The Cloud in Love (1959)
A beautiful young woman named Aishe tends a fragile oasis, the sole source of life amid the surrounding barrenness. An evil desert spirit, embodying destruction and greed, seeks to annihilate the oasis. As danger looms, a wandering cloud falls in love with Aishe and chooses to protect the oasis. The film features mixed techniques —puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation— & based on a script by a Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran, who lived in exile in Soviet Union.
Directors: Roman Kachanov, Anatoliy Karanovich.
| Writing | Nazım Hikmet Ran | Writer |
| Directing | Roman Kachanov | Director |
| Directing | Anatoliy Karanovich | Director |
| Camera | Mikhail Kamenetskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Sobolev | Art Direction |
| Sound | Andrey Babaev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Filchikov | Sound Director |
| Art | Valentina Vasilenko | Assistant Art Director |
| Writing | V. Tulyakova | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | Boris Meerovich | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Puzanov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Vyacheslav Shilobreyev | Animation |
| Art | Viktor Kuranov | Property Master |
| Art | Pavel Gusev | Property Master |
| Art | Gennadiy Lutinskiy | Property Master |
| Art | Oleg Masainov | Property Master |
| Art | V. Chernikhova | Property Master |
| Art | Roman Gurov | Property Graphic Designer |
| Production | Natan Bitman | Executive Producer |
