Two peasant children are taken by a fairy one night to a different world where they can see what lies behind ordinary household things, animals, and feelings. 1970's animation feature "The Blue Bird" is the only film, directed by cult Soviet actor Vasiliy Livanov. Based on a piece by Maurice Maeterlinck, this movie combines different techniques - from classic drawn animation, to cut-outs and stop-motion, creating a unique cinematic experience.
Unfortunately the movie The Blue Bird is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Vasiliy Livanov | Screenstory |
| Writing | Maurice Maeterlinck | Original Story |
| Visual Effects | Anatoliy Abarenov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Boris Butakov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Gennadiy Sokolskiy | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kirill Malyantovich | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Natalia Bogomolova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Oleg Safronov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sergey Dyozhkin | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Svetlana Sichkar | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Valentin Kushneryov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Violetta Kolesnikova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yana Volskaya | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Youry Butyrin | Animation |
| Directing | Vasiliy Livanov | Director |
| Visual Effects | Iosif Kuroyan | Animation |
| Sound | Georgiy Martynyuk | Sound |
| Art | Maks Zherebchevskiy | Art Direction |
| Sound | Gennadiy Gladkov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Mikhail Druyan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lidiya Kyaksht | Editor |
| Art | Boris Sadovnikov | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Fyodorova | Head of Animation |
| Directing | Tatyana Fyodorova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nataliya Golovanova | Co-Director |
| Directing | E. Novoselskaya | Assistant Director |
| Art | Nina Nikolaeva | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Roza Bikmaeva | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | N. Nayashkova | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | N. Nayashkova | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Kuzyurin | Animation |
| Art | Dmitriy Anpilov | Background Designer |
| Art | Anna Atamanova | Background Designer |
| Art | Stanislav Sokolov | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | S. Kuznetsov | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | E. Balabanova | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Aleksey Solovyov | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Zinaida Zarb | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | L. Chalaya | Storyboard Artist |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Conductor |
| Writing | Arkadiy Snesarev | Script Editor |
| Production | Lyubov Butyrina | Producer |
