Boris Sokolov

Acting

Boris Sokolov

Born — Died

1944-03-18 — 2022-02-26

Place of birth

Ufa, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 7 titles

Was There Karotin? poster
4.9

The beginning of the 30s of the last century. A leak of classified information was found at the Soviet shipbuilding plant. Arriving under the guise of a scientist, the legendary chekist Karotin begins to unravel the threads of the conspiracy of the fascist spy organization. He is helped by inexperienced but active local detectives. Mastering the basics of the counterintelligence, they fall into a situation the other one funnier.

Was There Karotin?

1990

Nicotine poster
5.5

Mirror film, intellectual game, tribute to Jean-Luc Godard and "Breathless". The narrative plot resumes the transposed history in post-Soviet St. Petersburg.

Nicotine

1993

Jokes poster
5.5

Vasily Kutuzov, the namesake of the famous commander, ends up in a mental hospital because of his talent for making up jokes. Everyone in his family had this gift, and many suffered because of it. The authorities didn't like that the Kutuzovs were bothering people. Vasily's neighbors in the ward are all famous people who left a mark in history. So he amuses them until the doctors decide to cure him of this "disease"...

Jokes

1990

Without Return Address poster
8.0

Every woman considers herself happy if she finds three people in one man: a lover, a husband and a father. The heroine of the film did not have this happiness. Mario, an Italian, is the one who replaces her father in her life. Gunar, a private detective, claims to be a lover. The one who could become her husband disappears at the beginning of the film.

Without Return Address

1997

Prison Romance poster
3.0

The hero of the film is in prison, and they are trying to knock out a testimony from him where there is a lot of money - in which country, city, bank, bank account ... And the smart, handsome and courageous Abdulov brazenly and insultingly mocks the investigator and reads Onegin in his cell "a Vietnamese cellmate giving him a massage. Then the senior investigator, the wife of the Duma deputy, who does not feel love for her husband, personally undertakes for him.

Prison Romance

1993

When the Saints March poster
5.0

The Leningrad Jazz Club is preparing to celebrate its 30th anniversary and the birthday of the club's founder, Alexei Sokolnikov, the first leader of the jazz band. It has been decided to find all the original members of the band and invite them to the celebration. But this is not so easy to do, and there is also a mystery lurking in the past that led to the band's breakup...

When the Saints March

1990

The Third Planet poster
4.1

Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1971 novella 'Piknik na obochine' ('Roadside Picnic') as well as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film adaptation ('Stalker'), 'Tretya planeta' tells the story of a father seeking a cure for his ill daughter by venturing into an area known only as "The Zone" to request help from the mysterious healers that dwell within its forbidden borders.

The Third Planet

1991

1980s · 15 titles

The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins poster
6.5

Author J. R. R. Tolkien (Zinovij Gerdt) tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and enjoyable hobbit, whose life is turned upside down when he decides to join the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves in an attempt to regain a treasure stolen from the latter. Soviet television movie adaptation of "The Hobbit".

The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins

1985

Heart of a Dog poster
7.9

In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As the newly transformed Sharikov begins to navigate life in the professor’s apartment, his crude behavior and revolutionary ideas turn the household upside down.

Heart of a Dog

1988

Jewelry Case poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jewelry Case

1984

Measure of Restraint poster
NR

A court session is underway. The facts of violations and embezzlement at a small plant are being examined. The chief engineer of the enterprise, Chistukhin, takes all the blame upon himself. At first glance, the plant director appears to be uninvolved in the crime. Gradually, we realize that she is not entirely innocent.

Measure of Restraint

1983

The Road to Yourself poster
NR

Venya Sidelnikov secretly leaves his parents for a large construction site. Only by facing real challenges will the young man be able to reveal his best character traits and find his place in life.

The Road to Yourself

1985

Soldier and Emir poster
NR

Based on Russian fairytales.

Soldier and Emir

1987

No artwork available
NR

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.

A Happy Accident

1987

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot poster
5.0

Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with the "right" people.

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot

1984

A Search Has Been Announced... poster
7.0

Several major robberies take place in Leningrad and the region, but the criminal leaves no trace. The Inurkollegia announces that the administrator of the boarding house "Otdykh" Balyasin unexpectedly receives a large sum of money as an inheritance, and the police decide to set a trap for the criminal, believing that he will not pass by such money. An employee of the Criminal Investigation Department arrives at the boarding house, and it soon becomes clear that the elusive criminal is one of the vacationers at the boarding house.

A Search Has Been Announced...

1981

The Highway poster
6.7

The film takes place during one day of operation of a railway line, the capacity of which is lower than necessary. A disaster occurs: a passenger train crashes into a tank train, the driver's assistant is killed, and traffic on the section is delayed. The film explores the patterns that led to the accident.

The Highway

1983

My Father Is an Idealist poster
8.0

An elderly man - a naive, impractical artist of the musical comedy theater - writes an operetta about goodness. His son is a resuscitation doctor, very businesslike and practical, and teases him all the time. The marriage of Petrov Sr. to the young ballerina Alena also did not add harmony to their relationship. But one day, father and son suddenly realize how necessary they are to each other... When the young stepmother begins to be in danger during childbirth, the son stops being sarcastic and fulfills his human and filial duty.

My Father Is an Idealist

1981

Born in Siberia... poster
9.0

The hero of the film is Vasily Zavyalov, a Siberian, the headmaster of the school in Turgus, where he was born and grew up. We have an army and a pedagogical institute behind us. The rural communists respect him and elect him secretary of the district party committee...

Born in Siberia...

1983

Family Heirloom poster
NR

Based on the novel of the same name by Anatoly Zharenov. Treasures… Their glitter mesmerizes, robs one of reason — especially when they are unique antique valuables that have accidentally fallen into the hands of someone who has no idea of their true worth. For their sake, cunning adventurers are ready to do anything…

Family Heirloom

1981

Two Knew the Password poster
9.0

The 1920s. Count Kabardin, who emigrated to France, sends Colonel Lavrov to Russia with the aim of bringing his daughter Irina to Paris. Irina married Chekist Andrei Slavinsky and joined the revolution. Under the guise of a White Guard lieutenant, Andrei is sent to France. He carries out a secret intelligence mission. But Irina believes that her husband has died. The chairman of the Cheka, learning of Lavrov's visit, gives him the opportunity to take Irina to France and gives her a new assignment and a password for Andrei.

Two Knew the Password

1985

Overcoming poster
NR

Ukraine, 1919. Bolshevik counter-intelligence agents work to stop an uprising by White Russian nationalist-monarchist counterrevolutionaries. A young countess finds herself caught between her family and class allegiance and burgeoning Communist sympathies inflamed by a chance meeting with a handsome young Ukrainian chekist.

Overcoming

1984

1970s · 3 titles

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