Sergei Maksachyov

Drama set in a strict seminary where a new teacher attempts to abolish corporal punishment.

An old woman invades the home of a lonely writer and dies. Soon she becomes his obsession, which is impossible to get rid of.

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.

Two young soldiers are caught in a sandstorm during a training battle. In these extreme conditions, the real characters are revealed...

A long-distance Chaco driver once agrees to transport a passenger across the border under the guise of a partner for a decent amount of money. Miguel, the leader of the democratic movement, managed to escape from prison and hide abroad. And now he is returning to his homeland to continue the fight. Chaco is not interested in politics, and from the very beginning of the trip he makes it clear to his partner.

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This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetoric, deaths of innocent people.