Known for Acting
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.
The young artist Burtsev goes to Paris about the inheritance left to him by his uncle, who left for France with the first wave of emigrants. There, he is expected by the hostility of some persons interested in the inheritance, and the open sympathies of others - the old man Yerikhonov and his daughter Asya, who fell in love with Burtsev.
About the events of the final stage of the Second World War — the defeat by Soviet and Mongolian troops of the selected Kwantung army. Bacteriological weapons were created in the laboratory of Japanese General Ishii Shiro. Experiments were conducted on prisoners of war and political prisoners. Epidemiologist Dmitry Sokolov was assigned to solve the mystery of this laboratory. At the cost of his own life, he completed the task. The march of Soviet and Mongolian formations through the Gobi sands and the Khingan spurs was not only a brilliant military operation, but also a warning of the use of bacteriological weapons by Japan.
St. Petersburg, 1914. Pre-revolutionary bourgeois society, decadent intelligentsia - the signs of this troubled time. The focus is on the Bulavina sisters Dasha and Kata, their personal lives, loves, hobbies, and heartfelt dramas.
Fantastic cosmopolite ‘nouvelle vague’ film from Soviet Russia about the lives of students living in a dormitory at Moscow State University. The story focuses on the relationships between roommates: Russian students Andrey and Sergey, African student Jules, and Belgian Albert. Tensions arise due to Albert's racist prejudices against Jules, creating conflicts among the group. Meanwhile, Andrey navigates his feelings for Marina, who initially prefers Sergey but eventually reevaluates her choices as the characters confront their differences and personal growth.
The fate of Tanya Ognevaya, whose image reflects the features of Liza Pylaeva (1898-1926), the first chairwoman of the Socialist Youth Union.
The German intelligence officer Sturmer, under the guise of captain Voron, commits sabotage one after another with the aim of reaching the commander of the partisan detachment of Stration. Galinka, the daughter of Stration, who fell in love with Voron, invades their duel.
Russian prisoners of war commandeer a tank and lead the Nazis on a cross-country chase in this World War II adventure drama. The Russians use their own tanks so the Nazis can use them as target practice to test a new anti-tank weapon. Knowing that death is near, the brave Russians run amok and tear down German monuments before heading out to a field where female slave laborers are working.
War time drama set in WWII. Citizen of Moscow gather in a patriotic show of defiance to help slow down the advancing Nazi forces that are closing in on the city.
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
