Crocodile Gena and old woman Shapoklyak, who entered Russian culture and are still referenced in audiovisual, pop-cultural and folkloric works. The Mystery of the Third Planet The animated cult SF film is based on a story by Kir Bulychov, "Alice's Journey". Selected filmography 1952—The Night Before Christmas (animator) 1952—The Snow Maiden (animator) 1952—The Scarlet Flower (assistant director, animator) 1955—The Enchanted Boy (art director) 1958—An Old Man and The Crane (director, screenwriter) 1959—The Cloud in Love (director) 1960—Little Masha and The Bear (director) 1961—Novice (director) 1962—The Injury (director) 1963—How The House was built to The Kitten (director) 1964—Alesha's Tales (director) 1964—A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (director) 1965—The Portrait (director) 1966—The Granddaughter was lost (director) 1967—The Mitten (director) 1968—Rivals (director) 1969—Crocodile Gena (director, screenwriter) 1970—The Letter (director) 1972—Cheburashka (director, screenwriter) 1972—Mama (director) 1973—Aurore (director, screenwriter) 1974—The Heron and the Crane (screenwriter) 1974—Shapoklyak (director, screenwriter) 1975—The Inheritance of The Magician Bakhram (director, screenwriter) 1977—The Last Petal (director, screenwriter) 1978—Metamorphosis (director, screenwriter) 1981—The Mystery of the Third Planet (director) 1982—The Magic Medicine (director) 1982—About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba (screenwriter) 1983—Cheburashka Goes to School (director, screenwriter) 1985—Two Tickets to India (director) 1985—Dereza (screenwriter) 1986—The Miracles of Technology (director) 1989—The Newcomer in The Cabbage (screenwriter) See also Kachanov's son, Roman Kachanov (film director), is a film director, screenwriter and actor. References External links Profiles of Russian Animators Profiles of Russian Animators 1921 births 1993 deaths People from Smolensk Russian Jews Russian animators Russian film directors Male screenwriters Russian male writers Films directed by Roman Abelevich Kachanov Soviet animators Soviet film directors Stop motion animators Soviet military personnel of World War II Academic staff of High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors People's Artists of Russia Recipients of the USSR State Prize Annie Award winners Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers