Discoveries from Soviet Union World Cinema

Based on the novel of the same name by Alexei Cherkasov. The film tells the story of an Old Believer community at the beginning of the last century. The drama of an unusual life, a story of love and human passions.

The old shipyard repairman ust-Nazar returned to work after an illness. They were already preparing to see the old man off to retirement. But Ust-Nazar was able to convince his superiors of his efficiency, and they instructed him to repair the old boat. By spring, the boat was ready for sailing. When a huge ice floe threatened the oil rig during an ice break, the old man, without thinking about his own life, went with a battering ram to the ice block.

On his 18th birthday, Māris receives a motorcycle from his parents, and, while driving around with his friends, they pass a wedding car. The bride, Inese, is entering a loveless marriage, so she allows Māris to steal her from the wedding reception.

"Though not given a New York showing until 1935, V. I. Pudovkin's Mechanics of the Brain (Mekhanika Golovnovo Mozga) was written and directed by Pudovkin in 1926. A full year in the making, this scientific documentary concentrates on the behavioral studies conducted by Prof. Ivan Pavlov. The laboratory dogs used in Pavlov's research don't seem too happy about it, and as a result this film might be hard to take for the more sensitive viewers (the vivisection sequence is particularly rough). The progress of the research is detailed with charts and graphs, hardly the "cinematic" touches one might expect from Pudovkin. Interestingly, Mechanics of the Brains was released two years before the results of Pavlov's studies were printed in book form."

On New Year's Eve, in the forest palace of culture, the animals staged a beauty contest, in which the winner was determined by a computer. Meanwhile, the computer-savvy mother crow wants to make sure her daughter wins. She succeeds, and the beautiful Fox leaves the palace upset. The kind-hearted winner gives her the crown, realizing that she received it undeservedly. When Foxy won the competition and became Miss New Year, little Crow became Miss Honesty.

A film about the famous priest, politician Konstantinas Olšauskas and his love affair with Stanislava Ustjanauskiene, whose murder in the fall of 1928 still remains a mystery...

A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kiev. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.

Khareba Jibuti, Prince Kharashvili’s right hand man becomes an outlaw after he witnesses a series of injustices. After meeting another outlaw Gogia Kenkiashvili he joins his bunch in the forest. They cause lots of trouble for the local rich thus winning the hearts and minds of poor people. Nevertheless, when captain Akhvlediani opens the hunting season on two renowned outlaws he finds a much-needed man who is ready to show him their whereabouts.

Ivan Brovkin finishes serving in the army with the rank of sergeant and, together with a group of comrades after demobilization, decides to go to the development of state farm. He arrives at his native collective farm and meets there a cool welcome: the chairman of the collective farm, the bride Lyubasha and mother — consider him a traitor. The planned wedding is canceled, and Brovkin leaves for the state farm. Brovkin comes to the state farm at the time of plowing the land. He joins the team. Winter passes after working days. In letters home he writes that everything is fine with him. News about how Ivan lives is spreading throughout the village. Lyubasha is seriously thinking about running away from home to the state farm...

Comedy based on the play by M. Orr and R. Denham.

The cruel and unprincipled chairman of the district executive committee learns that the official should be sent to retirement. However, the rumors were erroneous, and then the chairman, fearing for his own career, organizes the murder.

The brightest stars of Soviet cinema and pop music on New Year's Eve 1966 for reasons beyond their control found themselves in the forest. The actors do not suspect that they are trapped, they are being hunted and traps are set.

A black child rescued from by Russian sailors, whom they name Maksimka, having overcome his fear of white people, turns out to be an unusually smart and kind little boy. The rude drunken sailor Ivan Luchkin was especially attached to the boy. Once it was Maksimka who managed to save Luchkin from foreign recruiters of labor. For resourcefulness and courage, the young hero is enlisted in the team of the corvette and becomes the cabin boy of the Russian fleet.

The noble patrician Gaius Marcius became famous for his military exploits and victories over the enemies of the Romans, the Volscians. However, his hatred of the plebeians and thirst for power led to Coriolanus being condemned to eternal exile from Rome. Then he decided to betray his homeland and take command of the Volscian army.

The suzerain of Saint-Michel was cruel and merciless. He had already executed everyone he could, even the executioner himself. But he couldn't get rid of the only doctor in Saint-Michel, Dr. Loshar. And then the cunning abbot suggested to him a way to lure the doctor to the palace...

