Aleksandr Afanasev

Awkward (1979)

The men stole a barrel from the basement of the main depot of table wines, but failed to deliver it home. They did not hold the barrel on a hillock and, in front of numerous witnesses, it fell into the river. All attempts to get her out of the water failed ...

The Siege: Operation "Iskra" (1977)

"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line. ...

The Siege: Leningrad Metronome (1977)

A story about the tragic events in the life of besieged Leningrad from September 1941 to January 1943. ...

Daylight Train (1976)

Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married. ...

The Strogovs (1976)

In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japa ...

Blokada: Pulkovo Meridian (1975)

Autumn 1941. German tank troops are making another attempt to break through to the Uritsk and Pulkovo Heights. During heavy fighting, Soviet troops managed to stop the offensive of fascist tanks one and a half kilometers south of the Pulkovo Observatory. ...

Motherland (1975)

A decade after having been reported missing, war veteran Vladimir goes back to his village. Now back home, he finally realizes how much his family and country mean to him. ...

The Siege: The Luga Defense Line (1974)

In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also a ...

Tales of Keshka and His Friends (1974)

Fun-loving Keshka, fidgety Borka, romantic Sima, businesswoman Anechka and extremely serious Tolyan, suddenly taken up with sports, quite seriously take up the construction of the map. ...

The Winds Blow in Baku (1974)

Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop unde ...

Blue Hares, or a Musical Journey (1974)

Young clown Sasha is having trouble performing his act with his donkey Gena. After another failure, he decides to go on a journey with Gena. After traveling across the country, the friends return to their hometown and perform for the audience once again. ...

Smart Things (1973)

There is a noisy bazaar inconspicuous shop with a sign "Smart Things". And the goods in it completely wonderful no ordinary thing to find. Anyone who would go to the store, they can buy there thing and pay high seller does not require. That's just not ever ...

The Sannikov Land (1973)

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences. ...

A Circle (1972)

Police captain Aleshin is investigating a case related to the theft of opium at a chemical factory warehouse. Everything suggests that the offender must be sought among the employees of the enterprise. One of the workers, Frolov, is familiar to Alyoshin in ...

Tell Me About Yourself (1972)

A simple story of the life and love of a woman who lost her lover at the front. After a failed marriage and many years of loneliness, she finally finds happiness by meeting a man who is not only ready to become her companion, but also a friend to her adult ...

Find Me, Lenya! (1971)

A story of a friendship between a boy and a girl during a pre-revolutionary times in Russia. ...

Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin (1971)

In this the fourth episode, "Battle of Berlin," the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies. ...

Afrikanych (1971)

Afrikanych lived his whole life in the village with his wife Katerina in love and harmony. Katerina gave birth to his sixth child, and then fell ill. Afrikanych decided to go away to find work, but on the way he realized that he could not live without Kate ...

The Owner (1971)

After the end of the civil war, sailor Ivan Ivanov, who dreams of working at the legendary Putilov factory, arrives in Petrograd to build a new life. ...

Drama from the Old Life (1971)

A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment. Based on Nikolai Leskov's short story "The Toupee Artist". ...

The Scouts (1968)

WWII, 1945. There are fights for the city on the Danube. The river is mined by the Germans, and this fetters the action of our troops. In addition, a city with a million people was left without food. And downstream are Soviet food barges. The command instr ...

Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin (1968)

A high-schooler named Valentin Kuzyayev is invited to appear on a TV show about youth. When he is given a questionnaire, Valentin finds himself unable to answer the simplest questions. To sort himself out, he starts to keep a diary. ...

The Snow Queen (1967)

The film tells a story about the extraordinary journey of the modest little girl Gerda. She is looking for her friend Kai, who was kidnapped and taken to her kingdom by the powerful evil Snow Queen. In search of her beloved friend, Gerda ends up in the cas ...

How Many Years, How Many Winters! (1966)

Roll Call (1966)

General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war .. ...

Hiding at the Bottom of the Sea (1965)

Romka Marchenko, a young kid who is participating in movie shooting tries to stop international spy. ...

The Lark (1964)

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 ...

The Mandate (1964)

1919. Gleb Prokhorov, a worker from St. Petersburg, is sent on a mission by the party to lead a small food supply detachment with a mandate signed by Lenin to a village to get bread for starving Petrograd. But in an unequal battle with the kulaks, the enti ...

The Cloud Collector (1964)

A young boy who loves watching clouds in the sky joins a waste paper collection campaign, treating old newspapers like a bank of white clouds. ...

Fro (1964)

The 1930s were a time of five-year plans, construction projects, and the development of remote areas of the country. Frosya's husband leaves her and goes to the Far East. Unable to cope with her loneliness, Frosya sends her husband a telegram informing him ...

1 Newton Street (1963)

Timofey Suvernev comes to Moscow from a distant island to study. Tim successfully passes the exams at the institute, and immediately plunges into a turbulent student life. Through hard work and study, he achieves brilliant success, his student work, which ...

After the Wedding (1963)

After the wedding, the young worker is sent to the village. A year later, he is given the opportunity to return to Leningrad. Feeling needed by the collective farm, he stays in the village... ...

I Love You, Life (1961)

Timofej Korneev is a fresh member of the Communist Party. He works as an engineer for Leningrad candy factory. Since most of its colleagues are young girls he soon finds himself in a love triangle. Moreover, there's a third girl trapped by a scheming Jehov ...

Man with Future (1961)

At first, everyone treated Ivan Kondakov, a young inventor, with irony. But a mine is a mine. And so his absent-mindedness, tardiness, and other frivolous behavior were often ridiculed in the miners' newspaper. His school friend Lelia, who had graduated fr ...

The Rescued Generation (1960)

Antonina Vasilyevna, as a member of the bureau of the district committee of the party, was instructed to save the Leningrad children, whom the war overtook in the suburban camps. She took them to the Kirov region. After twelve days of hard travel, the chil ...

Anathema (1960)

It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin. ...

Life in Your Hands (1959)

The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion... ...