Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her,...

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was...

The noble wife of a noble husband comes to his ignoble mistress.

Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes

Rich Italian Luciana Farini goes to Russia to her ancestral homeland, where she wants to bury her beloved dog. A light detective intrigue, the...

A savvy aeronautical engineer, unable to find a use for his talent in the design bureau, finds a job in a private workshop fixing "left" machines.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's...

A romantic love story set in a good old XIX century in the best traditions of Russian vaudevilles.

The tale of the gullible bear.

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.

A girl named Patchwork and the real cloud fight the evil king Fontanius I and his treacherous subordinates.

Drama based on life and love of a famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Mr. Johnny First goes to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph, and the lives of everyone in the frontier town of Santa Carolina...

On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather at a dilapidated country estate.

Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid...

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In...

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated...

At the start of the new capitalistic era in Russia a group of friends open a taxi cab company.

A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's...

Two dogs, one stray the other well-off, become friends.

St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day,...

A story about a married man who suddenly decides to leave his wife and marry rich woman.

On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and...

Lyudmila Gurchenko's brilliant performance in a musical drama about a life of the struggling singer.

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...

Based on the early stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky. A jealous husband is trying to track down his wife, whom he suspects of cheating. He is persistent...

A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.

A television film based on vaudeville and early short stories by Anton Chekhov, "The Proposal", "The Wedding", "The Anniversary", etc. The scene is a...

Little Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.

Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general...

A third movie about Fyodor and his friends from the Prostokvashino village and their adventures - this time during the winter.

The continuation of the adventures of Fyodor and his friends from the Prostokvashino village.

What should I do if life has failed? What should I do if my daughter's happiness depends on the future visit of the groom — the heir of the...

A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with...

The popular TV journalist Sergei Kupriyanov recently became the country's main television personality and began to make his own program. But success,...

Monsieur Perrichon, a rich coachbuilder by profession, is an honest but vain member of the bourgeoisie who decides to take a pleasure trip in the...

The hero of Mikhail Galustyan, known in our world as KarlOson, lives in a magical and colorful world of metrics - chubby flying big-ear humanoids one...

This is a story about Greek slave Esop, who contributed a lot to the world of literature, and about his silly owner, who had the power and money, but...

The plot of the movie is based on books of Isaak Babel about Jewish criminals in city of Odessa before and after the Russian revolution.

A Christmas story, almost a fairy tale. An ordinary Russian girl brought up without a father could not even think that one fine day she would find...

In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky,...

Gunan is a shepherd in love with the beautiful Oyuun, the daughter of the khan Iribsyn. When he is taking part in a competition for the hand of Oyun,...

Secondary school students play a 'practical joke' on their teacher: on midterms day, they claim she told them the wrong date. She almost believes...

A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously burlesque...

A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor...

In our modern Moscow Karabas-Barabas has changed his image and name and opens a toy manufacturing factory. In the high-rise buildings from the "raw...

Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.

A story based on love between Anton Chekhov and a young writer Lidiya Avilova.

The old actor dreams of a leading role for his young talented daughter. However, she is opposed by a powerful diva of the troupe with a terrible...

A story about a launch of one of the first "Vostok" space ships in 1960.

On an ordinary Moscow street, a family lives together in an unremarkable house: a mother and four children. But one "fine" day in this family there...

Russian general have to find and bring back to St. Petersburg girl claiming her right to the throne...

The little girl Lucy lived in Paris at the beginning of the XX century. Once in a dream she met the famous Russian writer Ivan Andreevich Krylov....

From the series "Russian classics - for children". Based on the story of Alexey Tolstoy. The story of how the boy Nikita found a starling that fell...

On the day of the 150th anniversary of Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, an evening dedication "Outside the System" took place on the Main Stage...

A restaurant in Moscow is forced to shut shop after they end up ruining a crucial political dinner involving the president. The entire team then...

An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a...

Every one of us dreams of finding a magic wand, matches or, at least, an enchanted flower that would make any wish come true. Well, we’re just...

The beginning of the 1950s. Nikolai Babushkin, a young specialist in one of the taiga construction sites, who had just been elected a deputy of the...

