estonian Jubilee Song Festival is shown as a source of creativity that influences the creation of a painting. The documentary material is linked to the animation. ...

Bloody John (1974)

The famous chief of the corsairs Bloody John brings the lovely Isabella back as war booty from yet another foray. The avaricious Isabella shortly seizes power in the gang. Bloody John is reduced to a weak-willed, henpecked subordinate of the female robber. ...

Sisters (1974)

Two sisters squabble and fight with each other over the course of their lives. ...

Drivers (1972)

If we are not careful, one day the cars will take over all existence on Earth. The conflict between drivers and pedestrians is seen from the driver's point of view. The film depicts a humorous opposition to Tuganov's earlier film "Pedestrians". ...

Nippet (1972)

A modern fairy tale tells the story of an inseparable character living in a children's fantasy world, the mischievous animal Nippet. ...

Pedestrians (1971)

This film is an humorous view on the conflict of pedestrians with all growing car traffic. ...

Athomic and Stouts (1970)

The Stouts steal Athomic in order to use it to start a war. ...

Athomic (1970)

A Scientist-physicist created a living atom that here ran on will. Without control he brings many destructions, though follows kind intentions. But a scientist eventually compels him to work on a benefit to the people. ...

Guguta (1970)

A film based on Spiridon Vangeli's "The Adventures of Gugutse". It is about a boy Gugutse and his magic hat, which everyone could hide under in the frost. ...

Donkey, Herring and Broom (1969)

The first story is based on an Indian fairy-tale. It is a story about a donkey who wants to win favour with its master and starts to mock the master's favourite – his dog. The second story is based on a humorous Estonian song and tells the story of a la ...

Fips the Monkey (1968)

Estonian/Soviet animation short. Monkey boy Fips is trapped and brought to town. Among humans, Fips experiences both good and bad. But he never forgets his real home - the jungle - and one day he escapes back there. ...

The Birth of the Genre (1967)

The film summarizes the origin and development of animated film at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries ...

Stork Chick (1967)

Jonn (1966)

Three selfish fishermen are in danger because of their great envy. And although fate has mercy on them, the men do not learn from it, but everything repeats itself. Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1966. ...

Park (1966)

A newly established and impressively designed park turns out to be highly inconvenient and troublesome for people. However, it takes quite some time before the designers come to realize that the park is, first and foremost, meant for people and needs to be ...

Children and Tree (1965)

The children living in a large apartment building look for something to do and start throwing knives. The kids' joy is spoiled by a big boy who breaks their knife while grinning. Miraculously, a small tree grows near the building. ...

Mouse Hunt (1965)

A band of mice steals grains from cats. ...

The Last Chimney-Sweep (1964)

Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1964 ...

Just Like That! (1963)

An animated satire about a boss who thinks only he knows what is what and what is best. ...

An Almost Unbelievable Story (1962)

Workers declare a strike. The factory owner employs monkeys instead. But the greedy boss loses the expected benefits. ...

Two Stories (1962)

Two well-known children's stories made into animation. The duck who fell asleep while driving the train and the girl who couldn't stop whining. ...

Ott in Space (1962)

The naughty boy Ott, who spends his school hours lazing and fighting, gets into a launching spaceship and flies into space. This is how exciting and even dangerous adventures begin, during which Ott experiences a long-known truth: you can't go through life ...

Me and Murri (1961)

A story about a boy and his dog named Murri. ...

Fairy Tale in the Woods (1960)

An animation based on Estonian fairy tale "Nukitsamees" ...

North Dragon (1959)

Soviet Estonian animation about a brave young man seeking a magic ring. ...

Little Peter’s Dream (1958)

One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world ...

Yachts at Sea (1955)

After the war, young yachtsmen from the coastal town deal with daily work, training and competitions without knowing about the downside. Suddenly, mysterious events start to happen, testing the vigilance, ideological and moral beliefs of the local people. ...

Kui saabub õhtu (1955)

Kings of the Time (2008)

A documentary with elements of animation about 85-year-old Elbert Tuganov and 80-year-old Heino Pars - two animators and artists who despite changing times have become masters of their domain. The exact time of the real events in the documentary is not act ...