Valentina Kovel

A romantic comedy about a twenty three years old Kirill who suddenly decides to become a gigolo.

Oleg, a veteran of the German Army, arrives in St. Petersburg at the call of his old comrade-in-arms Vladimir. Instead of the expected well-paid job and decent accommodation, he finds himself in a pine forest, where former army captains and majors live in tanks (their tank column, which the putschists sent to Leningrad, was stopped halfway and forgotten) and earn their living by dressing up as gypsies, while his friend is obsessed with private entrepreneurship. Moreover, both of them fall in love with Olga, a provincial girl who has come to study at a theater school.

Ivan Mazaev finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of The Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.

Having been captured, an Afghan officer decided not to return to his homeland. He settled in Finland, met Rita, a tourist from St. Petersburg, and lost his peace. Everything was against him: his beloved was older than him, had a sick son, the doctor treating his son loved her, and he himself, on top of everything else, was the son of this doctor...

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

Late-Soviet screen adaptation of the novel "A Pale Horse" by Boris Savinkov. A group of anti-tsarist revolutionary terrorists plot to assassinate the governor of a provincial town.

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.

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Former soldier returns to his village only to discover that his girlfriend married another man.

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.

A group of friends, including Mukhin, a furniture factory worker, with his wife and son, go out on a day off. There are four drunk young men in the neighborhood. They pester vacationers and start a fight. They are rebuffed only by Mukhin. Protecting his wife and child, he hit the leader of a hooligan gang. Death was instantaneous. The rowdies turn out to be locals. They pretend to be victims, blaming the "tourists" from the city.

The heroes of Shukshin's play are indeed energetic people in the full sense of the word. Jacks of all trades, quick-witted and dishonest, grabbers and thieves, who can be called businessmen of the era of socialism, for whom there was no use for their practical acumen and intelligence. Tovstonogov and the actors breathed true life into these characters.

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.

Based on Leo Tolstoy's story "Holstomer" staged by the Leningrad State Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.

Several crimes are committed in the city, similar in style and so unusual that the investigation team suspects that the perpetrator, or rather the perpetrator, has a kind of criminal talent. Based on the novel of the same name by Stanislav Rodionov.

A middle-aged gentleman, yet utterly naive, sums up his life experience gained over years of traveling around good old England. The comical and absurd situations in which he and his friends constantly find themselves turn the play into a rare and truly timeless bestseller that entertains millions of viewers.

The film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost," "Vanderbul Runs Over the Horizon," and "Are You Kidding?"

A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess figures (who are in power) are in a state of sadness due to a misterious disease that struck their young prince. While Andrey attempts to help them, the cards are preparing a coup...

In a small house that used to be a vegetable shop, there is a mother with two daughters and an old, sick woman in her care. The mother's life has not been easy. At her father's request, she married someone she did not love.

A classical romantic comedy set in Tbilisi, Georgia in the beginning of XX century.

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.

A satirical account of the rise and fall of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.

A televised play based on the work of Bertolt Brecht.

About the trial of the October Revolution, which was organized in 1919 by the US Senate.

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.

The main character is the chekist Fyodor Dyatlov. He is in love with his friend Hippolytus' sister, the educated, intelligent Irina. At the same time, he harshly pursues the younger brother of Hippolytus and Irina Valerik. He is also a security officer, but in his youth he was tempted by a bribe. Fyodor investigates the case himself and puts Valerik in the hands of higher security officers. His possible happiness with Irina and his friendship with Hippolytus are at stake. But Fyodor is a real fanatic of the communist idea. For the sake of principles, he will do anything.

Based on the stories of V. Kataev "The Diary of a Bitter Drunkard", "Fur Coat" and "Pearl".

The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. A fresh look, self-confidence and each other help friends to expose the "record holder".