Zinoviy Gerdt

A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl" — a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.

Author J. R. R. Tolkien (Zinovij Gerdt) tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and enjoyable hobbit, whose life is turned upside down when he decides to join the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves in an attempt to regain a treasure stolen from the latter. Soviet television movie adaptation of "The Hobbit".

A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

A middle-aged literature teacher who devotes his free time to poetry is used to being the center of admiration for his family, especially his wife. One day, however, a grandchild arrives at the house, who immediately grabs the full attention of all those around him. The fresh grandfather turns out to be excluded and decides to leave the house, confident that it will restore him to his former position. This is followed by a day full of surprising encounters.

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The first postwar years. The Director of a small breeding station Avdotya Pavlovna is not immediately convinced of the anti-science of the official Lysenkov direction in biology. But making sure leaving the farm as an ordinary agriculturist, where he works on breeding new wheat varieties on the basis of the persecuted Lysenkova chromosome theory of heredity.

Baby Mammoth is looking for his Mom

Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls, having come to the MUR for distribution, to the department for combating banditry. In the city the Black Cat gang rages, terrifying Muscovites. Captain Gleb Zheglov enters the fray with the bandits, for whom Sharapov soon becomes his right hand.

Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local militia are tipped off.

On their way to a Black Sea resort, a Siberian tractor driver and his wife make new friends and take a detour to Moscow.

Combining staged scenes, newsreel footage, and documentary episodes, the history of the development of sports is presented, showing the stadiums of Moscow, Philadelphia, Stockholm and Mexico City in the past and future.

An adaptation of the play by Ukrainian playwright Mykola Gogol, set in Tsarist Russia during the 19th century. A provincial town plagued by bribery, abuse of power, embezzlement, and other corrupt practices. One day, Mayor Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky summons the town officials and announces that an inspector is on their way.

Timofey Suvernev comes to Moscow from a distant island to study. Tim successfully passes the exams at the institute, and immediately plunges into a turbulent student life. Through hard work and study, he achieves brilliant success, his student work, which he wrote together with his classmate Galtsov, receives a gold medal at the competition.

About Russian space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.

He considered his family life perfect. Normal, and sometimes big wages quite satisfied a beautiful and gentle wife. The child didn't cause much trouble. All that was needed for his happiness was available. But the wife is gone. She left not to another, but left, so as not to be unhappy.

Set in the Soviet scientific community, the story follows two dedicated physicists whose close friendship unfolds amid dangerous nuclear research, shaped by their shared affection for a strong-willed woman. Radiation exposure, scientific ambition, and romantic rivalries intersect as the characters confront the physical risks of their work and the personal consequences of their choices.

Three London gentlemen take vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.

A young student Masha and doctor Zhenya found each other in the city. But their way to love was not so easy...

A factory crew of seven young people is taking responsibility of a young criminal.

A biographical film about the life and work of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

The story about an everyman who one morning suddenly leaps out on the courtyard and bludgeons two conversing housewives to death with a frying pan.

Lena, a woman in her late twenties, loves her boyfriend, but in time comes to see that their relationship serves no useful function. What's more, she sees that her friends are for the most part empty-headed lackeys, causing her to wonder just what is the point of her life.

The conceit is that Sherlock Holmes is, as in reality, a fictional creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that the place where his office would be is maintained by the brilliant detective Shirley Holmes, who both solves crimes and maintains a museum for people who think Sherlock Holmes is real -- accompanied by a phonograph playing music from the Livanov series which had not long ended. She is accompanied, as might be expected, by a woman Watson, and must fight off the affections of both a Scotland Yard inspector an a parody Latin lover from Spain.

Young musicologist Marina Gabrielyan arrives in Leningrad with the aim of finding and restoring the first symphony by renowned composer Sergei Kornilov. Despite the composer's active resistance, she manages to find individual parts of the symphony and, with the help of young composer Gurov, restore the music.

During World War II, the Frenchman Léon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from the Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Léon, who became a journalist, and his friends came to the USSR to make a report and find Boris in the meantime. In Moscow he doesn't found, and for the sake of meeting with a friend, Garros has to travel around the country by car... The foreigners are accompanied by Nikolai, the translator, who, in turn, is looking for his brother's runaway bride, Natasha.

The lack of spirituality and the limitations of the “respectable” bourgeois turn the values of art into a means of profit, into an object of vanity.

