Davyd Cherkaskyi

Davyd Cherkaskyi

1931-08-23
87 (2018-10-30)
Shpola, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Davyd Yanovych Cherkaskyi was a Soviet and Ukrainian animation director, screenwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995). Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1998). People's Artist of Ukraine (2010).

Shpola, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Davyd Yanovych Cherkaskyi was a Soviet and Ukrainian animation director, screenwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995). Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1998). People's Artist of Ukraine (2010).

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Treasure Island 1989 (7.585)

Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this Soviet Ukrainian animated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
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Peter Pan 1988 (6.3)

This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up. Determined never to become an adult, Peter stays forever young in a magical word called Neverland, where he leads a band of mischevious kids called the Lost Boys. Unfortunately, Neverland's chief other inhabitant is a pirate named Captain Hook, who would like nothing more than to put a permanent end to Peter's fun.
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Adventures of Captain Vrungel 1980 (7.6)

An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.