Denis Tkachyov

Vasily Livanov’s historical movie carries the viewer back into the 18th century and tells the story of the monument to Peter the Great through Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin’s poem «The Bronze Horseman». The sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet comes from France at the invitation of the Empress Ekaterina the 2nd to erect the monument. Thanks to the master’s meticulous work and painstaking creative search the monument has become not only a masterpiece of art but one of the symbols of Russia.

Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help.

Ksyusha is thirteen, she is trying to figure out her relationship with her father and the world, but both her father and the world are changing rapidly.

Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each of us is also the choice of our own history. An incorrect individual choice or a karmic mistake can lead to a chain of fatal events. If a person finds himself in power, it can become a problem for the whole people.

The main character receives a large amount of money in the bank and decides to call a bodyguard for escort. However, instead of a large man comes a beautiful girl who does not know how to handle weapons. But there is no other way out, so the hero agrees to use her services. She fails to protect the hero from the attack, but he turns out to be more cunning, hiding all the money in the pocket of his coat. Happy and cheerful, they sit in a taxi together, where the bodyguard girl unnoticed contacts the robbers.

Moscow banker Denis receives a mysterious call from his old friend Charles, an employee of the Unclaimed Deposits Department at the world's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, where an unclaimed 18th-century deposit of 20,000 gold louis d'or, made by the Maltese knight Blaise Marie de Aydi, was discovered. Today, this sum is worth over 10 million euros, and according to the will, the heirs of the princes Cherkassky can receive it. Denis and Charles decide to find the descendants and receive two million euros for their services, but soon discover they are not the only ones hunting for this deposit.

This is a story about the actor Shchiptsov, a man of robust build, who became famous not so much for his stage talent as for his extraordinary physical strength. He had a quarrel with the theater director during the intermission, and in the midst of the quarrel, he suddenly felt as if something had given way in his chest. Shchiptsov feels that he will die soon; he sits in the dressing room and quietly repeats that he wants to go back to his homeland — to Vyazma, but none of the actors fully believes that he is seriously ill; they “jokingly” encourage him. When the second act begins, everyone calmly leaves the stage; he, alone and using his last remaining strength, climbs onto the roof and falls dead.