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A historical chronicle about the history of England during the reign of John Lackland.

A chance meeting, crazy love. The factory girl Tanya and the young lieutenant Sasha, who was going to the front line with his unit, spent only a few hours together in besieged Leningrad...

Self-confident and eccentric Columbus lands on the American shore in the 20th century.

A Rooster and a Cat lived in a cabin in the forest. The smart and resourceful Cat was an earner, going away in the morning and leaving the hardworking Rooster to do household chores. And everything would be well with them, if a Fox had not got into the habit to visit them dreaming to steal the rustic and unsophisticated Rooster.

In an abandoned dump, old metal objects are thrown out - a kettle, a can, a screw with a screw, and a rusty little carnation. They feel lost and unnecessary to anyone. And then another and insidious rust is selected to destroy the poor. But suddenly they learn that there are such points where they can still come in handy and already serve people in a new guise. Having found this place, friends are surprised to discover that they were not alone in such a deplorable situation and that a whole line of metal things, large and small, lined up for melting.

Two dogs react to each other at a fence.

According to the story of the same name by Yulian Semyonov. Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department - Colonel Alexei Pavlovich Sadchikov, Major Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko and Senior Lieutenant Valentin Roslyakov are investigating the impudent robberies carried out by a group wearing dark glasses criminals. The City Savings Bank was robbed. The investigation of the crime indicated the involvement of a teenager, who soon came to the criminal investigation himself. With his help, the robbers who were preparing the next raid were caught. But the most dangerous criminal — "Prokhor" — is still free...

The story of a Leningrad teenage girl who endured the tragic winter of the blockade and died from weakness and hunger just when the hope for the city's liberation became a reality.

Based on real events that took place during the construction of the Nurek hydroelectric power station, where a new form of socialist competition, “Workers' Relay Race,” was born.

A film-play based on three stories by Australian writers John Morrison and F. Hardy.

The cartoon tells about a girl who was sent by an evil stepmother to get tortillas and the secret of making them to her grandmother, who lives in the Lafertovo part of Moscow.

Based on XIII century historical chronicles (The Tale of the Destruction of Riazan by Batu) it's a story about how folk hero Yevpatiy Kolovrat seeks revenge on Batu Khan for burning the city of Riazan.

The film mocks the moribund world of pan-Poland. The border established by the Treaty of Riga between pan-Poland and Soviet Belorussia passed through the estate of Polish Count Wadecki. The best part of the estate with the palace ended up on Soviet territory. From that moment on, the count lost peace and sleep. New owners - a noisy, cheerful pioneer squad - took up residence in the former manor house. The count's servants, shepherd boy Vasya and servant girl Yadya, watch the life of their neighbours with keen interest. Having accidentally crossed the border in search of a stray cow, Vasya happily stays in Soviet Belarus. He is followed by Yadia. Eventually the Count and his "lordly" guests cannot bear the sight of the noisy youth festivities on the Soviet side and flee. Yadia and Vasil participate in the Soviet youth party.

1918. "I don't know," he said. Commissar Tokhtar Baitenov leads a detachment of Chekists, which is not numerous. The story of the film unfolds quickly, it is a typical "Ostern" — an oriental action movie: shooting, chase, dancing of beautiful girls, but at the same time, along the film line, there is a smell of mysterious gossip and repression with characters.

Based on the fairy tale of the same name by K. Paustovsky. About how the girl believed in a miracle, and it happened.

The heroine of the film is an employee of an automobile factory, a person with a whole generous character. Always ready to help those who need her help, she doesn't worry about how her personal life is going, but she's quite happy.

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life....

The film is about the painful feeling of unrequited love and introduces us to the episode of the life of a young, virtuous and intelligent doctor, who is tired of the monotony of life.

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his time locked up with a gang of teenagers

There are three children growing at Tammaru farm - one boy, Margus; and two orphan girls, Mari and Tiina. Margus' parents want him to marry Mari instead of Tiina as she is more their kind. Hotblooded Tiina is completely different from them and her mother was once executed for being a witch. Thinking that Tiina has bewitched Margus, Mari starts to publicly accuse her stepsister of being a werewolf.

An elderly man saves the life of an alien who is capable of time travel. They go back in time to the man's wedding day.

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many archives, at one time censored by the Soviet government. A brief take on his life, from his transition as an early prodigy to a first rate artist, his celebrated compositions and the final years with a declining health.

Pashka Girya and Valka Komarov, cadets of the school of military musicians, tired of strict discipline, ran away to the south. Having experienced a number of adventures and meetings with interesting people, the heroes judiciously assessed their deed and returned to school.

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

Prince Luarsab is going to get married. But he is fooled and instead of desired woman, he has to marry woman's ugly sister Darejan. However, he gets used to it and the couple live their unbothered life together.

The parable of the destiny of man (for adults). Material - candles and matches

A young sailor Sergey is in love with Lena so he decides to join her during the Moscow Music festival.

At the resort, chance brings together Grebentsov and Panshin, former fellow soldiers. Grebentsov had once vacationed in these places, and then he had an affair with a beautiful local girl, Nadya. And now she appears again in Grebentsov's life. The past enters the present and may change tomorrow.

