Evgeniy Pomeshchikov

Writing

Evgeniy Pomeshchikov

Born — Died

1907-05-06 — 1979-11-22

Place of birth

Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Known for

Writing

Credits

30 titles

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Pomeshchikov is a Soviet screenwriter and teacher. Laureate of the Stalin Prize, first degree (1948). Born in Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian Empire. In 1929 he graduated from the literary department of the Institute of Public Education in Odessa, in 1936 - the screenwriting department of VGIK. In 1934-1937 he was an editor at the Odessa and Kiev film studios. From the beginning of the war until 1943, he was a staff screenwriter at the Soyuzdetfilm studio. In 1943-1945 he was deputy head of the main department for the production of feature films in the Committee for Cinematography. In 1948-1952 he taught at the screenwriting department of VGIK. In 1960-196…

Known for

Tale of the Siberian Land poster
5.0

His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life wasted. One day, he decides to leave the capital and flee from the woman he loves, Natasha, a rising singing star. Andrei takes refuge in Siberia, his native land. Once there, he gets a job in a sawmill, where he entertains his fellow-workers playing the accordion during leisure hours. Some time later, Natasha and her company are expected in America where they are to do a tour. But an airplane breakdown forces the pilot to land next to the village in which Andrei lives and works...

Tale of the Siberian Land

1947

The Fires of Baku poster
7.7

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

The Fires of Baku

1958

The Hunchedback Horse poster
6.5

Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.

The Hunchedback Horse

1947

The Girls Sowed Flax poster
5.0

The manager of the Belarusian collective farm Naideika Krasovich, inspired by the award at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition for the high flax harvest, gives her word to double the harvest. Many fellow villagers doubt her success, and only Grigory Pavlovich, the new director of MTS, who left his family in the city and came to the village at the call of the party, provides Nadeika with all kinds of support and excessive attention, because he loves and, it seems, is loved. In parallel to this story, a plot develops about the love of the tractor driver Zosya for the forester Yanka, who unrequitedly suffers for Nadeyka.

The Girls Sowed Flax

1956

The New Adventures of Schweik poster
6.6

The New Adventures of Schweik adopted to the WWII reality.

The New Adventures of Schweik

1943

The Sky Calls poster
3.6

This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.

The Sky Calls

1959

Behind the camera

Tale of the Siberian Land poster
5.0

His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life wasted. One day, he decides to leave the capital and flee from the woman he loves, Natasha, a rising singing star. Andrei takes refuge in Siberia, his native land. Once there, he gets a job in a sawmill, where he entertains his fellow-workers playing the accordion during leisure hours. Some time later, Natasha and her company are expected in America where they are to do a tour. But an airplane breakdown forces the pilot to land next to the village in which Andrei lives and works...

Tale of the Siberian Land

1947

The Fires of Baku poster
7.7

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

The Fires of Baku

1958

The Hunchedback Horse poster
6.5

Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.

The Hunchedback Horse

1947

The Girls Sowed Flax poster
5.0

The manager of the Belarusian collective farm Naideika Krasovich, inspired by the award at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition for the high flax harvest, gives her word to double the harvest. Many fellow villagers doubt her success, and only Grigory Pavlovich, the new director of MTS, who left his family in the city and came to the village at the call of the party, provides Nadeika with all kinds of support and excessive attention, because he loves and, it seems, is loved. In parallel to this story, a plot develops about the love of the tractor driver Zosya for the forester Yanka, who unrequitedly suffers for Nadeyka.

The Girls Sowed Flax

1956

The New Adventures of Schweik poster
6.6

The New Adventures of Schweik adopted to the WWII reality.

The New Adventures of Schweik

1943

The Sky Calls poster
3.6

This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.

The Sky Calls

1959

Tiger Girl poster
6.2

The story is about heiress of the circus family who organizes show "Let's get married" right in the cage for the tigers. Famous motorcyclist Fedya Yermolaev is invited to the circus for a ‘death-defying number’ – to perform a jump on a motorcycle under the big dome! Lena, a custodian at the circus, dreams of becoming a tiger tamer. Stray tigers growl and frighten. Lena enters the cage and...

Tiger Girl

1954

The Girl of Ararat Valley poster
9.0

Tigran, the head of "kolkhoz", is working without strain, reckoning with the responsiveness and support of neighboring collective farms. To punish Tigran's dependency, his lover Anush, the head of Jeyranik collective farm, the first boycots him refusing to help. After being fired during the review meeting, Tigran recognizes his failure and goes for work in construction of local hydro-power station.

The Girl of Ararat Valley

1949

Schweik is Preparing For Battle poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Schweik is Preparing For Battle

1942

Variety Stars poster
6.5

Local comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the Moscow vaudeville circuit, must overcome the interference of an established, competition-shy duo who are helping judge the contest.

Variety Stars

1954

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4 poster
NR

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4 was filmed at the Moscow film studio Soyuzdetfilm during the days of the German offensive on Moscow. It consists of three short stories, linked by the emcee performances of Lyubov Orlova as the mail carrier Strelka, the heroine of the comedy "Volga, Volga," who delivers new films along with the letters. It was released on September 9, 1941.