The history of the creation of means of communication familiar to humans.

The sun is shining in the sky. Flowers are revealed, birds sing, animals take care of others. Only an evil crocodile who could not catch anyone, attacks the sun and swallows it. It is darkness. The animals in a panic run to the bear and ask to return the sun to the sky. The bear, who in the dark could not find the cubs, goes to war with the crocodile. The bear engages in battle, wins the crocodile and forces him to free the sun. Happy beasts rejoice in the sun and praise the bear.

A story about a little raccoon who needs to prove to his mother he's brave enough to go to the pond to gather herbs at night, on his birthday.

A recognized mathematician proves to the plant management that the new pipe rolling mill needs to be stopped and improved. The conflict ruins his daughter’s personal life when she is abandoned by her fiancé, the head of a pipe-rolling shop, a careerist and a coward. Yielding to the persuasion of a friend, the hero decides to leave practical activities and move to Sverdlovsk to devote himself entirely to science. However, realizing that the source of his talent is practice, he returns to his home factory...

Senior Lieutenant Vasily Bodrug and his wife Evgenia arrive at the border outpost after the wedding to serve. An intruder was killed while trying to cross the state border, and border guard Vaskov was injured during detention. Vasily, risking his life, detains an accomplice of the violator. But a complete surprise for the lieutenant was the arrival of his former lover Vyacheslav to his wife.

Anatoly Ruchyov is quite a talented guy. One day he decides to enter a prestigious Soviet university — the institute of international relations. But, alas, he overestimates his strength and doesn't achieve his goal. This saddens the young man a little, but he doesn't even think to lower his hands. Anatoly decides to go to military service and reach heights in this area. At first, it is a little lost, but, after the time has elapsed, it is mastered, because there is nowhere to go. Slowly he turns into a real exemplary fighter.

The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.

After leaving the hospital, Sergeant Katsuba, who has bid farewell to frontline service, travels to a provincial town to teach military science to cadets. However, his relationship with the 17-year-old boys does not go well: they consider their instructor to be unfair and overly critical...

A finding of an old briefcase in a ruined house in 1970s leads to a treasure, hidden in the 1920s.

Comedy about brothers Vesnushkin, Sasha and Vasya, who are playing for one team in a National Soccer Competition. However, Sasha falls in love with a beautiful girl and loses his confidence just before the final game, so his brother has to take the lead on the field in order to save the game.

In 1913, chance brings together a young high school teacher Yurkevich, his first love Lida, a wealthy landowner Lundyshev and a German watchmaker Karfunkel at a small railway station. Seven years later, in the early twenties, and then another seven years later, the heroes meet here again. Their destinies are different, the country changes, their lives change...

Moscow academician Pavel Pavlovich comes to a picturesque village on the seashore to calmly spend his vacation here. Whiling away the time for sketches, he manages to get acquainted with the local guys, the restless Grishka and the daughter of the foreman Nyuska. Together they build a stove, repair a sewing machine, and reconstruct a telephone switchboard. When Pavel Pavlovich suddenly falls ill, all the villagers take care of him. When the time comes to leave, Pavel Pavlovich understands that in this village far from the capital, he leaves a piece of his heart.

Having been released from prison, where he was imprisoned for making “fufales” (copies of paintings), the guy decides to start an honest life. But the mafia does not want to lose a good specialist and introduces him to a dancer from a night cabaret...

She is a business, courageous and energetic woman. He is spineless, awkward and also not amenable to “correction.” It goes to divorce. Moreover, an ardent admirer of her beauty suddenly appears on the horizon. However, this circumstance, ultimately, leads to an unexpected result...

Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...

An exciting journey through the picturesque expanses of the Bryansk region, exploring the unique culture and traditions of the area.

Petryk Pyatochkin goes to kindergarten and loves to play around. One day he counted elephants so that he could fall asleep with the other children during quiet time. And when he succeeded, Petryk got to Africa in an amazing kindergarten, where he had to take care of baby elephants, who did not miss the opportunity to have fun.

In early 20th-century Azerbaijan, two circus artists travel to a village where one of them was born, unaware of the danger and adventure that await them.

Soviet intelligence officer Kraft has a new assignment. This time, acting under the name of engineer Grubbe, he must find and transfer to the center the secret drawings of a new submarine codenamed "Walter".

The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.

