Discoveries from Soviet Union World Cinema

A weak but kind man is gradually drawn into drunkenness, losing his job and family only to eventually commit a crime.

Life in an apartment house changes dramatically when a new lodger arrives with his grand piano.

Film-play based on the novel of the same name by A.I. Herzen.

Ketevan, a village doctor, is already sending her second son away in the world war. Only the youngest child, Mamuka, remains as the family's hope. Ketevan does not lack care for the sick, lives in hope, and waits for his children to return home. But the harsh reality of the war demands a sacrifice from her again - Ketevani sends his third son to the war as well.

The red-haired cat Vaska could not resist his curiosity to explore the roof of a high-rise building, from where incredible views of Kyiv can be seen. But one day the passage to the roof was blocked by a worker who was repairing antennas.

A fairy tale for children about the need for an attentive attitude towards elders. It tells a story about how domestic animals - a cat, a dog and a parrot - taught their little master a lesson, who did not want to help his grandmother.

Molly Egan, an almshouse resident, takes part in picketing a laboratory developing nuclear weapons. Judge Henry Pulaski finds her guilty of “trespassing.” Not heeding his warning, Molly again participates in the picket, for which she goes to prison.

Autumn 1944. Wounded scout returns to his home village only to fight with bandits.

The year is 1919. General Denikin has concentrated his troops in one of the port cities in southern Russia. But the Black Captain, the commander of the red-green partisan detachment, decided to drive him out of his zone and from time to time began to arrange all sorts of dirty tricks in the Denikin camp, attracting the attention of not only Denikin's blood enemy, but also the Bolshevik underground, which had long been following his successes...

Follows the persistent, but not always noticeable battle for the moral foundations of the individual, for the future of young people.

A literature teacher struggles with a faulty stove, with a village major being called to assist.

A melodrama set in the post-war years about three lonely women working at a furniture factory. A story of their hard life, love, simple joys and sorrows. The song “Waltz of Parting” is performed by actress Nina Sazonova. The song “Love is a Ring” is performed by singer Nina Brodskaya (voice over).

Realizing that his quest for knowledge is quixotic, a Russian polar explorer prepares for a doomed expedition to the Arctic. A live performance for Leningrad Television.

Kalenike, a peasant from Lechkhumi who has come to Kutaisi to sell walnuts, ends up at a wrestling show, where he tries his hand at the arena. He discovers an extraordinary talent for boxing. His coach and patron Baadur Kherkheulidze signs a contract with a foreigner and travels with Kalenike to Paris , where adventures await them.

The wounded officer Alexei Ageev was picked up in the forest by partisans and hidden in the priest’s house. The young townswoman Maria was also hiding there. A policeman who knew everyone who lived in the village, having met Ageev, did not hand him over to the Gestapo, but invited him to become an informant...

The film tells the story of the tragic fate of a young girl - the daughter of a clergyman, the Soviet partisan. The action takes place in Lviv on the eve of and during World War II.

The hero of this lyrical and optimistic story, former front-line soldier Shodi Makhmadaliev, has worked as a shepherd for many years. He loves his work. Yet life, surprisingly, is not easy even here in the степь. And when things grow especially heavy on the old soldier’s heart, he turns to the memories of his wartime years and holds on to hope—for something better, something worthy of the memory of his friends who never returned from the front…

This story is about a person who dosen’t have a life of his own, but lives the life of others. His own individuality is lost, making him a misfit.

Students Jaan and Heiki in 1972, inexplicably, cross the river of time and arrive in 1944, the year of the German occupation of Estonia. The film depicts the painful and conflicting contact between the two ages and mentality.

Two friends serve as pilots in a military unit near a peaceful and blossoming city. When an accident happens during a flight, they have to decide whether to eject or sacrifice themselves and save thousands of lives. Based on a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky.

About the adventures of the little men painted on the blackboard.

The story of how the lazy hamster Homa forced the Gopher to do all the daily chores for him.

The action takes place in Naples. A dispute arises between the owner of a small lottery office and the fiancé of his daughter, who works at the same office. The conflict is full of humorous twists and turns. At its core is a trickery involving a lottery ticket that has won a large prize...

Gunner-gunner Corporal Vasily Kochetkov meets Valya Gradskaya, a saleswoman at the military trade center, and becomes a frequent guest in her family. He soon realizes that the girl and her grandmother are spies. Kochetkov informs the command of his suspicions and is given the task of continuing to play the role of the groom.

The house of a village teacher burns down. Out of sympathy the villagers come to rebuild the house. And here come the real troubles...

A drama about tragical events which happened in remote village and were caused by jealousy.

About a horse who visited all his friends in one day, and forgot about his old granny again.

The animation is based on a Ukrainian fairy tale about an old married couple, who had no children. One day the woman asked her husband to cut down a log and put it in a cradle for a night. The old man did what she had asked him to do. Next morning, a surprise was waiting for them.

The cat was protecting the chickens from a bully puppy, fell from a woodpile and broke his paw. The cockerel went alone into the forest to call the squirrel doctor for help.

A bully, a middle class boy and a country boy are called up for military service and being trained in the landing force.

