Leonid Zhezhelenko
Writing
Known For

Retro-drama based on Leonid Zorin’s play of the same title. Screen version of the popular play of the 1960’s about people of a generation, whose lives were affected in different ways by the main developments in the Soviet Union from the 30’s and 60’s.
Friends and Years

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.
The Green Carriage

A documentary film about the Karelo-Finnish SSR.
Karelo-Finnish SSR

The young machine operator Fyodor Soloveikov marries Stesha from a neighboring village and moves to live with her parents in a house. Young and energetic, he suffocates in the petty bourgeois world of the family, living away from collective farm life. Quarrels arise between young people, where old men pour oil of discord. Not receiving proper support from his wife, Fyodor leaves home.
Other People's Relatives

A story about training and educating of a future Red Army officers.
The Honor of Comrade

The film is set in 1919. The film tells about an episode of the Civil War, when the troops under the command of M. V. Frunze took the city of Ufa away from the White Guards.
Thunderstorm Over Belaya

After several days of the offensive, the Red Army detachment settles down to rest. At a halt, the warrior Kuregen tells his comrades-in-arms the story of the feat of the legendary Kazakh batyr Tolagai, who sacrificed his life for the people's good a thousand years ago.
Batyr of the Steppes

After the end of WWII engineer Lobanov is trying to introduce the invention he made together with his friend during the war.