Little boy Stepan loved listening to fairy tales his mother made up before bedtime. One day, she told him about the river near where they lived. It was a large and mighty river, but it needed human protection and care. In the morning, his mother couldn't find Stepan — he had gone to look for the source of the river. Thus began Stepa's adventures.

The film tells the story of Soviet soldier Mikhail Platonov, who died in a small German town in the first peaceful days of 1945.

The heroes of the film are students of a pedagogical university, those who, after a year or two, have to carry knowledge to schoolchildren, "to sow the rational, good, eternal." In the meantime, student practice. True, the practice is not quite ordinary, because for the first time students leave far from the walls of their own university, for the first time they meet with students in the classroom not in the presence of their teachers, those with whom life encounters them daily at the institute, but with those who have been working for more than a year at school.

One of the many stories that happened to the Russian popular fairy tale character Murzilka.

A story of Kochubey - a hero of Russian Civil War.

Lyuba, a daughter of King of Chess is kidnapped by playing Cards... Young Vanya and his best friend - Puss in the boots - are trying to rescue Lyuba.

Stepan Kochkarin, the chairman of one of the leading Altai collective farms, a former front-line soldier, intends to unite the machinery and personnel of the neighboring backward farms into a single complex on the central farmstead, but not everyone supports him. A number of issues, including his re-election, are postponed until the fall. The harvesting season arrives and the chairman carries out the harvesting in the most difficult natural conditions without losses.

Having been wounded during the exercises, the sailor Fedos Chizhik is sent as a orderly to the house of Captain Luzgin. The captain's wife - a young, beautiful, and spoiled woman - is very hard on the orderly.

About the fifteen-year-old hero of the World War II, military pilot, cavalier of the Order of the Red Banner and two orders of the Red Star - Arkady Kamanin.

On the night of the murder of a high-ranking official, the police apprehend a group of young men on motorbikes drinking near the scene of the crime. Captain Rogalev and investigator Avdeev are ordered to solve the murder at any cost.

Prokhor Lykov, nicknamed Vodyany in the village for his passion for fishing, always disappeared on the shore of the lake with a fishing rod. The chairman of the collective farm decides to use his enthusiasm in his own way ...

The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them. On the way, he receives a magical flute as a gift, which helps him find his way to the wizard's castle — and comes to the aid of Black Whirlwind's numerous victims, who have long suffered from the tyrant's misdeeds. Based on a Moldovan fairy tale by Emilian Bukov.

There was a greedy bear in the forest. Once another elderly bear named Spyridon gave him a barrel of honey, telling him to share it with the others. However, Vanya the greedy bear decided to eat every drop of it himself. The other animals saw this and decided to teach greed a lesson.

A 1989 Russian-Armenian language drama film written and directed by Bagrat Oganesyan, starring Gennadiy Garbuk, Nina Bokhyan and Irina Alfyorova.

Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century. Dzhemal, daughter of the Khiva khan, and her milk sister Selekha set off from Bukhara to Khiva. On the way the caravan is attacked by robbers. The ataman of the gang Kur-bashi is struck by Dzhemal's beauty, but the girl rejects the brigand's love. His concubine Gul-Saryk, jealous of her new rival, helps the girls escape...

Начало 80-х годов прошлого века, закат "эры Брежнева"... Сотрудник МУРа честный и неподкупный майор Корнеев расследует дела о разбойных грабежах квартир состоятельных советских граждан. Банда действует явно по чьей-то наводке. В ходе расследования майор неожиданно выходит на крупных милицейских начальников, давно ставших "кунаками" воротил преступного мира...

The film delves into the moral dilemmas of human relationships. An old sailor, the sole survivor of a ship that sank during the war, grapples with the weight of a moral compromise made many years ago. As he reflects on his past, he recalls his carefree life, filled with mistakes, and the crime he committed against the captain of the lost ship.

A respected philatelist is murdered in his own apartment, leaving only one inconspicuous stamp stolen from his collection. The seemingly unmotivated murder leads prosecutors on a trail of a dangerous criminal.

The war is over. Demobilized soldier Chepurnov goes to his fiancée Vara Karpova, whom he knows by correspondence. On the way on the ferry Chepurnov gets acquainted with the carrier Klavdia. The young woman knows his fiancée and knows that Valentina wrote not only to Chepurnov. But she keeps silent about it - she likes the thoughtful soldier, and she does not want to upset him. And the soldier likes Klavdia, and he already knows everything about her and knows that she is raising her son alone. But he goes to Valentina because he promised. Chepurnov won't stay there long.