Based on the play by Mykola Kulish. The film takes place at a time when Soviet power was established, and due to collectivization and excessive withdrawal of funds from grain sales abroad, famine began. Against this backdrop unfolds the story of three comrades who initially supported the revolution and the new system, but now have changed their views.

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.

An exquisite little fir tree is curious about what he will become later. Based on the tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Peter Petrovich Belkin, a lazybones, drifts from one job to another in search of a "cushy job." Eventually, he ends up in a workplace where his colleagues decide to teach the slacker a lesson...

Revolutionary melodrama based on Lev Nikulin's story "Хміль". 1917. The main character of the film - a "bourgeois intellectual" - does not sympathize with any side and avoids revolutionary events. However, as a result of a series of adventurous adventures, love intrigues and communication with the people, he goes over to the side of the proletariat.

The action takes place in America, where an unemployed man named Tony, who has come to seek his fortune, steals a large sum of money and meets a young woman at a dance hall. They decide to return the stolen money, only to find the owner murdered. Tony is accused of the murder and imprisoned.

On Christmas Eve, Marie receives an enchanted toy as a gift from her uncle Albert. At night, it comes to life and engages in an unequal battle with the mouse army and their formidable king. Staged by Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Theatre in 1977.

The nationalization of banks in Cuba by Fidel Castro's government brought many worries to both the counterrevolutionaries who fled the country and the ordinary workers who found themselves called upon to run these institutions. Garcia, sent by the former owners of the bank to Roberto, its manager, persuades him to help him break into the bank building to steal the checks of the American-Cuban Bank. Roberto hesitates: on the one hand, the former owners have made him, once a simple accountant, the manager, but on the other hand, he cannot go against the people. He must help the worker Maximo, appointed by the revolutionary government as the bank's commissioner, to understand all the intricacies of the case. Maximo trusts him, consulting him in everything.

"Little School Orchestra" plunges headlong into the mood and atmosphere of Kyiv in the 60s. The lyrical tape tells about a small youth group, where such different boys and girls have one love - music. Life separates friends, but school friendship and music will stay with them forever.

The cartoon makes fun of popular stereotypes about the Russians and the Americans.

Paralyzed Ilya Muromets receives heroic strength.

The magpie that stole Tishka the dog's medal organized a school of “magpie sciences,” where it decided to teach first graders the “art” of deception. But Tishka and his friend the parrot tracked her down.

A story of a young Belorussian boy musician during the WWII.

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The war ended a long time ago, but the wounds in the hearts of those who suffered it will take a long time to heal. This film tells the story of the "living slice" of the human soul, of the goodness that ultimately triumphs despite all the bitterness and loss.

. About the struggle against the counterrevolutionary underground in the south of tcountry in the early years of Soviet power. Based on the novel of the same name by Lev Linkov.

Having once seen a portrait of the shah dancer Madina Banu, the singer Murad-ali falls in love with a beauty and sets off in search of her. The hero finds himself in the palace of the Shah, and soon becomes convinced of the reciprocity of his feelings. But his appearance becomes known to the Shah. An angry ruler offers him a choice: rejection of his beloved or the burning of both at the stake.

The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.

Katya and Grisha lived in a big city. Grisha was older than Katya, but he respected her and did not hide his secrets from her. And I did not notice at all how the girl was growing up and how completely different feelings were born to her.

A Soviet documentary by Roman Karmen and Mikhail Slutsky, assembled from 1938–41 footage in Yan’an and at the front, chronicling China’s anti-Japanese resistance—from Eighth Route Army actions to civilian mobilization and daily life in the base areas.

It is a history of founding Odesa at the location of former Turkish fortress Khadjibey.

Actor Evgeny Vesnik tells the story of "The Adventures of Buratino" fairy tale creation which was first written by Carlo Collodi and called "The Adventures of Pinocchio" – the story of a wooden doll. Fragments of the cartoon "The Adventures of Buratino". Nikolay Sats shares his memories of the meeting with the writer Alexey Tolstoy. Fragments of the play "The Golden Key" at the Central Children's Theater. Actress Rina Zelenaya talks about her participation in the film "The Adventures of Buratino". Fragments from the film. Bulat Okudzhava talks about his work on songs for the film "The Adventures of Buratino". Release of sparkling water "Buratino". Preparing children for the carnival in the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren. Children go to the carnival, dance.

Once upon a time, old man Setleaf did a dirty trick, leaving Hughie Luke penniless, and got rich. Hughie looked for work for a long time, but happiness never smiled on him. Hughie is an honest guy, and he would never go for this job. But he has to save his friend who's in trouble. And to do that, he has to get some money. And so Hughie broke into the huge Setliff mansion, he wanted to take only what was rightfully his. But, confused by the labyrinth of corridors and rooms, Hughie came face to face with Setliff's daughter.

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.

In this pioneering documentary, one of the earliest Soviet sound films, Shub shot a contemporary chronicle of the progress of establishing electricity across the Soviet nation, a struggle spearheaded by the Komsomol.

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.

The permanent chairman of one of Ukraine's leading collective farms, a former front-line soldier, is caught off guard by the unexpected: the spring is unusually difficult and does not bode well for the harvest, his health has deteriorated, and his best foreman has been transferred to a struggling farm. However, Zakhar Platonovich does not complain to his superiors and relies solely on his fellow villagers...