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About the struggle between criminal investigators and the criminal world. Based on real events and documents, the film recreates the atmosphere of 1920s Russia, which was swept by a wave of violence... At the heart of the story is the fate and career of a young man who, together with his comrades, is about to make history in Soviet criminal investigation...
In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As the newly transformed Sharikov begins to navigate life in the professor’s apartment, his crude behavior and revolutionary ideas turn the household upside down.
A romantic comedy about a twenty three years old Kirill who suddenly decides to become a gigolo.
The film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost," "Vanderbul Runs Over the Horizon," and "Are You Kidding?"
The heroes of Shukshin's play are indeed energetic people in the full sense of the word. Jacks of all trades, quick-witted and dishonest, grabbers and thieves, who can be called businessmen of the era of socialism, for whom there was no use for their practical acumen and intelligence. Tovstonogov and the actors breathed true life into these characters.
Former soldier returns to his village only to discover that his girlfriend married another man.
A satirical account of the rise and fall of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.
The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. A fresh look, self-confidence and each other help friends to expose the "record holder".
A group of friends, including Mukhin, a furniture factory worker, with his wife and son, go out on a day off. There are four drunk young men in the neighborhood. They pester vacationers and start a fight. They are rebuffed only by Mukhin. Protecting his wife and child, he hit the leader of a hooligan gang. Death was instantaneous. The rowdies turn out to be locals. They pretend to be victims, blaming the "tourists" from the city.
A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...
In a small house that used to be a vegetable shop, there is a mother with two daughters and an old, sick woman in her care. The mother's life has not been easy. At her father's request, she married someone she did not love.
Ivan Mazaev finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of The Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.
Based on Leo Tolstoy's story "Holstomer" staged by the Leningrad State Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.
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Having been captured, an Afghan officer decided not to return to his homeland. He settled in Finland, met Rita, a tourist from St. Petersburg, and lost his peace. Everything was against him: his beloved was older than him, had a sick son, the doctor treating his son loved her, and he himself, on top of everything else, was the son of this doctor...
A middle-aged gentleman, yet utterly naive, sums up his life experience gained over years of traveling around good old England. The comical and absurd situations in which he and his friends constantly find themselves turn the play into a rare and truly timeless bestseller that entertains millions of viewers.
Several crimes are committed in the city, similar in style and so unusual that the investigation team suspects that the perpetrator, or rather the perpetrator, has a kind of criminal talent. Based on the novel of the same name by Stanislav Rodionov.
About the trial of the October Revolution, which was organized in 1919 by the US Senate.
Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with the "right" people.
