Known for
NRExtraordinary and mysterious events begin very ordinarily: journalist Larsen arrives at the home of the famous writer, Nobel laureate Znorco, to conduct an interview. The writer lives alone on an island in the Norwegian Sea. During the interview, details of Znorco’s life and work are revealed. The writer's new novel is a genuine correspondence between Znorco and his lover, who later became Larsen's wife. Several years ago, she passed away, yet letters from her continued to arrive.
Dedication to Eve
1999
NRBased on the eponymous drama by A.S. Pushkin. TV version of the performance by the Drama and Comedy Theatre on Taganka (director Yuri Lyubimov).
Boris Godunov
1999
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Vera Panova. The story takes place at a major defense plant in the final days of the Great Patriotic War and in the first months following the victory. The war has brought together very different people at Kruzhilikha — the name of the plant — united by a common goal: to support the front and do everything they can for the sake of victory.
Kruzhilikha
1975
NRA young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.
Foma Opiskin
1999
NRTV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre. Based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky.
Eccentrics
2000
NRThe story of a Moscow academic family, rapidly "falling apart" after the death of its head. Yet, the family members strive to preserve their inner nobility and find a foundation in their new life.
The Moscow Nest
1997
Behind the camera
NRExtraordinary and mysterious events begin very ordinarily: journalist Larsen arrives at the home of the famous writer, Nobel laureate Znorco, to conduct an interview. The writer lives alone on an island in the Norwegian Sea. During the interview, details of Znorco’s life and work are revealed. The writer's new novel is a genuine correspondence between Znorco and his lover, who later became Larsen's wife. Several years ago, she passed away, yet letters from her continued to arrive.
Dedication to Eve
1999
NRBased on the eponymous drama by A.S. Pushkin. TV version of the performance by the Drama and Comedy Theatre on Taganka (director Yuri Lyubimov).
Boris Godunov
1999
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Vera Panova. The story takes place at a major defense plant in the final days of the Great Patriotic War and in the first months following the victory. The war has brought together very different people at Kruzhilikha — the name of the plant — united by a common goal: to support the front and do everything they can for the sake of victory.
Kruzhilikha
1975
NRA young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.
Foma Opiskin
1999
NRTV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre. Based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky.
Eccentrics
2000
NRThe story of a Moscow academic family, rapidly "falling apart" after the death of its head. Yet, the family members strive to preserve their inner nobility and find a foundation in their new life.
The Moscow Nest
1997
NRWhat happened to the Montague and Capulet families the day after the death of the lovers...
A Plague O' Both Your Houses!
1998
NRAbout the festival that took place in Tbilisi in 1987.
Who? What? How? A Story About the Third All-Union Festival of Youth Plays
1987
NRBased on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
The Barbarian and the Heretic
2005
NRBased on the story by M. Gorky 'On a Raft'.
Love on A Raft
1996
NRBased on the play by A.P. Chekhov. TV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre.
The Seagull
1998
NRA television performance based on the works of Sergey Dovlatov. Recorded and edited performance by the Mossovet Theatre, initially directed by M. Sonnenstral, and completed after his sudden death by O. Anokhina.
The Reserve
1999
NRBased on the works of S. Yesenin, staged by the Moscow Art Academic Theatre of the USSR named after M. Gorky. The performance incorporates documents, letters, and memoirs of A. Blok, S. Gorodetsky, M. Gorky, B. Pasternak, A. Yesenina, E. Yesenina, A. Lunacharsky, V. Mayakovsky, V. Meyerhold, and A. Miklashevska.
My Dear Ones, My Good Ones
1988
NROne of the neighbors, Viktor Efimovich Rachkov, was repeatedly visited by the devil. He went to the police, but they asked for a description of the offender. Well, what kind of description can you give for the devil? So, he had to move out of his apartment, and in his place settled his mysterious nephew – a soloist of a gypsy ensemble. And where there's one gypsy, there are others. But let’s not reveal the whole intrigue...
The Devil is Not Scary to a Gypsy
1972
NRBased on the eponymous short story by A.S. Pushkin, performed by the "Monplaisir" Theatre (St. Petersburg).
The Queen of Spades
2000
NRThe ruined barber Svirid Petrovich Golokhvosty decides to improve his situation by marrying the unattractive daughter of the wealthy merchant Prokop Serko. However, at the same time, he encounters the beautiful Galina.
Chasing Two Hares
2001
NRA television performance based on the play by R. Sheridan, presented by the National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama named after L. Ukrainka (Kyiv).
The School for Scandal
1999
NRThe last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital.
Red Wine of Victory
1988
NRThe last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital.
Red Wine of Victory
1988
NRTeleplay. Based on the play by A. Arbuzov 'Old-Fashioned Comedy'. The film is based on the performance of the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater in Kyiv. The video recording of the performance was made on the stage of the State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia in 1998.
It's Dangerous to Deal with You
1998
NRThe TV version of the play by A.K. Tolstoy, staged by the Maly Theatre.
Tsar Ivan the Terrible
1998
NRA young woman, who has lost faith in life and love, comes to see a psychiatrist with the intention of changing her gender. However, this meeting radically changes both her plans and her perception of life.
My Sweet Dream
2002
NRThe story is about how Ivar Kareno tries to publish his philosophical work, refusing to remove radical passages at the professor's request, and fails, being left without a publication, a doctorate, money and a wife.
At the Gate of the Kingdom
1999
NRAbout the life and revolutionary activities of the Ulyanov family members in Kyiv during the period leading up to the 1905 Revolution.
The Hour of Life
1972
NRA television play by Konstantin Antropov, staged by the 'School of Contemporary Drama' theater, based on the stories by Vasily Shukshin: 'Grief,' 'How the Old Man Died,' and 'Uncle Yermolai.'
The Old Man's Case
1989
NRA television play by Konstantin Antropov, staged by the 'School of Contemporary Drama' theater, based on the stories by Vasily Shukshin: 'Grief,' 'How the Old Man Died,' and 'Uncle Yermolai.'
The Old Man's Case
1989
