SimilarScreen
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

19877.30h 59m

Overview

A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea.

Directed by Leonid Nosyrev
Written by Boris Shergin, Stepan Pisakhov, Leonid Nosyrev
0

Top Cast

Evgeni Leonov

Evgeni Leonov

Grandad Senya [narrator] (voice)

Klara Rumyanova

Klara Rumyanova

Dog Zhuzha (voice)

Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya Vinogradova

Ivan's Mother / Cat Mashka (voice)

Anatoliy Barantsev

Anatoliy Barantsev

Tsar / Perepeliha's husband (voice)

Yuri Volyntsev

Yuri Volyntsev

Ivan (voice)

Boris Novikov

Boris Novikov

Peasant (voice)

Tatyana Vasileva

Tatyana Vasileva

Princess Ulyanka (voice)

K

Kira Smirnova

Tsarina Maremmana / Sawess [Perepeliha] (voice)

Anna Kamenkova

Anna Kamenkova

Snake Skarapeya (voice)

Themes & Keywords

anthologybased on myths, legends or folklore

About Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea is a animation, drama, comedy, fantasy film released in 1987 exploring themes of anthology, based on myths, legends or folklore. Directed by Leonid Nosyrev, it stars Evgeni Leonov, Klara Rumyanova, Mariya Vinogradova. A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea.

Movies Similar to Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

Discover titles like Laughter and Grief by the White Sea — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 10 movies similar to Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

If you enjoyed Laughter and Grief by the White Sea, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Laughter and Grief by the White Sea.

Tokyo!
27% Match

Tokyo!(2008)

Movie6.9/10

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

Dreams
10% Match

Dreams(1990)

Movie7.7/10

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

Three Heroes on Distant Shores
10% Match

This time, Alyosha Popovich Dobrinya and Ilya Muromets, thanks insidious wiles of Baba Yaga, are the seven seas on the island where the natives live and terrible Gomuma. In their absence, the merchant Kolyvan decide together with Baba-Yaga take the kingdom, and the power to take away from the prince of Kiev. To help the hapless governor comes horse Julius and wife heroes and their extended family. In short, the heroes and the audience for adventures on distant shores, ordinary and extraordinary.

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
9% Match

In Ayodhya, the royal palace of Kosala Kingdom in Ancient India, four princes were born to three queens, each of whom grew to great stature. Banished for 14 years due to court intrigue, Prince Rama retreated to the forest with his beautiful wife Sita. When Rama vanquishes the demons of the forest, he invites the wrath of the demon king Ravana, who kidnaps Sita. Based on the Indian epic the Ramayana.

The Boy and the Heron
9% Match

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Coffee and Cigarettes
8% Match

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.