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December 30, 1941. Vyazma ('Vyazemsky cauldron') is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. However, none of them think about giving up. Each of them was ready to sacrifice his life in order to protect his native land. None of these brave people was born a hero. The myth of the red ghost is a heroic deed without a soldier's Soviet soldier in the Great Patriotic War who instilled in the animals, deadly fear of German soldiers. In place of one of the dead hero was inserted another, and the born myth of the invincible Soviet soldier. The film 'Red Ghost' is about the hope that each soldier will have.
A film takes a look at horror movies, featuring a police officer pursuing a criminal. This criminal, known as “Friday,” has caused the townspeople to stay indoors by midnight. Investigator Zakharov is determined to find him, thinking he understands Friday well. Lisa, a character in the story, walks through the quiet city to return a coffee grinder.
Judas, a seasoned thief, finds himself in the market square where Christ is giving a sermon and his apostles are collecting alms. He follows them and steals their money, only to be caught red-handed. Nevertheless, the Teacher forgives him. What is more, He invites the thief to become one of His followers and offers him a position as the group’s treasurer. Shocked by Christ’s unexpected offer, Judas decides to join the apostles, if only to figure out what is going on. He gradually starts to comprehend Christ’s message, but feels that the apostles are blindly following their teacher. Judas argues with them, and tries to defend his right to divine the truth of God. But when he fails to make them understand, he realizes that Christ’s teachings may sink into oblivion without benefiting humanity. His solution is to betray Christ. “By killing a man, have I not saved a God?”
Prince Romanovsky's estate is burned down to the ground, and his family is exterminated by a French detachment led by the madman Elif Courage. Young Mikhail miraculously survives, saved by a mysterious lone partisan whom the French call the Ghost. Dreaming of revenge, the prince sets out with the Ghost, unaware of the trials that lie ahead...
When night falls on St. Petersburg, there comes a time when it seems that everything freezes. The past, the present and the future exist simultaneously. There are two on the bridge: He is a shy and lonely dreamer, who photographs the city all night long, feels sincere sympathy for strangers, and even houses. She is a delicate girl, in love, her face is light, but tear-stained. Four nights of revelations and romance, sadness and smiles, kisses and embraces. But one day the morning will come.
A former white officer, and now an employee of the NKVD, martial artist Viktor Spiridonov meets the disgraced Soviet intelligence agent Vasily Oshchepkov, who studied judo in Japan for a long time. They quickly find a common language, because both are obsessed with the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a national art of self-defense. But the joint work soon turns into an irreconcilable confrontation. Intrigues, betrayal, emotions will predetermine the tragic fate of the two great creators of sambo.
The story of the fallen angel Gilbert, who returns to earth with a terrible mission. He must kill his own daughter.
A former ballet dancer Polina Gorcchakova has a loving husband-businessman, family comfort and prosperity at home. Although, she can't be happy, because she doesn't have someone of most importance - a child. What Polina is ready to do when her advisor is her businesslike and determined friend Lyusya? Can she date with a professional seducer-strip teaser for the sake of business? Is she ready to go deep into her relationships her secret handsome Bogdan? Is she ready to pay a visit to a witch for a wonder-working recipe?
After the death of his parents, teenager Max discovers in himself an unusual ability to move into other people, penetrating into their minds. The viewer gets acquainted with the grown-up hero, behind whom there are already several journeys into the depths of the human mind, and one of them, the most pleasant for Max, is connected with the beautiful artist Vera. With her help, Max comprehends the true beauty of nature and the harmonious integrity of the world, and also shares his own unique knowledge with the girl. Together, the heroes have to go through a fascinating path, the routes of which lie far beyond the usual perception of reality.
Documentary-staged film monograph, a conversation about the fate of a generation, in the center of which is one of his idols — actor, director, poet and novelist Leonid Filatov. The film was shot in connection with Leonid Filatov's unfinished game picture "The Adventures of Tolik Paramonov" based on his novel "Freedom or Death" (a Soviet dissident leaves for the West and becomes a communist there). The film was put into production in 1993 at the Rossfilm studio, but a serious illness prevented the director from finishing the production. The desire to acquaint the viewer with this work was the purpose of creating this project.
Psychological melodrama based on the motives of Yury Nagibin’s story «Three men and one woman, and one more man». The beginning of the 20th century. The young couple Vladislav Eschenbach and Sofia Pshebyshevskaya arrive in Tiflis, where sun, wine, ancient architecture and new impressions await them. She is the eternal mistress; it is her trade, her way of life and thinking. He understood this well before their marriage, but he cannot come to terms with her way of life. They are overcome by vanity, by the desire for understanding, and even by despair. For each of them the views of the other are nonsense, but they still try to live together. The outcome of this story seems obvious. But it takes an unexpected turn: in the life of the strange couple there occurs a moment when each of them has to resolve the single most important question…
Nastya, a young woman, at three different ages: 20, 24, and a more mature 28.
The action of the film takes place in a small provincial town and is divided into four short stories connected with each other by storylines.