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #4

1941

Black Sea Girl poster
7.0

A story about Sofijka, a young girl who is just starting her singer career.

Black Sea Girl

1959

Rich Bride poster
6.5

A comedy about the happy life of Ukrainian collective farmers. Harvesting in one of the Ukrainian collective farms. The tractor driver Pavlo and the best collective farmer Marinka work perfectly. They love each other. I like not only Paul. The official and adventurer Kovynko has long been yearning for the Marinka and building all sorts of intrigues to the Komsomol members.

Rich Bride

1946

We from the Urals poster
6.5

A story about two teenagers and their life during WWII in Urals district of Russia.

We from the Urals

1943

There Will Be No Silence poster
NR

A social drama about relationships in the family of the chairman of the Tajik collective farm, Mukhammedzhan Kurbanov: the sons Zafar and Kurban stand on different positions in life. The eldest son wants stability and silence, but the father says there will be no silence, progress does not stand still. Collective farmers in neighboring areas do not fulfill the norm due to lack of water. Young activists develop a plan to irrigate dry land with electric pumps to raise water up the mountains.

There Will Be No Silence

1963

The Blacksmith's Banner poster
NR

Inspired by the epic poem "Shahnameh" by Ferdowsi. It tells the story of Zahhak, the ruler of the Kingdom of Snakes, who, through cunning and deception, conquers a neighboring state and establishes the cult of the Snake Goddess. Zahhak has two snakes growing from his shoulders that feed on human brains. Each day, a dancer, a devotee of the cult, performs a snake dance in the city square. The person she kisses during her performance is doomed to be sacrificed to the snakes.

The Blacksmith's Banner

1961

Under Sunny Skies poster
10.0

Don Zakhar arrives in Turkmenistan to reunite with his fiancée Guiouzel after World War II

Under Sunny Skies

1948

Bountiful Summer poster
4.3

The war is over. The Red Army soldier Pyotr tries to find himself in a peaceful life. He takes the place of an accountant, and long-time friend Nazar, who has already grown to the post of the head of a collective farm, helps him in this. Together they achieve high performance indicators of their wards, skillfully solving controversial issues and emerging from confused situations.

Bountiful Summer

1951

No and Yes poster
NR

Without waiting for a friend, the painter Lenya Penkin gives his ticket to Lucy Korableva, who wins the piano in the lottery draw at the end of the match. Leni's friend, having found out about this, tries to persuade him to take away Lucy's piano, sell it and buy himself a motorcycle. Without persuading Lenya, he still acts in his own way. Lucy and Lenya quarrel, but soon realize that they love each other...

No and Yes

1967

Save Our Souls poster
5.0

The vessel "Zaporozhets" sails on another overseas voyage. When the ship was already in the open ocean, radio operator Lesya Gordienko received an SOS radio message from a yacht carrying the daughter of English shipowner Alice Masefield and her fiance Michael Payton. After taking away Alice's life belt, Michael plunged into the water, leaving Alice on the burning yacht. Drowning Alice is rescued by Yuri Tsymbalyuk, a cadet at the naval academy. The intern and Lesya had a long-standing friendship, but Yuri's frivolous actions prevented them from explaining themselves to the end. Will Yuri take advantage of the current situation, in which he certainly proved to be on top?

Save Our Souls

1960

Honeymoon poster
6.9

lyudmila is a medical school graduate who desperately wants to stay in Leningrad and to do so marries Aleksey, bridge engineer and city resident. To Lyudmila's dissatisfaction when Aleksey agrees to the construction of a bridge in Siberia, he demands that his wife travels there with him.

Honeymoon

1956

Strict Game poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strict Game

1964

Tractor Drivers poster
4.9

The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.

Tractor Drivers

1939

Center Forward poster
9.0

At the height of the season, the famous football player leaves his team: he is a motorcycle designer and his presence at the factory is necessary. However, he does not give up football, but becomes the center of attack of the city team. His goalkeeper friend stubbornly regards the hero’s departure as a betrayal ...

Center Forward

1946

Stars On the Wings poster
6.0

Aviation school. Future officers of the jet squadron are engaged in practical studies. When performing a training assignment, cadet Korenyuk violates flight discipline. The instructor pilot, considering Korenyuk to be a talented cadet, forgives him for this offense. When, during another training flight, Korenyuk dives onto a fishing vessel, cadet Bukreev, who is in the cockpit, takes the blame. Bukreyev is arrested for ten days...

Stars On the Wings

1955

A Sailor from 'The Comet' poster
6.7

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

A Sailor from 'The Comet'

1958

Young Partisans poster
NR

This is a two-in-one flashback film in which the flashback ends up teaching a group of kids a heroic lesson that they take to heart when war comes to their doorstep.

Young Partisans

1942

Son of Tajikistan poster
9.0

The film tells about the front-line friendship between the sons of two people- Gafiz and Ivan.

Son of Tajikistan

1942

New Home poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

New Home

1947

Border Silence poster
NR

A barber dies under mysterious circumstances in a border village. Soon a new master appears, followed by the enemy agent Gyurza... After a fierce fight, the "barber" surrenders Gyurza to the border guards.

Border Silence

1966