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Far up north in the Blue Valley lives the Moomin family. Moomin and little Sniff set off on a journey to the sea to find a place for a celebration.

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...

Heroes of this movie are cat, dog, two birds, snake and also ten years old girl named Anya...

A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire.

Secondary school students play a 'practical joke' on their teacher: on midterms day, they claim she told them the wrong date. She almost believes them, but an honest classmate ruins their fun... and now they want revenge.

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Four novels "Dinner", "Secret", "business Trip" and "Mozart", United by a common theme of kindness and attention to the surrounding people, tell about the adventures of two elderly, but not lost the taste for life of Georgians!

A fictional court has to decide whether Adam and Eve can become spouses.

Something wonderful and terrifying happens to the girl Masha on the night before New Year’s. She will find herself in a fairy‑tale Christmas‑tree kingdom, where she will meet the King and the Queen, whom she will recognize as her father and stepmother; in the thicket, vicious and treacherous rats will be hiding. She will learn that once a year, on New Year’s Eve, the magical Krakatuk nut ripens here, and it can grant the most сокровенное wish. And Masha will also meet the ugly and unhappy Nutcracker in this fairy‑tale forest, and she will manage to free him from evil spells…

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.

This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetoric, deaths of innocent people.

Moldavanka is a legendary district of pre-revolutionary Odesa, a bustling, carefree world brimming with vibrant southern life. It is home to a colorful, cheerful crowd, as well as the pride of Moldavanka — the charming bandit Benya Krik, nicknamed the King, son of the horse dealer Mendel Krik. The whole story begins when Mendel decides to leave his family and run off with the young beauty Marusya, selling his famous Odesa stable...

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A poignant, tragic story of an old actor, his intrigues, hopes for greatness, and the understanding of the unattainability of those hopes... Based on the play by Tankred Dorst.

An animated film for children about how a Clown and the guys argued about who is the bigger inventor and entertainer.

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A musical screen comedy based on the French play La Cagnotte (The Piggy Bank in English) by Eugène Marin Labiche. A group of provincial Bourgeois decide to spend savings they accumulated for a year of playing cards together on a memorable deed. After humorous strategizing and alliance forming, Leonida, the unmarried sister and Blanche, the engaged daughter, of Monsieur Champbourcy, entice the group to spend the money on what they imagine a luxurious journey to a capital city. A very memorable event indeed it was.

A story about an adolescent years of Tyoma - a young boy from Russian countryside...

In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.

New Year's Eve 1969: A variety of Russian folklore characters gather in the hut of Baga Yaga to await the arrival of the New Year, amid much foolery, snippets of popular artists of the day, satirical views of the west via a magical kaleidoscope, and other hijinks.

The somewhat brash compère Eduard Aplombov announces the concert numbers, punctuating them with witty remarks. This parodic and satirical show features singers, dancers, musicians, circus trainers, and magicians who will captivate you with their charm and charisma.

About fostering an honest attitude toward work.

At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of King Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's life. Seventeen years later, Theresa falls in love with a poor prince named Jacques. Then the prophecy starts coming true...

The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov…

Small, hunchbacked and unlucky, Zadoc dreams of finding love. Chased from his village, he is propelled towards the unknown.

Based on the short story of the same name by Mark Twain.

AKirill Sergeyevich, a retired Army officer, becomes the new school Headmaster. Used to a strict and orderly routine, he at first finds the chaotic bustle of everyday school life hard... It is not easy to deal with both the children and the teachers, especially with the students' favorite Marina Maximovna who teaches Literature. Well then, wasn't Marina surprised to discover the "martinet" Nazarov to be a perceptive and tactful person and an experienced tutor.

Political pamphlet based on the story of the Finnish writer Martti Larni "Socrates in Helsinki". Spring of 1944. In the paradise, which has long been settled by the philosopher Socrates, a fired soldier Vittori Virten arrives. The philosopher respected the newcomer with great respect, and they even became friends. Once having distinguished himself before God, the heroes get a vacation on Earth and go on a journey: the soldier decides to visit his family in Laconia, and the sage just wanted to see the world — did he think it once, and decided to join the soldier...

In a small, poor town, a young worker falls in love with an actress from a traveling theater troupe and tries to keep her close, dreaming and working hard to rebuild a new town while the troupe increasingly faces decline and the end of its run.

This cartoon is directed against the brutality of professional Boxing. In parody form it ridiculed unworthy methods and means used to achieve victory.

