Aleksandr Borisov

Invitation to Life (1981)

About the forestry scientist Ivan Vikhrov, who devoted his life to the forest and the fight against the fact that "forestry is turning into ordinary forest management. ...

Here Is Our Home (1974)

A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty. ...

Karpukhin (1973)

The driver Karpukhin came under investigation because of a tragic accident, as a result of which a person died. The young investigator, believing Karpukhin, undertook to defend the defendant, but at some point yielded to someone else's opinion, after which ...

Our Friend Maxim (1973)

The film Our Friend Maxim is devoted to the life and work of actor and National Artist of the USSR Boris Petrovich Chirkov. This film includes excerpts from his Maxim trilogy, and significant focus is placed on Chirkov's role as a pedagogue and mentor to y ...

The Station Master (1972)

In the early 19th century a traveler returns to the remote outpost he'd visited years before, anxious to see the station master's lovely daughter once again. There the brokenhearted old man tells him the story of the dashing fellow from Petersburg who whis ...

Fortune's Fool (1970)

Performance by the Leningrad Academic Theater named after. A.S. Pushkin based on the comedy by I.S. Turgenev. ...

New Year's Abduction (1970)

The fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances decide to kidnap professional artists for a New Year's concert. A police captain investigates the kidnapping and listens to complaints from the "unkidnapped" artists ...

Yesterday, Today and Always (1970)

A musical revue with the participation of famous artists based on the short stories by A. Agranovich, M. Pavlova, K. Ryzhov, S. Gradzenskaya, M. Gindin, G. Ryabkin, E. Kapchinsky, L. Felika. The movie consists of twelve musical, lyrical, comedy and dance s ...

They Live Nearby (1968)

Once upon a time, young scientists Kalitin and Danilov were friends, but a quarrel separated them. The circumstances of the quarrel remained unclear to everyone until the end. But everyone thought they were right. Years have passed. Professor Kalitin's son ...

War and Peace (1968)

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

The Green Carriage (1967)

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24. ...

Gooseberry (1967)

Three interlocutors are having a sedate conversation in a cozy hallway... ...

In the Town of S. (1966)

A portrait of a Russian community in the late 19th century based on Chekhov's stories, featuring the author as observer and narrator. ...

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)

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 demands they wait, the prince travels abroad, leaving Natasha in desperate longing. But she meets Anatol Kuragin ...

Sultry July (1965)

A new chairman arrives at the Zarya collective farm with the firm intention of creating a model farm there. But from the very beginning, his work is complicated by his difficult relationship with the young agronomist Svetlana Nikitina. ...

Spring Chores (1964)

Vanyushin's Children (1964)

Based on the play of the same name by Sergei Naydenov. ...

The Soul Calls (1962)

Two old Leningrad workers, Sukhov and Solyanov, have a long-standing friendship — they worked at the same plant, lived in the neighborhood. Now Solyanov, at the insistence of his son, decides to retire. But it is not so easy to part with his native plant ...

Abyss (1960)

Family troubles, reproaches from acquaintances for stupidity and inability to live, illness of children, death of his wife brought Kirill Kiselnikov down. Flattered by a bribe, he commits a forgery. Betrayal of ideals is costly: the unfortunate person lose ...

Baltic Glory (1958)

A film about the struggle of Baltic Fleet sailors for revolutionary Petrograd in the autumn of 1917. The film focuses on the fates of a sailor and a naval officer who join the ranks of those fighting for the revolution. ...

One Night (1957)

Road of Truth (1956)

An optimistic drama about an ordinary Moscow worker who, thanks to her integrity, intelligence and justice, won everyone's trust and was elected as a people's judge. ...

Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)

Maxim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous and resourceful young man from a Ukrainian village. He loves to make up stories and invent practical jokes. When he is drafted into the Russian Army, he doesn't stop his antics. ...

True Friends (1954)

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens ...

Rimsky-Korsakov (1953)

Biographical film about the composer Rimskiy-Korsakov. Belongs to the gallery of costume historical and biographical films of the postwar cinema of the Soviet Union. The film tells about the last two decades in the life of Russian composer. ...

Belinsky (1953)

A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin. ...

The Forest (1953)

Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Two poor actors, Neschastlivtsev and Schastlivtsev, — no money, no work, no tobacco and that, having put on fake orders, armed with a pistol and a guitar, decide to visit the rich Neschastlivtse ...

Hot Heart (1953)

A love story based on a classic play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy. ...

Mussorgsky (1950)

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first opera he plans to compose. Then he goes to the country wh ...

Alexander Popov (1949)

A biographical film about the life and work of the outstanding physicist-electrical engineer, inventor of radio communications Alexander Semenovich Popov. ...

Ivan Pavlov (1949)

Russia, 1875: In Riazan', Dr Pavlov is summoned to a landowner who refuses to accept the inevitability of his death; to Pavlov's dismay, he orders the destruction of a beautiful apple orchard. 1894: Experimenting on dogs, Pavlov tries to comprehend the ...

The Soul Calls (1962)

Two old Leningrad workers, Sukhov and Solyanov, have a long-standing friendship — they worked at the same plant, lived in the neighborhood. Now Solyanov, at the insistence of his son, decides to retire. But it is not so easy to part with his native plant ...

The Meek One (1960)

Having married a poor girl, the moneylender tries to take out his anger for the injustices he has suffered in life on the helpless orphan, hoping that she will live meekly, constantly begging for his noble soul. However, Anna enters into an irreconcilable ...