Afanasi Kochetkov

Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun (2004)

The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; "The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film depicts the life and reign of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich of Kiev, known in legends as Vladimir the Red Sun. The story begins in 972 AD, after the ...

Forgiveness (1992)

A young couple, not wanting to, faced the fact of having a baby. They are offered to sell it to a rich childless family. Deceived by her lover, the mother agrees, but dies during childbirth. New parents receive the coveted son, and the father of the child ...

Across Red Nights (1991)

Moscow, the years of perestroika. The quiet life of Eduard and Pavla turns into a nightmare one day. Edward accidentally kills his attacker while protecting his comrade in a fight. Both go to jail, and his friend commits suicide. Suddenly, the hero of the ...

Maestro With Thread (1991)

A lonely old man lives in the village - Ivan Makarov, angry and prickly. All his wealth is a house and an accordion. Yes, there is still a dream - to go to Moscow and speak on television: what if the son, who has long forgotten about him, sees and responds ...

The Trial (1990)

Based on materials from real criminal cases, it follows the trial of the trade mafia. ...

Energetic People (1988)

Aristarkh Petrovich Kuzkin, the manager of a store, finds himself in big trouble. His wife Vera, having discovered a letter from a woman named Sonya addressed to her husband, decides to take revenge by writing to the prosecutor about his fraudulent activit ...

Red Wine of Victory (1988)

The last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital. ...

Without Sun (1987)

"Without the Sun" is the first name that Gorky himself gave to his play and which most closely matches its essence. For this work is not about the "day" and its people, but about the indestructible, passionate desire of people from darkness to light, to th ...

The Will (1986)

Ivan Yegorovich - a front-line soldier, secretary of the rural district party committee in Siberia - receives a directive on reclamation of the area, but he believes that irrigation work will disrupt the water balance and adversely affect crops. Not having ...

Jonah, or the Artist at Work (1984)

A painter lives with his wife and four children in a studio. Due to creative frustrations and the irritation of admirers and hangers-on he becomes increasingly reclusive, finally sealing himself away in the attic. Based on an Albert Camus story. ...

Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (1983)

The protagonist of the film, engineer Barkasov, finds himself in ridiculous and anecdotal situations all day. He is a responsible worker, the head of a large institution and is completely exhausted from pressing urgent matters. On the advice of a doctor, h ...

People at the Marshes (1982)

In the 1920s, Soviet power came to the remote areas of the Polessky marshes. However, the wealthy landowners of the village of Kureny had no intention of giving their land to the peasants. Gangs intimidated the people. But the peasants themselves took the ...

Peasants (1982)

Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithful to him. Pavel decides not to return to his native town. But many years later he returns to his fathers funeral and finds out that Nastya died s ...

Challenge (1981)

Based on the play of the same name by G. Markov and E. Shim. About the difficult yet creative journey of the Siberian scientist Alexei Krayukhin. ...

A Profitable Position (1981)

A young official, ambitious, but holding idealistic views, doesn't want to curry favor, or use patronage, although he is ready to live, albeit poorly, but honestly. He's subjected to increasing pressure from others who believe that material well-being is m ...

I'm An Actress (1980)

A film about the great Russian actress Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (1864–1910). ...

Let's Talk, Brother... (1979)

Scarlet Straps (1979)

A story of a young cadets of Suvorovsky army school - based on Boris Iziumskii novel. ...

Errors of Youth (1978)

A young guy decides to try himself in a northern region of USSR after being honorably discharged from Soviet Army. ...

Wait For Me, Islands! (1978)

A touching story about a teenager who dreams of growing up as soon as possible and discovering unknown islands. In the meantime, having scored another two and being offended by his father for the breakdown of an elegant sailboat made with his own hands, he ...

In Profile and Full Face (1977)

Be Careful, Leaf Fall! (1977)

Peace and prosperity reign in the family of engineer Sergei Shubin. But meeting with Marina changes everything. It seems to Sergei that true love has come to him, and he decides to start a new family. Time passes, but neither Sergei nor Marina feel happy.. ...

The Beginning of the Legend (1977)

The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister ...

Trust (1976)

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence. ...

The Ordinary Arctic (1976)

The plot is based on stories by B. Gorbachev: "The Trial of Stepan Grokhot," "Birth on Cucumber Land," "The Merchant Labas," and "The Great Flood." The main circumstance of the plot is five days of blizzard that began immediately after the arrival of a new ...

