Discoveries from Soviet Union World Cinema

The small town of Iisaku in the middle of the large forests behind Alutaguse has long been known for its lively spirit and cultural-minded sense of life. The people of Iisaku talk about its past and present.

A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Based on "The Devil and Simon Flagg" by Arthur Porges.

Two business travelers, Laptev and Rusakov, staying at a small town hotel, were surprised by the care that the service staff showed them. It turns out that the hotel administrators, lazy and bureaucratic, accepted the new guests as capital auditors. But it soon turns out that the real auditor has been living in one of the rooms for three days and has already started working as a hotel staff member.

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

After the death of her mother, little Olya lives alone with her father. One evening, a girl hears her father inviting his beloved girl Sveta to stay with them forever. But she offers to send the girl to a 24-hour kindergarten so that she does not become a burden for them. Olya asks the teacher Varya what this word means? Olya is very attached to her teacher and she would like to see her as a new mother.

Follows the adventures of the Amur Cossack Alexei Butov. As he went to the front in the First World War, so it went.

Based on real events... A young married couple from Soviet Union - ice skater and a professional athlete - both are in New York. He is asking for asylum - so his wife must make a choice: return home or stay with her husband ...

Mrs. von Walz and her daughter Alice live in an old Moscow mansion. A Bolshevik sailor named Ivanov moves into their apartment. When Alice learns that the tenant holds a prominent position and receives a generous ration, she embarks on an adventure and marries the tenant. However, their first child does not bring happiness to the couple. Exhausted by the monotony, the wife starts her own small business and neglects her husband. Ivanov leaves home, settles in a forest village, and soon marries a peasant girl...

A television film based on the story of the same name by Valentin Rasputin. The hunter Vasil kills the bear. The surviving bear rushes to the hunter and gets injured. And now the abominable wounded beast pursues man.

Musical fantasy on the themes of Russian folk nursery rhymes and songs.

Nadya Vakhmistrova, the daughter of a collective farmer from the Volgo-Don agricultural artel, works honestly and conscientiously on her collective farm. But then, like all the young people in the country, she hears the news: the party is calling on young men and women to develop virgin and fallow lands. Nadya, a member of the Komsomol, believes that her place is where the party calls her. But her beloved, Grigory, the collective farm foreman, does not share this decision. He is overcome with doubts: is it worth leaving his native village if he is needed here on the collective farm; wouldn't it be better to get married and build a personal happiness here? But Nadezhda is adamant. She leaves, leaving Grigory behind...

Two tankers loaded with gasoline made the Tuapse - Leningrad flight. Suddenly they were fired upon by German bombers - that is how the war began for them. One of the ships perishes. But the second continues on its way to its destination ...

Rich Nikoghos-agha buys some beef liver for Nerses-akhpar's family. Although months have passed, Nikoghos-agha does not hesitate to remind his "charity" to Nerses-akhpar every time they met.

In the school forestry, they discover a lair where a she-wolf lives with three cubs. Sheep go missing on a collective farm and the wolf family is blamed for this. But the young foresters are sure that the "wolf" stealing sheep is one of the collective farmers.

A tired, naive librarian in her fourties, has experienced hard labor, chores, and failed love. Her brittle voice and childish naiveness add to her defenselessness. Despite her stubbornness, she maintains a strong spirit that helps her stay true to herself.

A completely prosperous couple on their own brand new Volga got lost in the desert. And when they joyfully rushed towards the truck, counting on help, it turned out that there were two recidivists in the cab who had just escaped from the colony ...

Adults have no time for little Giga. Only a strange stranger, who turns out to be an angel, and his funny dog ​​become his friends. Together they manage to find the lost angel wings.

Dolphin Tristan is being trained at a naval base. The whole process of this specific training is wittily parodied.

The action takes place in the Ukrainian provinces of Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century.

Lost among the mountains is the small town of Achisai with a mine - the embodiment of the ideal Stalinist paradise.

A Bondo Shoshitaishvili Cartoon

What happens after we die? How will we experience that moment? How will we see our loved ones from the other side? A soldier returns from war… but where to? To whom? And how will he be received?

It is a political parody film against totalitarian system of violence, about the careless game of power that has been played with the world and peoples.

The film is based on V. Yurezanskyi’s novel The Missing Village about the struggle of Ukrainian Cossacks for their freedom during the reign of Catherine II. Free Cossacks from the village of Turbai in Poltava region, who were included in registers of Myrhorod Pact, suddenly find out that at the order of Catherine II they become the property of the Ukrainian landlord, pan Bazylevskyi. He treats Cossacks like his usual serfs. Cossacks ask the empress for help, but receive no reply. Then, they rebel and set Bazylevskyi’s estate on fire. The owner and his family die during the fire. The vengeance of the Russian empress is terrible, as dozens of Cossacks are beaten to death, and the village of Turbai is doomed to destruction. The film is lost.

