

Soviet Cossacks vs. aliens in 17 minutes of gloriously unhinged animation.
Hraï, Oko and Tour come across extraterrestrials in search of oil to repair their saucer and be able to return home. Together, they cross Europe, find themselves defending Bulgaria invaded by enemies, discover an aqueduct in Italy and narrowly escape the Inquisition in Spain.
Direction
Dakhno crams an epic into 17 fever-dream minutes.

Director
Volodymyr Dakhno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dakhno was a Kyiv Animation Studio legend who smuggled Ukrainian identity into Soviet-approved kids' content.
This is actually the FOURTH Cossack short; the series ran 1967-1995 and remains cult-famous in post-Soviet countries.
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