Writing

Artur Makarov

Born 1931-06-22 · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Golden Mine poster
7.1

The film is set in the 1970s Leningrad, Russia. Fugitive Brunov is a dangerous criminal, who escaped from jail. He is after the treasure that was hidden by him years ago at his former country-house. He is having plastic surgery to hide his identity, while preparing for his next crime. He is trying to kill another man, who is also after the same treasure. Investigators Zarubin, Kromkin and Lebedeva are untangling the case.

Golden Mine

1977

A Family Affair poster
10.0

After fifteen years of wandering, Ivan Shalnev returned to his native village for the summer. Autumn arrived quickly. He hadn't managed to accomplish everything he had planned. But he realized where his happiness lay, and he stayed forever...

A Family Affair

1980

The Unexpected is Near poster
NR

Crowded alleys of the evening park, music, laughter, festive fireworks. And the two are talking about murder or suicide, about the syringe found in the dead woman's hands, about the time when death occurred. These two are employees of the criminal investigation department. They will have to find criminals in a large, busy business city who stole, cheated, and, if necessary, did not stop at murder, removing unintended witnesses or unreliable accomplices from their path.

The Unexpected is Near

1971

Gunpowder poster
6.0

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.

Gunpowder

1985

Hot Trails poster
NR

The year is 1943. A scientific expedition led by Professor Sagdulaev is working in the Karakum sands. In the sands, not far from them, a German plane drops paratroopers disguised in Soviet military uniforms. The saboteurs have a mission: to take explosives hidden in the ruins of an old fortress and blow up the strategic bridge over the Amu Darya. The members of the expedition engage in an unequal battle with the enemies…

Hot Trails

1971

Girl from the Legend poster
NR

There is a civil war in Turkestan. Many people stood up in arms to defend the young Soviet government. Among them is the young Mayna Khasanova. She devoted her life to the struggle for the ideals of revolution. Mayna, as a girl from a legend, will accomplish a feat, a story about which many generations of Soviet people will betray by word of mouth. The young heroine will be awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Battle.

Girl from the Legend

1980

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers poster
7.1

The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave “elusive” knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret report, which speaks of the existence of defensive fortifications around the coastal city, which the Reds have yet to take. Young heroes get the task to get a map of fortifications and go to the city...

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers

1968

Last Hunt poster
7.3

1920s. A schooner manned by foreign pirates reaches the coast of Northern Ocean near Russian Eastern Siberian Community that cheaply buys expensive furs and gold from locals.

Last Hunt

1979

Charlotte Necklace poster
6.7

While investigating a murder KGB detectives discover a criminal group which transfers a stolen artworks abroad .

Charlotte Necklace

1984

Bloodsuckers poster
3.9

When a young man wants to marry a poor girl, her cousin envies her very much. She even makes everybody believe that the main character was in love with her. He escapes from many difficulties in order to find his beloved who also became trapped in a luxurious villa with some strange relatives. The people inside villa are vampires, they were called upyri in those days in Russia. They suck blood of anyone who comes to see them. The young man too much in love so he looses his head and goes directly to the nest of vampires.

Bloodsuckers

1991

Meeting at High Snows poster
10.0

Juma Saidov fault of the rich Appanbay got to prison. Years later he returned to his native place and took part in the fight against robber bands. Suddenly it became clear that the leader of the gang Hudayberdi his son, born while Juma was in prison, and brought up Appanbay.

Meeting at High Snows

1981

Newcomer poster
7.4

The love story of Fedor, the village chauffeur and Mari, a local school teacher.

Newcomer

1977

Close Afar poster
8.5

Sergei Bukreyev arrives with a team of meliorators in another village and immediately draws attention to the director of the farm Anna Talnikova. Her dedication to work scares Sergei, he even wants to persuade her to leave the farm, but understands that Anna will never be happy without her work, and he – without it.

Close Afar

1979

One Chance in One Thousand poster
4.3

In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies.

One Chance in One Thousand

1969

In a New Place poster
NR

Inspector Sergey Baev arrives at a fishing collective farm for a new job and begins to fight poaching. This does not please both poachers and the head of the artel Fetisov. Having failed to reach a compromise solution, Fetisov sends the Ermakov brothers to "deal" with the new inspector. But the intervention of the police stops the fight, and the criminals receive the punishment they deserve.

In a New Place

1979

Three Days on the Run poster
6.0

The hero of the film spent three days outside the law in Moscow. Former paratrooper Andrey, who became a truck driver, came from the province and was arrested for fighting at a gas station. The hero was taken to prison along with experienced repeat offenders, who forced him to escape with them...

Three Days on the Run

1992

Stray Bullet poster
7.0

The film depicts the adventurous life of the civil war hero Vasil Kikvidze.

Stray Bullet

1980

Blood for Blood poster
7.0

The plot of the movie is based on a real criminal case, when several years ago a gang of criminals killed prominent military leaders in order to steal their military awards. The murder of retired General Gridnev was committed, and his apartment was robbed. Major of police Tagantsev goes to the tipsters bandits. But the thief-recidivist nicknamed Valek manages to outplay the detective. Tagantsev's group will have to work hard to catch the recidivist in the city by the sea Yalta...

Blood for Blood

1991

On His Motherland Service poster
9.0

A historical and adventure political film about the first diplomatic contacts between Russia and Afghanistan. The film recreates the historical events of the 1830s. The prototype of the main character, Russian officer Alexei Nalymov, who took part in the Decembrist movement, is Russian diplomat Yan Vitkevich.

On His Motherland Service

1982

Password "Hotel Regina" poster
10.0

The task of the Chekists fighting the Turkestan counter-revolutionary gang is to eliminate the conspiracy of the TMO (Turkestan Military Organization), uniting former tsarist officers, Basmachi and British interventionists. The chekist Rasul Khusanbekov, disguised as the millionaire Kurbasov, who hates the Soviet government, gains the confidence of General Krasovsky and enlists in his detachment...

Password "Hotel Regina"

1984

Olga and Konstantin poster
7.0

A Georgian truck driver falls in love with Olga. The film follows their adventures and misadventures as they try to overcome the obstacles of distance, culture, and bureaucracy to be together.

Olga and Konstantin

1984

Three Days of a Holiday poster
7.0

Young Akbota goes to visit her grandmother in Alma Ata and brings her saplings of the sacred archie tree. On the way, she meets architect Murad, and then his wife, actress Sholpan...

Three Days of a Holiday

1982