Nikolay Grabbe

Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history... (imdb)

For her first feature after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography (VGIK), Larisa Shepitko trained her lens on the fascinating Russian character actress Maya Bulgakova, who gives a marvelous performance as a once heroic Russian fighter pilot now living a quiet, disappointingly ordinary life as a school principal... (criterion.com)

The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin (also known as The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin outside the United States) is a 1988 Japanese-Soviet co-produced animated feature film about the early life of an Adélie Penguin. (en.wikipedia.org)

Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. They were very poor, they did not have any bread. One day they went to the forest and brought home acorns. And the old woman dropped one acorn underground. The acorn let go of the sprout and quickly grew to the floor. (imdb)