Vladimir Vardunas

Writing

Vladimir Vardunas

Born — Died

1957-05-26 — 2010-12-28

Place of birth

Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Neptune's Feast poster
6.7

A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

Neptune's Feast

1986

Sancho From the Ranch poster
8.0

The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", curated by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two guises at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen an ordinary Russian family is watching them with excitement – grandmother and grandfather, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be watching themselves.

Sancho From the Ranch

1997

The Fountain poster
5.8

A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

The Fountain

1988

Alexander: The Neva Battle poster
4.3

Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and are ready to betray Novgorod to the Swedes and the Germans to boost their trade. Meanwhile, his best friend falls under suspicion, as somebody tries to poison the young prince at his own wedding feast. Aleksandr has no way out - to defend his people against the invaders and to find the true poisoner.

Alexander: The Neva Battle

2008

Chicha poster
9.0

The film tells about a kind artist who throughout his life sang in a strange voice.

Chicha

1991

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich! poster
NR

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

1997

Series credits

Behind the camera

Neptune's Feast poster
6.7

A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

Neptune's Feast

1986

The Fountain poster
5.8

A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

The Fountain

1988

Alexander: The Neva Battle poster
4.3

Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and are ready to betray Novgorod to the Swedes and the Germans to boost their trade. Meanwhile, his best friend falls under suspicion, as somebody tries to poison the young prince at his own wedding feast. Aleksandr has no way out - to defend his people against the invaders and to find the true poisoner.

Alexander: The Neva Battle

2008

Chicha poster
9.0

The film tells about a kind artist who throughout his life sang in a strange voice.

Chicha

1991

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich! poster
NR

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

Happy New Year, Eldar Alexandrovich!

1997

Window to Paris poster
6.4

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

Don't Think About White Monkeys poster
4.8

A young businessman believes that money and fortune are the most important things in the world. One day he loses all his money and faces the necessity to reconsider and change his life.

Don't Think About White Monkeys

2008

Happy Stay! poster
9.0

Fencer Maria, having learned that the coach inclines girls from her team to cohabit, decides to openly defend the honor of her friends, but does not find support. Their fear of not going abroad to prestigious competitions is stronger.

Happy Stay!

1987

Sensation poster
NR

Forester Yuri Savushkin has been protecting nature and animals for several years now. But “seekers” of zoological rarities (junior children, a scientist from America, an academic zoologist) burst into his usual, measured life, because it turns out that Glazyuk’s animal lives in the Ugryumovsky Nature Reserve...

Sensation

1993

The Taming of the Shrews poster
3.0

A few rich and glamorous people are flying to Nice, but instead of South France they land in the heart of the Sibir.

The Taming of the Shrews

2009

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

Wedding Kisses poster
8.0

While the bride is late for the wedding, the guests tell various marriage stories, which confuse the groom.

Wedding Kisses

1998

Flying Dutchman poster
NR

The ropes holding the former ship, now a floating restaurant with the symbolic name "The Flying Dutchman," were cut by a drunk resident of the seaside town, whom the bouncer refused to let "on board" the tavern due to the imminent closure of the drinking establishment. And when the restaurant's patrons gathered to leave the hospitable vessel, it turned out that the only way to do so was by swimming. However, the shore was no longer visible...

Flying Dutchman

1991

Timur & His Commando$ poster
6.5

Timur, the son of a criminal authority named Sperm Whale hiding in an offshore zone, comes to Russia for summer holidays after several years of studying in England. Now he has his father's huge cottage, a personal cook and a squad of heavily armed guards at his disposal.

Timur & His Commando$

2004