
Directing
Semyon Raytburt
Born — Died
1921-02-03 — 2012-04-28
Place of birth
Kramopol, Podolsk governorate, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Known for
4.0In a compartment of the Moscow-Novosibirsk train, a young physicist meets famous film actors. The conversation accidentally comes to Einstein, and the woman begins to explain to her fellow travelers what the theory of relativity is. The actors are incidentally on their way to the shooting of a film about physicists, but they do not understand the subject at all.
What is the Theory of Relativity?
1964
NRThe near future. A fantastic experiment using the test of the mathematician Alan Turing, in which an examiner, a human, and a robot take part. During the test, the examiner must determine who is behind the wall: a person or a thinking machine. The experiment is conducted with one goal: to find out whether a machine can think.
Who’s Behind the Wall?
1977
9.0A propaganda film aimed at American audiences during the early years of the Cold War.
In the Soviet Union
1955
7.9A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972
NRA physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the atom between periods of a hockey game they watch on TV.
Physics at Half Past Nine
1971
A view film about the Oka River near Kaluga.
A Day on the River
1961
Behind the camera
4.0In a compartment of the Moscow-Novosibirsk train, a young physicist meets famous film actors. The conversation accidentally comes to Einstein, and the woman begins to explain to her fellow travelers what the theory of relativity is. The actors are incidentally on their way to the shooting of a film about physicists, but they do not understand the subject at all.
What is the Theory of Relativity?
1964
4.0In a compartment of the Moscow-Novosibirsk train, a young physicist meets famous film actors. The conversation accidentally comes to Einstein, and the woman begins to explain to her fellow travelers what the theory of relativity is. The actors are incidentally on their way to the shooting of a film about physicists, but they do not understand the subject at all.
What is the Theory of Relativity?
1964
NRThe near future. A fantastic experiment using the test of the mathematician Alan Turing, in which an examiner, a human, and a robot take part. During the test, the examiner must determine who is behind the wall: a person or a thinking machine. The experiment is conducted with one goal: to find out whether a machine can think.
Who’s Behind the Wall?
1977
NRThe near future. A fantastic experiment using the test of the mathematician Alan Turing, in which an examiner, a human, and a robot take part. During the test, the examiner must determine who is behind the wall: a person or a thinking machine. The experiment is conducted with one goal: to find out whether a machine can think.
Who’s Behind the Wall?
1977
9.0A propaganda film aimed at American audiences during the early years of the Cold War.
In the Soviet Union
1955
7.9A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972
7.9A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972
NRA physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the atom between periods of a hockey game they watch on TV.
Physics at Half Past Nine
1971
NRA physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the atom between periods of a hockey game they watch on TV.
Physics at Half Past Nine
1971
A view film about the Oka River near Kaluga.
A Day on the River
1961
About the inventor Boris Egorov.
The Secret of EWM
1959
NRA Pushkin scholar Valentin Berestov analyzes the works of Aleksandr Pushkin. In particular, he proves that the “folk” songs in them were written by the poet himself.
The Ladder of Senses
1981
NRA Pushkin scholar Valentin Berestov analyzes the works of Aleksandr Pushkin. In particular, he proves that the “folk” songs in them were written by the poet himself.
The Ladder of Senses
1981
NRBased on the book “The Ambidextrous Universe” by Martin Gardner. An eccentric professor explains whether our idea of the symmetrical structure of the universe is still valid and invites the viewers into the world of elementary particles
This Right, Left World
1971
NRA young man and a young woman spend the evening by the campfire. The girl asks about the starry sky and the photometric paradox, and the young man answers her with lyrical statements of great people about the infinity of the Universe. Frustrated, she rides off on a motorcycle with another young man.
A Lesson in Astronomy
1974
NRA young man and a young woman spend the evening by the campfire. The girl asks about the starry sky and the photometric paradox, and the young man answers her with lyrical statements of great people about the infinity of the Universe. Frustrated, she rides off on a motorcycle with another young man.
A Lesson in Astronomy
1974
A portrait film of the Soviet popular music. Popular performers and composers talk about their work. The film includes, both on the screen and behind it, the songs “A Song Is Going in a Circle”, “A Sports march”, “At a Nameless High Ground”, “Moscow Nights”, “The Main Thing, Guys, Is Not to Get Old At Heart”, "Smile”, “The Song Remains With the Person”.
Seven Soviet Songs
1965
Conductor Rem Gekht leads the rehearsal of a school brass band. The sessions are interspersed with the children talking about the musical instruments they play.
An Orchestra Rehearsal
1985
No synopsis available yet.
PTO-68
1968
No synopsis available yet.
PTO-68
1968
A portrait film dedicated to the muralists Leonid Polishchuk and Svetlana Shcherbinina. They talk about their main works: the stained glass window “Hydronauts” at the Institute of Oceanology and the mosaic “The Healing of a Man” on the building of the library of the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute.
Seven Years and the Whole Life
1990
The adventures of a foal who made friends with moose.
Hello, Latunya!
1964
It is dedicated to the moral ideas of Socrates' philosophy.
Know Yourself
1985
About the work of artists of the Russian Federation.
By the Roads of Life
1958
About the work of artists of the Russian Federation.
By the Roads of Life
1958
NRAbout modeling some principles of the brain.
Brain and Machine
1960
No synopsis available yet.
On the Shore of Lake Issyk-Kul
1954
On the occasion of the centenary of Anton Chekhov's short story “Kashtanka”, actors of the Moscow Puppet Theater perform scenes from the play “Kashtanka and the Elephant” staged by Leonid Khait.
Anniversary
1988
NRThe film is based on the letters and memoirs of Anton Chekhov and members of his family and reconstructs the details of everyday life and of the writer's relationships with his brothers and sister.
The Chekhovs
1987
About the work, studies and life of the youth of the Moscow TU metallistov No. 9.
The Road to Life
1957
About the work, studies and life of the youth of the Moscow TU metallistov No. 9.
The Road to Life
1957
NRA detailed analysis of the triumph of the Art Nouveau style in architecture and other art forms in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century.
The Russian Modern
1990
About government loans in the USSR.
The Story of One Win
1956
A woman recalls a notable incident that happened to her in a holiday home. In the evening, she, along with other vacationers, watched a TV show about electric fields, human biofield, and telepathy. Gradually everyone dispersed, she remained alone in the hall, and suddenly one of the program participants appeared next to her.
In the Crooked Mirror
1982
A portrait film dedicated to the famous violinist Leonid Kogan. In the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, he performs with a symphony orchestra, and at home he rehearses with his wife Elizaveta Gilels and their daughter Nina.
Performed by Leonid Kogan
1967
Based on the novella “This Strange Life” by Daniil Granin. Granin tells about the life of the biologist Aleksandr Lyubishchev. Based on the scientist’s diaries, the writer reconstructs his time tracking system.
The Time of Life
1979
No synopsis available yet.
A Billion Years and One Hour
1980
No synopsis available yet.
A Billion Years and One Hour
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Development of Reflex Activity in Ontogenesis
1957
NRBased on the letters of Anatoly Cherepashchuk. A schoolboy from the city of Syzran writes letters to a scientist about his attempts to assemble a reflector telescope. He asks for the lenses for his observation device and in the following letters tells how the work is going. One day, with the help of his telescope, a young scientist discovers a new comet.
Nine Letters of One Year
1975