Defeating the terrible dragon, the soldier Ivan returns from the war. The Far Far Away rejoices. The king, also Ivan, is very pleased. He awards the...

After receiving a slap in the face, Officer Silvio challenges the offending Count to a duel. However, urgent circumstances force the officer to...

One day, the Wolf stole the newborn Calf and brought him home to eat, but regretted it and decided not to eat it, but wait until he grows up. The...

Bambr, Hermit, Bird, Cat and Mouse - already familiar from the film Ferocious Bambre, are faced with the insidious Hunter, who planned to turn Bambre...

A story about a love between a Soviet Army officer and an actress set during the WWII.

A play about the life and death of Jean-Baptiste Molière, an artist tired of fighting the world.

A story of court intrigues, love, and betrayal. A vain king is turned into a stag and only true love can save him

Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment...

USSR, late 80's. Kozhemyakin, the former deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, comes to Yalta for a vacation. Irina, who works as a van...

Life and works of V.I. Lenin during the difficult period for the country of 1918.

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

For many years, Sasha Lvova has been waiting for the return of her lover, pilot Aleksei Astakhov, refusing to believe in his death at the front. And...

A sweet romance unfolds between two young factory workers who meet on a train and set out to discover their city together before the young woman must...

A huge house, a coffin house becomes a symbol of a wasted life, a repository of the secrets and mysteries of its inhabitants, a place of unfulfilled...

About the Soviet hockey player V. Kharlamov. Teammates, children's coach B.P. Kulagin, and national team coach A. Tarasov share their memories.

Romantic love story of Russian physician Gusev and Japanese woman Keiko takes place in time of fighting of Russian and Japanese scientists against...

The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town". In a metaphorical and grotesque form, the...

A story about a guy and a girl who decided to get married.They want to have their own place and live without parents. They search for apartment to...

Lieutenant Ryabovich was accustomed to the monotonous life of an officer, but he found another life—society—difficult: ritual...

Moscow Year New Year's Eve 1987. In the 25th hospital on duty are the obstetrician and the nurse. They make the rounds, after which sit down to...

The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when...

Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Sparrow the Robber.

Victor Barinov at the personal request of the Russian President will go to Sochi at the world championship for professional chefs and to prove that...

Ten years old Alik is invited to star in a movie as a young partisan but almost loses the opportunity.

Two young orphan siblings travel to Moscow in search of their missing father. Scared of being separated and sent to orphanages, they hope to reunite...

A group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga.

The story is set in the 1800s.Elena and Inzarov,a revolutionary Bulgarian ,fall in love.After secretly marrying they decide to join the liberation,...

Moscow militia detectives are investigating a death of a young girl whose body was found in the construction site.

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the...

As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father...

The farm's chairman took the late secretary's teenage son into his house.

Sergey's girlfriend desperately wants him to quit dangerous police job. But Sergey doesn't want to abandon his new case which proves to be quite...

In 1923 two young guys with different personality traits go on probation to work with newly formed Soviet Union Criminal Investigation Department.

The well-being of Stepan Sudakov’s family, which he himself believes in, turns out to be shaky. Practical, prudent, successful in business,...

Having saved money for a summer cottage and having chosen a suitable house, the couple of Petrovs decided without hesitation to enter into ownership...

As a gift to the fortieth anniversary Yakov receives from the Chairman of collective farm the permit to the resort. He is sent on leave by force, in...

One day a sick bear cub was brought to the circus to perform with bears. Professional trainers immediately "rejected" the animal, but saxophonist...

The end of the 50s. The former head of the department Bulygin is sent from Moscow to Siberia to build a bridge across the Severnaya River. With him...

A literature teacher struggles with a faulty stove, with a village major being called to assist.

At the airport, two old friends meet. One is a physical education teacher at a rural school, the other is the manager of a metropolitan basketball...

According to the play of the same name of A. N. Ostrovsky. The merchants already possess the big equities. Money "runs the show". The world of...

The plot is based on the construction of a highway bridge across the Volga River in Saratov. A Moscow correspondent comes to this construction site.

A young provincial, Aleksander Aduev, moves to St. Petersburg to live with his pragmatic uncle, where he experiences the collapse of his romantic...