Kind boy Alyosha saves a black hen from a bird of prey. The black chicken takes on a human form and takes Alyosha to a magical underground kingdom.

This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer, now happily married, and a woman street vendor. This encounter reawakens in them submerged feelings of gratitude and tenderness as the officer recalls how they met during the war and what she used to mean to him. Now he learns that she is alone with a small daughter, the girl's father having been killed at the front.

A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines…

The plot of the movie is based on books of Isaak Babel about Jewish criminals in city of Odessa before and after the Russian revolution.

Teacher Anush Stepanovna, her son Artashes, and four puppies they have taken in: Neposedu, Chernushka, Kubik, and Razdan, each have their own personality and unique, amazing story.

One of the southern cities of Russia during the NEP. The famous doctor and his wife are killed, the person living opposite Schwartz is kidnapped. The bandits were looking for gold. Then there is a diversion at the factory. The Chekists find out that a man is implicated in everything, posing as a businessman Bespaly, he is Lieutenant Voronov, aka “Chaly” - the leader of the gang. With the selfless efforts of the operatives, the gang manages to neutralize.

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Juma Saidov fault of the rich Appanbay got to prison. Years later he returned to his native place and took part in the fight against robber bands. Suddenly it became clear that the leader of the gang Hudayberdi his son, born while Juma was in prison, and brought up Appanbay.

A kid, a lamb and a baby camel make friends and bravely set out on a journey to catch up with their herds.

One day, an unusual doll appeared among the toys - a blue Cinderella. Everyone treated her with suspicion and considered her an impostor. However, what happiness it is when something unusual and special comes to you.

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes.

During the WWII, fter leaving the hospital, a young lieutenant spends a few hours in Moscow, in the house where he spent his childhood and youth.

The puppy learns from animals and birds why you need to bite.

Documentary film about the Soviet circus with the participation of Yuri Nikulin, Zinovy Gerdt, Yuri Durov, Mikhail Rumyantsev and Irina Shestua.

Police are detaining an opposition newspaper journalist on suspicion of murder. The prosecution's evidence is scanty and fragile. But a dirty political fuss has developed around this case. The fate and life of a person become the stake in the struggle for power.

In a small provincial town, the magician Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin performed in a student dormitory. His tricks were not very complicated and did not make a great impression on the audience. But this evening was the beginning of friendship between the magician and the students.

An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.

A fantasy story about five-grades - musician and engineer, their friend - the most beautiful girl in the world, her brother who dreams to turn all cats into monkeys, his dog Klyaksa and a lot more stuff…

The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose marriage is a matter of national importance, because her husband will become the new king. But unlike many “suitors”, selfish thoughts are alien to Christian-Theodore. He is sincerely fascinated by her beauty and releases his Shadow, hoping to get a faithful helper in his quest to marry the Princess. But the Shadow is the embodiment of egoism, greed and meanness. Quickly betraying the scholar, he marries the Princess himself and takes the royal throne.

The man does everything to protect the still chaste population from the corrupting influence of consumer society.

Biographical film story about the first Russian space explorer, inventor scientist, rocket-maker K. E. Tsiolkovsky.

A former athlete runs a camp dedicated to reforming juvenile criminals, a tough job with no quick payoffs.

The film takes place in Europe in the 19th century. The film shows the popular uprisings that took place there, as well as the search for truth and the confrontation of Karl Marx and opponents of the revolution.

Follows the usual working day of the chairman of the city Executive Committee Ramaz Pavlovich Avaliani. Different people come to his office with different goals, and he tries to help everyone, understand all requests, and resolve all disputes.

Funny adventures of fifth-grader Vitka Paramonov across different times and places.

After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale.

One day, a miracle happened in a village. An old lonely potter fashioned a hardworking and obedient assistant son out of clay. Seeing this, a rich and childless bai with an envious wife also decided to mold his son out of clay, but he turned out to be a lazy glutton.…

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in Paradise. They lived well in Paradise, but that was boring. All birds, bees have children, but they do not, because they are sinless. So, they ate the forbidden apple, and God expelled them from Paradise. What if Adam and Eve had not tasted the forbidden fruit, if they had been afraid of God’s wrath?!

A few hotel guests are constantly getting into various funny situations.

Stop-motion animation. A comet is hurtling towards Earth. Moomintroll and friends travel to a mountaintop observatory to investigate.

A very sick girl asks her father to get her a live elephant. Based on the early stories by Alexander Kuprin.

