Innokentiy Sichkar

A 'runaway' homeless man, once a renowned athlete, finds himself marooned in the small, snow-covered town of Zarechensk. Victor lands a job at an orphanage, where he soon meets a young teacher who becomes both a compassionate friend and the love of his life. However, fate doesn't play out simply as good or bad; it unfolds in a way that makes the hero realize one cannot run away from oneself. Consequently, it is in Zarechensk that a train carrying a film crew from the capital, on their way back to Moscow, is compelled to delay their journey for a few days. Remarkably, Zarechensk becomes the place where a director finally discovers the perfect actress for his leading role and encounters a man who has fled from her love. Meanwhile, a producer makes the ultimate decision to select this town as the filming location for her upcoming movie.

Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.

Keshka loves his grandmother very much. One day, during a session of television magic, Keshka asked the magician to restore his grandmother's youth. It seems the magician doubled the "magical" power, and the effect of the rejuvenation turned out to be unpredictable...

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A story about Yurka, a seven year old boy, who lives with his parents in a state border guards station.

The former supervisor of the camp of political prisoners, Barkhatov, turned out to be an ordinary corporal in the war, failed, and did not want to change in the new circumstances and remained a camp "turntable". And during the war, being together with naive village people, he arranged a small "puppet" theater, where he became the main "puppeteer".

Desperate to buy something for their children, three men organize the kidnapping of the son of the director of 'Detsky Mir'. But there’s a little mistake — the hostage of the amateurs turns out to be an inventive and cheerful fifth-grader, Keshka…

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The beautiful Franka, the daughter of a Polish official, marries a peasant Pavel and cannot accept her happy fate: before her marriage, she had to be a laundress in rich houses and a prostitute. And now Franka's restless soul longs for repentance.

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A simple Russian woman, having lost her husband and son, found herself in another family and raised someone else's child... Maria has been living with the Alimov family for over thirty years. Fate once brought her together with Larisa Alimova, who, due to illness, could not raise her son, Petya.

The story is as old as the world: Yaroslav's mother-in-law dislikes Lida's daughter-in-law and tries to convince her son that her predecessor was much better.

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Based on the Belarusian folk tale about the struggle of the hero Pokatygoroshek, born from a swallowed pea, with various kinds of evil spirits.

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Flight attendant Dasha decides to sell her grandmother's house and buy an apartment in the capital. She arrives in the village, where she meets her first love, a simple village cheese maker, Misha. He and his young nephew Petrovich turn a real estate deal into a real challenge. Over time, Dasha begins to realize that her parents' house is not for sale.

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The teacher scolds Keshka for deuces in English. Instead of doing homework, Keshka succumbs to the persuasion of friends and goes to the video salon for a horror movie with the famous character Freddy Krueger. But Keshka is bored. He falls asleep and has a nightmare.

About the difficult and tragic time of collectivization - the de-collectivization. Two puppeteers go around the villages to earn bread and lodging... One night in the woods they are followed by an evil force in the form of a little boy, and in the morning the puppeteers meet the Communists, who are on their way to dispossess the wealthy land