As a gift to the fortieth anniversary Yakov receives from the Chairman of collective farm the permit to the resort. He is sent on leave by force, in the hope that he will be able finally to arrange his personal life. But, in vain. At the station Yakov meets his ex-wife with her new husband and finds out that they are going to the same sanatorium. So begins this story.

A young lawyer named Vakil Ahmed earned the nickname "The Oddball" for his honest and truthful words, as well as the purity of his soul. Many people in society give and receive bribes, including Vakil Ahmed, which causes him to lose his faith. Thanks to the worker Salim, Vakil Ahmed is released from prison.

Hiding from the police, a terrorist Aleksei accidentally gets into a brothel, where he meets a prostitute Lyubka. This just one night was worth two lives.

The mountain resort of one the European countries is blocked by the group of terrorists. They threaten to cause the descent of avalanches by directional explosion.

Four one-act plays by Viktor Rozov in two parts.

The film tells the story of Anzirat, an elderly woman who lives in a small village in Soviet Uzbekistan with her son, daughter-in-law, and their ten children, all boys. Because of her strictness the villagers call Anzirat "Grandma-General". Back in the 1930s, Anzirat headed the main farm of the village and went through many hardships. Even when she gets old, Anzirat does not want to rest and cannot put up with the laziness, greed, and negligence of some of the villagers. She tries to put things in order for her family. Her son, however, instead of helping his pregnant wife spends all his spare time building a family football team. Only after Anzirat's death do the residents of the village realize how empty their village is without her. They feel that Anzirat was the conscience of their village.

A Soviet propaganda film about the establishment of Bolshevik power in the Ukrainian countryside through the story of a woman's fate.

Based on a Russian fairy-tale joke about stupid men.

A group of children are trying to find a war hero known by a code name "Kingfisher".

Toomas Joller has been an actor for twenty years. Joller is popular and has been awarded the honorary title of People's Artist. But Joller's star is gradually fading. He becomes egoistic and self-centered, his performances remain superficial. An actor's internal combustion requires hot water, which Joller uses in abundance together with his friend, the comedy actor Ruts.

The Bukovynian peasant Rusnak leaves the poor Bukovynian lands and goes to Canada with his little daughter Orysia - maybe he will be lucky there? And now Rusnak using the services of "Inturist" goes to his land where he was once happy.

Based on the eponymous story by Canadian writer E. Seton-Thompson about a wolf named ‘Lobo.’

A fairy tale film about the significance of cotton in people's lives and the struggle of humans against pests in cotton fields.

Larysa and Denys, having rest in a pioneer camp, went to the forest to collect strawberries. But the compass, by which they hoped to return safely to the other children, was stolen. And that's not all the mishaps that occur with them at the walk. They will have to overcome the cruel magician, and to face the bad behavior of unpleasant children.

Based on the novel of the same name by M. Sholokhov and staged by the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater.

There's a guy sitting behind bars in prison. Through the bars, he keeps yelling: "Hey, somebody!" A girl appears at his shouting... She tells him that a bunch of people from the neighboring town are going to kill him for raping a woman. The guy tells the girl about himself: he's a vagrant because he's bored living in one place. He's very lonely. But the girl is essentially just as lonely. This brings the young people together and creates sympathy between them. The boy sends the girl away for a revolver, but when she leaves, the armed husband of the allegedly raped woman appears. The guy explains to him how it happened: the woman called him herself, but when he didn't give her money, she made a fuss. The husband believes the guy, but out of cowardice in front of his friends shoots and kills him.

In the center of the film is the image of a young officer Andrei Kiselyov, the commander of the acoustics of the anti-submarine ship "Dexterous".

A herdsman leaves his flock for the city, dreaming of becoming a cosmonaut, but he is rejected. Working a small job in a film studio, he is singled out for his looks and becomes a stand-in for a star actor.

The events take place in the 1980s and tell about the relationship between three generations in the family of a retired general, whose grandson, having failed to enter the institute, is drafted into the army. The service on the border does not disappoint him, and the young man decides to continue the family tradition.

A story about a kind and gentle little hippo who tried to find a talent that would be both useful and appreciated by those around him. He did his best to learn a helpful trade, but nothing seemed to work out. Then, one day, he realized that his true calling was to bring joy to people and animals, to make them laugh and entertain them with something that might seem small and insignificant at first glance.

One day, a kitten named Filya gets a new friend - a funny, good-natured wizard. Unfortunately, he had never seen mice, and when, at Fily's request, he tried to create them, things in the apartment came to life and caused a real mess. The brave kitten, not afraid of the rebellious things, pacifies them and rejoices in his victory together with his friend.

A story based on "The Mysterious Stranger" novel by Mark Twain.

The action takes place in the late 1940s. A large-scale land-surveying research is underway in a remote area of Eastern Siberia. The work had almost been concluded when a wire arrives with the news of people disappearing in the locality of Yambuy. The expedition’s chief and radioman decide to go in search of the lost ones. The local Evenk hunters come to their aid. Many dangerous adventures lie in store for these daring people before they find the culprit – a man-eating bear.