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To mark the 60 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The film is set in a small village in western Russia. It is a story about two days from the life of an ordinary family: a father, a mother and their five-year-old daughter. That’s what Garik Sukachyov says about his film: “On June 22, 1941, a family is celebrating the daughter’s birthday. It is a beautiful sunny day, full of joy and merriment. For the girl, it is filled with important events and adventure – her birthday is celebrated by the whole village, not just by her family. And no one yet knows that tomorrow her father will leave for his work in a district center and come back a few hours later in a home guard uniform only to say goodbye to his family. And that at the moment of their leave-taking the Germans already will be entering the village. And that they will be shot by the river, on the same bank where only yesterday the carefree, happy family was sunbathing and having fun…”
In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.
Svetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her permanent passengers are at least a little bit in love with her.
The action takes place in the pre-revolutionary years and in the first days after the October Revolution. The main character, a female student, becomes an ally of a Bolshevik, who later dies on the front lines of the Civil War.
Platon is travelling by train to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch where he meets Vera, a waitress. He refuses to pay for the food after which a series of unfortunate events unfold for the pair.
Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
He and she met by chance in a backwater hotel, poor. In their hunger ideas an idea is born — "catch the bait" crazed provincial melancholy men, ready to be wined and dined charming girl…
The story of King Lear is the tale of a man blinded by his own despotism, who, in his old age, faces the bitter truth of life for the first time.
Television version of the play based on the comedy by N. Gogol "The Inspector" performed by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR.
1927. A retired Red Army commander Constantine Vorontsov is appointed a Criminal Investigation Department head in a principal city of province. An experienced repeater named Korney shows up in the city. Thanks to a successfully performed operation a place of a local thieves gathering place is now known. But Korney, foreboding of an ambush, changes the place at the last moment. Vorontsov doesnt have enough time to warn all his colleagues and heads for the thieves meeting by his own.
The childhood of three friends, Ilya, Yacob, and Pavel, was spent in the innkeeper's house. Their three destinies are similarly unhappy. Yakob died of tuberculosis, Ilya, after robbing a merchant, committed suicide. And Pavel, who let the woman he loved join a brothel, can no longer be happy.
In the late 1980s, a high-ranking party official, Iona Petrovich, suddenly left his prestigious post, abandoned his family, and emigrated. His wife died, unable to bear the betrayal. Their son, Andrei, grew up without parents. Time passed, circumstances changed, and Iona Petrovich returns to his homeland.
Based on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR.
On the heroism and courage of Russian people during the Great Patriotic War.
At the end of the boarding school, young Rebecca will find the place of a simple governess, and you really want to get into the world, to marry a noble rich man. And she does not despair, believing that the natural mind helps out no worse than papa's money. Penniless, but full of ambition, Becky is confident of her success at the fair of everyday life.
Roma Rogov was a talented and gifted boy — something that becomes clear by blowing up his teacher. A girl from Germany named Rosy casually fixes her dad’s scooter. Such exceptional children are sent to the International Festival of Gifted Kids, held in honor of the Year of the Good Child. Criminals plan to kidnap the crown prince of a wealthy kingdom, but by mistake, they end up with little Roma Rogov — already known to us as the young demolitions expert…
A television play based on A.N. Ostrovsky's play *"The Last Victim"*, filmed for the 180th anniversary of the playwright's birth. This play features the fateful passion of a young woman, an irresistible seducer, vast wealth, and a desire to destroy one's soul in debauchery.
A magical tale about a poor musician who one day stumbled upon a wondrous market stall. An old man there was selling incredible items — a magic mirror, an invisibility cap, a self-setting tablecloth… Among these enchanted objects was a marvelous self-playing flute. The old man gave the poor young musician the flute and the magic mirror, on one condition: they had to be returned in a year. A greedy rich man also took a liking to these magical things and, through deceit and trickery, tried to steal them — even throwing the musician into a dungeon. But what the greedy man didn’t know was that clever, enchanted things only bring happiness to a kind heart — and no wisdom at all to a foolish one.