White Hood (1975)

About the first national hero, Khadjarat Kyakhba. ...

Ivan's Launch (1972)

In the cramped cockpit of the boat, of which Ivan Burlakov has long been the captain and where Elenka, not jokingly called his wife, works as a sailor, a new employee appears - the captain's assistant Sergei. Outwardly energetic and open, he quickly achiev ...

Nomadic Front (1972)

1919, Russian Civil War. Siberia was united under the rule of the White Guard General Kolchak. Unwilling to recognize his power, 32 common villages from the Yenisei province declare themselves the independent Soviet Badja Republic. The Badja guerrillas, le ...

Russia's Heart (1971)

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

King of the Mountains and Others (1970)

The film consists of three short stories: "King of the Mountains" - about a giant bear; "Loyalty" is a touching love story between two storks; "The Loop" is about a proud deer. ...

The Kotsiubynsky Family (1970)

The events of the film cover the story of the Kotsiubynsky family in the years 1912-1918, ending with the defeat of the Central Rada and the establishment of a Soviet republic in Ukraine in the spring of 1918. ...

The Maid of Pskov (1969)

Based on the opera of the same name by N. Rimsky-Korsakov and the drama by L. May. ...

Ambush (1969)

A Kirghiz adventure film combining documentary and fictional elements. ...

Badgers (1968)

Two village boys - brothers Semyon and Pavel - serve a Moscow merchant-shopkeeper. They face harsh exploitation and hard forced labor. The brothers' life paths diverge. Unable to withstand the merchant's bullying, Pavel goes to the factory, becomes a worke ...

I Was Nineteen (1968)

A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him ...

Kyiv Frescoes (1966)

Parajanov's collage of all the footage that remained from his film "Kyiv Frescoes," which was halted by the Soviet authorities who demanded that all the negatives be destroyed. ...

Through Icy Haze (1965)

After the events of 1905, the proletariat slowly retreated with battle. The Lenin headquarters of the leadership of the revolution was moved to Finland. There Lenin and Krupskaya live illegally in safe houses. Vladimir Ilyich works on his articles, occasio ...

Loneliness (1964)

Soviet propaganda film on the struggle against counter-revolution in Tambov region in the first years of Soviet power. ...

Knight Move (1962)

A fifteen years old boy is dreaming to become a tractor driver in the kolkhoz where he lives. ...

The Long Day (1961)

At the Beginning of the Century (1961)

Oleksa Dovbush (1960)

The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend. ...

The First Date (1960)

Alexey and Valentina met in the tourist camp on Seliger, and after two weeks they celebrated their wedding. Returning to the family, the young couple faced the first difficulties. Both parents didn't like the willfulness of the young - and there were probl ...

Заре навстречу (1960)

Siberia, 1916-1917. Bolshevik Pyotr Sapozhkov is engaged in revolutionary propaganda and agitation in a small Siberian town after the end of his exile. He is assisted by his wife Varya. After the February Revolution, the Bolshevik party is still outlawed, ...

Mumu (1959)

The film tells about the dumb serf and his faithful dog Mumu. ...

Over Tissa (1958)

According to the story of the same name by Aleksandr Avdeenko. The end of the 50s. Transcarpathia. Two saboteurs cross the border near Tissa. One dies during detention, and the second, under the guise of a front-line soldier Ivan Belograi, appears at the s ...

The Incident at Mine No. 8 (1958)

After graduating from the institute in Leningrad, the young geologist Volodya Batanin arrives to work for distribution to a coal plant in the Arctic. ...

The Star-Child (1958)

A star fell to Earth. And so a star boy appeared on our planet. He was agile and clever, but cruel and cold. Even his mother, who had been searching for him for years and therefore showed up in the rags of a beggar, he had pushed him away and hurt him. But ...

How the Song is Composed (1957)

The film tells the story of the life, work, and social activities of Dagestan poet and singer Suleiman Stalsky. ...

Ulyanov Family (1957)

A story about young years of Vladimir Lenin. ...

An Unusual Summer (1957)

The film takes place in 1919 in Saratov. Student Kirill Izvekov becomes Commissioner of the Red Army and participates in the battle with Wrangel and the capture of the city. ...

The Safety Match (1954)

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer. ...