Twin sisters Asya and Slavka dream of enrolling in a nautical school. After the first refusal, the girls go to Transbaikalia, get a job at the fur...

The story of how a Crocodile appears in Petrograd and frightens the inhabitants of the city. The little boy Vanya Vasilchikov is not afraid of him....

Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.

Action takes place in England during the 20 years between the two wars. The film explores the relationship in the once wealthy bourgeois family,...

This biographical picture that was made for the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol,is filmed in the unique style of the author Leonid Parfyonov....

The action takes place in the hotel "goldfish", the administration of which fulfills the various wishes of its guests.

An eccentric musical about what awaits a young honest man who does not want to enjoy the benefits of a "profitable place", despite the fact that he...

Based on the stories of the same cycle of Konstantin Simonov, who visited as a war correspondent almost on all fronts of the great Patriotic war.

The performance of the Sovremennik Theater directed by G. A. Tovstonogov.

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...

The lost dog Kashtanka is picked up on the street by circus actor Monsieur Georges. He gives her a new name - Aunt and, having prepared a number with...

After coming into conflict with the administration of his research institute, engineer Krylov files his resignation and starts working as a stuntman.

Two middle-aged couples live in two-handed village huts: the Zvyagintsev's and the Arefyev's. Once the wives, tired of family life, decided to...

The film tells about the complex relationship between two chemical scientists. Viktor Sviridov arrived from the province, where he works as an...

The film is based on a conflict between the director of a textile mill and the chief engineer, who regards the initiative of the director for...

The story is about how a metropolitan writer, concerned about the “fifth point of his questionnaire,” instead of the noble or, at worst,...

A cult Soviet musical based on Ali Baba story with spoken-word interludes stylized as Persian poetry.

The insidious and angry Hunter Stump kidnaps the Cat in order to exchange it for Bambra. Bambre agrees to the exchange and surrenders to the hunter....

Unable to come to terms with the death of her husband and struggling to emotionally connect with her teenage son, Tatiana reaches out to an old...

The spicy story of a modest Russian guy drawn into the incessant sexual marathon by the will of rival intelligence agencies. The victims of such an...

Based on Alexander Griboedov's classical play (1817).

The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers...

Based on one of Turgenev's Hunter's Sketches: the Lone Wolf of the title is a forest caretaker for a flippant aristocrat. Though he lives in absolute...

About the funny adventures of a snake, a muskrat, a fox and a badger.

The cartoon tells the story of a fabulous creature named Bambre. He lived completely alone and frightened everyone who was approaching him, and his...

Based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky.

A documentary on Phil Rosenthal's experiences during the making of "Voroniny," the Russian-language version of "Everybody Loves Raymond".

Based on the satirical novel by the Russian writer Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City". The action takes place in the fictional city of...

A film monologue based on the eponymous poem by Alexander Tvardovsky.

Documentary about Anton Chekhov and his descendants in Moscow. Vera Tschechowa, who is the great-grandniece of the poet and writer, meets with family...

Based on the play of the same name by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin. A young liberal-minded official named Bobyrev arrives in St. Petersburg from the...

A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate...

A special train from St. Petersburg to Moscow. General Khrapov is stabbed in his compartment. A mysterious "BG" mark was found on the handle of the...

Evening show Ivan Urgant. Movies, sports, new gadgets, art. What is happening in the country and in the world? Actual characters discussing the day's...

The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.

Evening show Ivan Urgant. Movies, sports, new gadgets, art. What is happening in the country and in the world? Actual characters discussing the day's...

Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair...

The Banks family is busy looking for a nanny for their children. And, as only happens in fairy tales, Mary Poppins appears out of thin air, beautiful...

The Odesa boys, Petya Bachey and Gavrik Chernoivanenko, are brave and resourceful, finding themselves at the centre of early 20th-century events...

The body of a young woman is found in a construction quarry. The deceased is Vera Topilina, secretary to the head of the Main Directorate,...

In 1775 Catherine II sends infamous count Orlov to capture and bring to Russia the supposed pretender to the Russian throne. Who has been claiming to...

MUR's investigator, Colonel Alexander Khlystov, receives an old photograph in the mail: it shows Yesenin, who has just been taken out of the loop....

Millionaire commissions a play addressing the threat of nuclear war.