During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brilliant old inventor Busko. Lopatkin works tirelessly on his invention, embarking on a roller-coaster of rejection and acceptance, his work vilified, plucked apart and plagiarized by colleagues, particularly by his nemesis Drozhdov. Drozhdov's wife Natasha, alienated from her cold, controlling husband, is increasingly drawn to Lopatkin, whom she knew when they both taught at the same school. Soon she runs away from her husband and happily keeps house for the two absent-minded ex-professors Lopatkin and Busko. Natasha is ready to give Lopatkin her own life, love and faith. Lopatkin is eager to sacrifice his life for the idea, doing the utmost for his motherland.
Movie about inter-generation and inter-person relations
Very nice young women - Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov - came to Crimea to relax. They settle in the Eden Hotel and do not know that according to the devil’s plan, everyone who arrives at this hotel must indulge in sinful pleasures on the seventh day, and on the thirteenth - give their soul to Satan...
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
The ropes holding the former ship, now a floating restaurant with the symbolic name "The Flying Dutchman," were cut by a drunk resident of the seaside town, whom the bouncer refused to let "on board" the tavern due to the imminent closure of the drinking establishment. And when the restaurant's patrons gathered to leave the hospitable vessel, it turned out that the only way to do so was by swimming. However, the shore was no longer visible...
An old woman from Caucasian Mountains goes to the front line do give her sons weapons of their ancestors.
In the capital of a European country, two people have gone missing. One of them is Theodore Amsted, a successful official, a family man, and a fairly wealthy person. The other is Michael Moginson, a strange, reclusive oddball living in poverty. Soon, a body is found at a military training ground, the victim of a bomb explosion. The police begin an investigation...
You dreamed of an angel at night, and in the morning you found a gift under your door. And no matter how real the dream may seem, this gift is more likely from a cunning seducer, and the Angel has nothing to do with it. And if you are also an incorruptible auditor, there will always be some cunning tempter who will try to make sure that you stop dreaming about Angels at night...
Based on the play of the same name by K. Simonov, in the production of the State Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR. The events of September 1944 are described, when military engineer Saveliev arrives in Moscow for a few days. In his apartment, he finds new tenants—the Vorontsov family. A mutual love sparks between him and Olya…
Former front-line soldier Ivan Ivanovich Klimov, a responsive and obliging man, works as a carpenter in a collective farm. Forty years after the end of the war, he receives the well-deserved award. Ivan is proud and happy. However, he is deeply hurt by the fact that a former policeman, Grishka, still lives and prospers in the village.
Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married.
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Ostrovsky and the Maly Theatre tell us an age-old story, as old as the world itself, about how some people are destined to be simple and meek, like sheep, while others are predatory and dangerous, like wolves. However, sometimes even the most seasoned predator finds themselves in a bind...
On a gloomy March 1881, an old, sick man was dying in the Nikolaevsky military land hospital in St. Petersburg. Delirium tremens had done its dirty work: there was no hope for recovery. And this “old man” had just turned 42 years old, and it was the great Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Who knows what visions, what memories swarmed in his fevered imagination in rare moments of enlightenment?
Andrei, a failed artist, lived quietly in the shadow of his twin brother, a successful businessman, as long as he was alive. After the contract killing has taken place, he hides Ksenia, his brother’s distraught widow, and his children in a country house. However, the crime boss nicknamed the Poet continues to terrorize the unfortunate family here. At some point, Andrei begins to realize that he is absolutely helpless in front of the mafia, and only the children continue to believe that their father is alive and somewhere very close. An extremely difficult situation is resolved, in fact, by Ksenia herself...
A man tries to follow his interpretations and behave accordingly, sacrificing his entire private property and living for the poor.
About the consequences of undisciplined behavior of pedestrians on the street.
Third and final part of the comedies about the funny adventures of countryside cop named Aniskin.
Based on the play of the same name by A.N. Ostrovsky with the participation of actors from the State Academic Maly Theater.
Voldya Sidorov, a high school student, is visited by his beloved grandfather, Yegor Kuzmich, who arrives from Nadym and brings a crystal the size of a baby’s head as a gift. The grandson and grandfather take the crystal to a pawn shop and ask for three hundred. And they’re offered three hundred... thousand dollars. The crystal turned out to be an uncut diamond...
The patients of the big hospital are fighting for their rights during Perestroyka times.
The story about the first day of reception on personal issues of the deputy of the District Council, young worker Timofey Zuikov.
