Porridge Made from an Axe (1982)
A soldier was returning from the war. On the way, he stopped by a certain old woman Melanya and her little old man. The old woman turned out to be greedy and, citing a complete lack of food, refused to feed the soldier. Then the experienced soldier offered to cook porridge from an axe.
Director: Ivan Ufimtsev
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Nikolai Karachentsov as Soldier (voice) |
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Boris Vladimirov as Melanya (voice) |
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Boris Novikov as Old man (voice) |
| Directing | Ivan Ufimtsev | Director |
| Writing | Vitaliy Zlotnikov | Writer |
| Art | Nikolay Titov | Art Direction |
| Camera | Aleksandr Vikhanskiy | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Gennadiy Gladkov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Filchikov | Sound |
| Writing | Natalya Abramova | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | Nataliya Dabizha | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Elena Gagarina | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sergey Kositsyn | Animation |
| Art | Vladimir Abbakumov | Property Master |
| Art | Pavel Gusev | Property Master |
| Art | Viktor Grishin | Property Master |
| Art | Oleg Masainov | Property Master |
| Art | Marina Chesnokova | Property Master |
| Art | Galina Filippova | Property Master |
| Art | Svetlana Znamenskaya | Property Master |
| Art | Nikolay Grinberg | Property Master |
| Art | Nataliya Barkovskaya | Property Master |
| Art | Aleksandr Belyaev | Property Master |
| Art | Aleksandr Maksimov | Property Master |
| Art | Semyon Etlis | Property Master |
| Production | Grigoriy Khmara | Producer |