Boris Shpis
Directing
Known For
Soviet film based on Nikolai Gogol stories "Nevsky Prospekt" and "The Overcoat".
The Overcoat
The film tells about the Decembrists’ revolt in the south of Russia. Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that it's time for a game. But on whom to make a bet? He asks the cards. But he's not the only one who makes the choice.
The Club of the Big Deed
A bricklayer of Jewish ancestry leaves capitalist America during the Depression for the promise of Soviet Russia.
The Return of Nathan Becker
An old Tungus clan is committed to the laws of clan vengeance. Years before the October Revolution, the elder of the clan is captured and thrown into prison on false charges. After getting discharged from prison, he prepares a boy, the youngest in his clan, to become an avenger.
The Avenger
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Chuzhoy pidzhak
Social drama about the class struggle in the Belarusian village in Polesie. The first major work in the movie VV. Merkuryev (Stas). The director of the movie was repressed in 1937. The movie has not survived.