The action takes place in Moscow, in the 70s. The characters have not seen each other for many years, but now they have met and are reminiscing about their youth, when they were students at the institute, jazz enthusiasts, and known as stylists.

It's not good to turn your back on old friends.

A happening with Latvian composer and writer Marģeris Zariņš.

So what happened after the day of Man’s Creation? Do you really think that after His well-deserved day of rest, God chose to follow a policy of non-intervention? No — He wanted to teach humanity the most important skill and weapon of all: the ability to think. What came of this noble idea — find out in this ironic fantasy.

The comedy is based on the ancient legend of Tahir and Zuhr. The action has been transferred to our time. Various obstacles stand in the way of lovers, but in the end, despite all the machinations of others, Tahir and Zuhra find their happiness.

Three candidates for deputies of the republican and local Soviets are awaiting the election results. There is a heated discussion between them about the present and future of Russia. And voters, contrary to all forecasts and expectations, gave the party boss a ride in competitive elections and elected...

Puppet film about pre-Christmas. Puppet world is united with natural scenes with kids, traditional fairy-tale land with gnooms and Santa Clause is revitalized. The film is meant for children.

How Rubik's and Kubik's pearls were mined.

In the next episode of the series "America of the Seventies," political commentator Valentin Zorin tells about the history of the founding, economics and social contradictions of a major center of the US steel industry - the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.

It was Christmas time. Three friends - a newspaper reporter, a bass player, and a lawyer - were on their way to visit someone. After buying gifts, they rushed to the train station. However, there were no seats available in the first-class compartment. In the second-class compartment, they found a lady sitting alone. However, the lady refused to let them enter the compartment. The friends decided to play a prank on the lady and took her to the train station to find out if her belongings were in the compartment. As a result, they had to pay for the lady's carriage and were unable to catch up with the train. The lady, who had seemed scandalous at first, turned out to be very nice and invited them to her house for Christmas.

The story takes place in 1921, during the early days of the commune established in a Siberian village.

Animation short.

When and where this was is unknown. Only one day at dawn, a chicken, as soon as it was born, called the sun its mother.

A love story with a tragic ending set in 19th century Turkmenistan

Set in the underground drug culture that has evolved among alienated Soviet youth, Georgi Gavrilov’s Confession explores the life of a 23-year-old Moscow heroin addict at several intervals over a two-year period.

A wise old man teaches a boy the art of building. The boy develops outstanding skills. He builds the most magnificent palaces, but something inside him atrophies. The flip side of humanity, the shadow, grows beyond him.

Workers declare a strike. The factory owner employs monkeys instead. But the greedy boss loses the expected benefits.

Dima and Oleg gets stranded in the middle of a huge marsh after their boat drifts away. To survive they must deal with the water, the weather and the wildlife. Things got a little hectic after they raided and overtook a poachers' cabin.

The film is about young village man and about forming his character.

This story took place in a village during the war. A horse left by the passing troops rescued all the locals, because it could be used to grind grain and it and to do hard work. Even though it was injured, it helped people by all means. But one boy acted badly, offending the horse and destroying the established order. Will he be able to return everything and be forgiven?

Octopus dads mix up their kids.

Growing up in Soviet Tbilisi, Lado moves through strict school days, developing a quiet crush on a classmate, and spending a summer in a seaside town that tests loyalty, friendship, and the limits of growing up under authoritarian regime with his uncle and best friend.

In a desperate attempt to save his wife's life, Nestor Cerpa - leader of the Peruvian revolutionary movement - and his commandos stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima and took dozens of foreign diplomats and businessmen hostage for 126 days.

Igor Sokolov has been acting as pioneer leader for children for years in a class five grades below him. Now, in tenth grade, he decides he must enroll to try to become an actor. The children are devastated and try to change his mind. Instead of try to be an actor, he should change his mind and study in order to be a future teacher. They are aware that not them but his future students will appreciate it. With that goal in mind, they create Igor's resume and go to teacher training college to try to publicize Igor's talent as an educator. Will they achieve their goal? That's something that shouldn't be told; better you try to discover it in the film.

The manifestation and fireworks on the 1st of May, one of the ritual celebrations of Soviet times, as a gathering of tired participants of a mass scene falling into pieces without the director's orders and without any aims.

A film about documentary filmmakers. Newsreels from different years were used.

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Against war / Against Gods / Education / Agitation / Sports and gymnastics / Danger of war.

The reburial of great Russian singer Feodor Chaliapin from Les Batignolles cemetery in Paris to Novo–Devitchye cemetery in Moscow. The daughters from Chaliapin’s second marriage travel to the Soviet Union for the ceremony.

Interviews with the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and VGIK alumni Grigory Chukhrai, Valentin Ezhov, Rostislav Yurenev, Vasily Ordynsky, Peter Todorovsky, Vasily Solovyov and the writer and a scriptwriter Boris Vasiliev about their war experience and war cinema.

When a person lacks a sense of rational attitude towards nature, what happens is what the film tells about: people built another city, displacing the last tree from it.