
Directing
Isaak Shmaruk
Born — Died
1910-08-22 — 1986-08-01
Place of birth
Nezhin, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]
Known for
Directing
Credits
12 titles
Known for
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Димка-велогонщик
1969
9.0The February Revolution did not bring the desired peace to the trenches. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, deceived by Kerensky's government, are dying on the slopes of the Carpathians. But the words of Bolshevik truth penetrate the trenches, and the soldiers refuse to go to the slaughter. Among the front-line soldiers returning home is a young Ukrainian named Taras Holota. He dreams of joyful reunions, but instead attends the funeral of his mother, who was killed by the Haidamaks. The landless peasantry is starving, and Golota rallies his fellow villagers to divide up the landowners' fields...
The Truth
1957
10.0A story about injured Soviet Army officer who joins resistance group in Slovakia during WWII.
The Missing Person
1957
6.8Based on a play by Ivan Franko. Anna married Mykola, but does not love him. She likes young Michael. Against the background of the picturesque Carpathian mountains in the nineteenth century unfolds the eternal drama of love and jealousy.
Stolen Happiness
1952
8.0Boris Zhadanovsky, a hereditary nobleman and officer who was predicted to have a brilliant military career, sides with the rebellious people. In 1905, Zhadanovsky is sentenced to death for his revolutionary activities. However, a powerful strike movement organized in response to the court's decision forces the tsarist government to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. After the revolution, Zhadanovsky joins the Red Army and dies fighting the White Army.
Execution Is Not Possible
1982
2.0A Soviet propaganda film about the Bolshevik coup in 1917-18. Along with the portrayal of fictional characters, the film recreates the images of historical figures from this period.
Peace to the Huts, War to the Palaces
1971
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Димка-велогонщик
1969
9.0The February Revolution did not bring the desired peace to the trenches. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, deceived by Kerensky's government, are dying on the slopes of the Carpathians. But the words of Bolshevik truth penetrate the trenches, and the soldiers refuse to go to the slaughter. Among the front-line soldiers returning home is a young Ukrainian named Taras Holota. He dreams of joyful reunions, but instead attends the funeral of his mother, who was killed by the Haidamaks. The landless peasantry is starving, and Golota rallies his fellow villagers to divide up the landowners' fields...
The Truth
1957
10.0A story about injured Soviet Army officer who joins resistance group in Slovakia during WWII.
The Missing Person
1957
6.8Based on a play by Ivan Franko. Anna married Mykola, but does not love him. She likes young Michael. Against the background of the picturesque Carpathian mountains in the nineteenth century unfolds the eternal drama of love and jealousy.
Stolen Happiness
1952
8.0Boris Zhadanovsky, a hereditary nobleman and officer who was predicted to have a brilliant military career, sides with the rebellious people. In 1905, Zhadanovsky is sentenced to death for his revolutionary activities. However, a powerful strike movement organized in response to the court's decision forces the tsarist government to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. After the revolution, Zhadanovsky joins the Red Army and dies fighting the White Army.
Execution Is Not Possible
1982
2.0A Soviet propaganda film about the Bolshevik coup in 1917-18. Along with the portrayal of fictional characters, the film recreates the images of historical figures from this period.
Peace to the Huts, War to the Palaces
1971
6.5Anatoly Ruchyov is quite a talented guy. One day he decides to enter a prestigious Soviet university — the institute of international relations. But, alas, he overestimates his strength and doesn't achieve his goal. This saddens the young man a little, but he doesn't even think to lower his hands. Anatoly decides to go to military service and reach heights in this area. At first, it is a little lost, but, after the time has elapsed, it is mastered, because there is nowhere to go. Slowly he turns into a real exemplary fighter.
Blue Lightnings
1978
NRComedy film-performance of the Franko Theater based on the play by Oleksa Kolomiyets. The place of action is an ordinary village in the period of Soviet power, where all leading positions are occupied exclusively by men. But after one stormy night with songs and a lot of moonshine, the men wake up to find that now women are in charge of everything and they behave just like men.
Pharaohs
1964
5.0Terenty leaves the collective farm and goes to the city to study to become an agronomist. Marina works hard and looks forward to her husband's return. When her husband returns home, he reproaches his wife for being uneducated, asks for a divorce and leaves for the city. Left with her daughter, Marina devotes herself entirely to her studies and work.
Marina's Destiny
1954
6.0Aviation 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 seriously ill patient is brought to the clinic of a research institute. Young doctor Falko, a resident at the institute, insists on an urgent operation, but his supervisor Druz believes that in this case therapeutic treatment will be more effective and, moreover, will not be associated with risk. Professor Shostenko nevertheless undertakes to operate on the patient. The successfully completed operation confirms the diagnosis made by Falko. Parallel to the events in the clinic, the action unfolds in the house of the director of the institute Shostenko, where his son Igor returns after a three-year absence. The complicated relationship between Igor and his wife, the love story of Shostenko's daughter and Druz - the canvas of the second plot of the film.
Second Wind
1971
5.0Two young people love each other. Both studied in Kiev: he at a teacher training college, she at the conservatory. But their paths diverged: Gleb went to work as a teacher on the virgin lands, while Lisa got married and stayed in Kyiv. Time passes. Lisa, whose family life has not worked out, comes to Gleb in the virgin lands with the secret hope of taking him back to Kyiv...
Milky Way
1959