A musical comedy based on the classic play by Eugène Labiche.

After a demobilization Vladimir starts working in a little porcelain shop as a repairer - but soon gets involved in criminal activity - so he desperately needs help from army friends.

Two kings: Fedot and Amphibrachiy have been adjoining peacefully for many years. But once Amphibrachiy disappeared, and it became difficult for queen to cope with affairs. The state began to fall into decay. Also daughter Alyona absolutely got out of control. So mother decided to marry her. The king Fedot had three sons: Paul-tsarevitch, Peter-tsarevitch and Ivan-tsarevitch, whom everybody considered to be a fool. But he managed to gain Alyona's heart and, having won Kashchei the Immortal, set free the king Amphibrachiy.

Stop motion animation. Part 3 in a series. A comet is on a collision course with Earth. The oceans have dried up, and Moomintroll and friends need to make their way through raging sandstorms to get home to their parents.

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In one of the quiet cozy alleys of old Moscow lives a talented puppet master. He has a faithful friend Christopher, a son Kuzya and a lot of dolls. Unexpectedly, a sweet and gentle girl, Viktosha, appears in the house, whom both father and son, and even the dolls, have fallen in love with.

The year is 1949. One of the last outbreaks of Stalinist terror was a bloody buffoonery under the auspices of the fight against cosmopolitanism. In the Writers' House near Moscow, where a young writer finishes her story about her husband's arrest and death, there is a painful atmosphere of fear, suspicion, suspiciousness and foreboding that can drive you crazy...

For the first time in the world, Soviet scientists conducted a unique experiment. In the conditions of central Russia, on an island in Pskov region, five anthropoid apes were released into the wild. Film observations of them became the basis for the movie.

This is a somewhat ironic, but very informative story about the origin, development and decline of the Greek Olympiad tradition, set out with the help of an off-screen commentary read by Z. Gerdt. Ancient history is described in great detail and exciting. In the graphic decision, artists were guided by the ancient Greek monuments, first of all - vase paintings, stylized for them and characters, and decorations, up to imitation cracks. In the film there are a lot of full-scale shots, and in particular it is interesting to frame the photographs of the bas-reliefs of the Pergamon altar shot by Yuriy Norshtein. The film ends with documentary shots of the opening of the Olympics-80 in Moscow.

A funny comedy about doctor Aybolit and his assistants and patients - all animals.

A story about an orphan boy, abandoned by his family. He was raised by his kind adopted mother, and was sold by his adopted father in hardship to a traveling man who eventually, became his teacher and a father-figure. With his teacher, he learned to play music and perform on the street with 3 intelligent dogs and a monkey. He traveled through the towns of France, and through life twist and turn, eventually, lead to the ultimate search for his real family.

The film tells the story of the difficult fate of the Jewish people in modern history, analyzing events from the point of view of the greatest Jewish writer of the 19th century, Sholem Aleichem.

Anniversary evening dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the founding of the State Academic Puppet Theater under the direction of S.Obraztsov and the 80th anniversary of Sergei Obraztsov.

About the behavior of a three-year-old child in the family - for 20 days, the film crew observed the process of learning about the world around the baby. The film was shot with a hidden camera.

In front of theater lighting technician Peter Ryabikov, a first-grade girl runs across the road in front of a nearby watering machine. Pyotr catches her and, wanting to punish her, decides to take her home to her parents. However, when he takes her there, it turns out that it is an orphanage, and the girl, whom her friends call Tonya (her real name is Juliet), is an orphan. Pyotr is no longer young, lives in a communal apartment, has a wife, but no children. Feeling somewhat guilty towards Tonya, he wants to adopt her. So, in the large apartment, where only adults had lived before, a little girl appears who completely changes their monotonous life.

A dog survives a bad master and finds a good one - a sailor from a Soviet ship.

Roman Kurykin, an amateur jazzman and the owner of an absolute ear for music, cannot reconcile himself to the idea that his son Edik does not show any interest in music. The dejected father, in desperation, suspected that the child could have been replaced in the maternity hospital by mistake. He got the addresses of two families where the sons were born at the same time as the younger Kurykin. Kurykin reports his suspicions to two other fathers, Shulgin and Sazonov. In secret from their wives, husbands begin their investigation.

The love story of the beautiful Danko and the forester Anton, their struggle for their love and for the old grove – the beauty and pride of the Carpathian village, where the sound of axes is heard more and more often.