Evgeny Mitta

Directing

Evgeny Mitta

Born 1963-06-11 · Moscow, USSR (Russia)

Acting credits

The Black Monk poster
3.8

Man who talks with a ghost called Black Monk is forced to see a doctor. After the treatment, he loses his ability to communicate with the ghost, becoming angry, violent and utterly unhappy.

The Black Monk

1988

Point, Point, Comma... poster
7.0

A lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...

Point, Point, Comma...

1972

A Lear of the Steppes poster
NR

Based on Turgenev's novel

A Lear of the Steppes

1976

Dombey & Son poster
NR

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Dombey & Son

1974

The Blackamoor of Peter the Great poster
5.8

Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.

The Blackamoor of Peter the Great

1976

Impostors poster
10.0

The autumn of 1993. In an attempt to puzzle out the death of a famous film director and save the unfinished movie “Boris Godunov” the enamored protagonists fail to notice the moment when they become part of the historical events which will forever change their lives.

Impostors

2025

Yes & Yes poster
3.9

Sasha is a young girl living in a block flat with her family in Moscow. Once she falls in love with Antonin, a bohemian artist and hard drinker. Their short love affair is pulling her down, to the bottom of her subconscious. Overwhelmed with beautiful and frightening visions, she starts to paint - violently, until she can stand on her feet.

Yes & Yes

2014

Shine, Shine, My Star poster
5.6

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.

Shine, Shine, My Star

1969

Behind the camera

Act & Punishment: The Pussy Riot Trials poster
1.0

Russian activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich decide to separate from the well-known activist group Voina and create their own group named Pussy Riot that would express their ideas of female independence, combining activism, feminism, and punk rock music. Their defeat in court becomes their moral victory, as Pussy Riot are cheered on by thousands of their new-found fans.

Act & Punishment: The Pussy Riot Trials

2015

Pepperstein, a Surreal Reality Show poster
NR

Pavel Pepperstein is one of the iconic artists of his generation and an active participant in the international art scene. The film "Pepperstein, surreal show" explores the origins and turning points in the life and work of the creator of the direction of "psychedelic realism". Pepperstein talks about his childhood in the circle of Moscow conceptualists, friends of his father Viktor Pivovarov and the raves of the 90s, and his whimsical graphics come to life thanks to animation, complementing the kaleidoscope of the artist's life.

Pepperstein, a Surreal Reality Show

2021

Pepperstein, a Surreal Reality Show poster
NR

Pavel Pepperstein is one of the iconic artists of his generation and an active participant in the international art scene. The film "Pepperstein, surreal show" explores the origins and turning points in the life and work of the creator of the direction of "psychedelic realism". Pepperstein talks about his childhood in the circle of Moscow conceptualists, friends of his father Viktor Pivovarov and the raves of the 90s, and his whimsical graphics come to life thanks to animation, complementing the kaleidoscope of the artist's life.

Pepperstein, a Surreal Reality Show

2021

Oleg Kulik. Challenge and Provocation poster
5.5

The film tells about the work of Oleg Kulik, an artist and curator, one of the most famous representatives of contemporary Russian art in the world. In the center of the tape is the story of the formation of the artist–actionist. The film is constructed as a monologue, which gives the hero a unique opportunity to analyze his own creativity, his own path in art.

Oleg Kulik. Challenge and Provocation

2008

No artwork available
5.0

The protest events that took place in Moscow in 2011-2012 affected the fate of many people. After 5 years, the participants of these events share their stories.

2012

2017

Vinogradov and Dubosarskiy. Commissioned Painting. poster
NR

About the history of the creative duo of artists Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubosarsky. The film is part of the film project "Anthology of Contemporary Art", which will include ten documentaries dedicated to the work of the most famous artists.

Vinogradov and Dubosarskiy. Commissioned Painting.

2009