Aleksandr Boym

Leningrad (2009)

When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young an ...

A Cat and a Half (2003)

A documentary-fiction hybrid film based on the works of Joseph Brodsky. ...

The Romanovs: A Crowned Family (2000)

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918. ...

Chernov/Chernov (1990)

The strange title is explained by the fact that there are two films in the film: one is about a real day in the life of the real Moscow architect Alexander Petrovich Chernov, his mental crisis; and the other is Chernov's fiction. There is a different fate, ...

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men (1988)

She's not so young, not so pretty and has a weird name - but she still believes in founding her happiness. ...

At the End of the Night (1988)

On the night of June 22, 1941, a fire breaks out on a German passenger ship. The Soviet tanker "Caspian" comes to its aid - and navigator Nikolai Borshch rescues a German girl, being severely injured in the process. Later, however, the Germans capture the ...

Shura & Prosvirnjak (1988)

Shura, a telephone operator, is disliked by her management for her straightforward demeanor. One day, a limping newcomer with the strange surname Prosvirnjak arrives, and Shura takes an instant antipathy to him. ...

The Man With the Accordion (1985)

Dmitry Gromtsev was a volunteer to go the front where he was wounded. He couldn't get back to his beloved profession of musician. The movie tells us about difficult destiny of a person who couldn't become an artist because of war. ...

The Acolyte (1985)

After losing his parents in the war, the boy ended up in an orphanage, from which he escaped and was taken in by a village teacher. Following in the footsteps of his tutor, Valya Kandaurov graduated from the Pedagogical Institute and began working in a rur ...

Pippi Longstocking (1984)

Peppi-the-Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika... ...

Tears Were Falling (1983)

A beautiful man, husband, father and worker Pavel Ivanovich Vasin got into the eye with a shard of the mirror of an evil wizard. And the world for him appeared in a gloomy light. He began to insult and offend everyone at home and at work. Anger and suspici ...

The Vacancy (1981)

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 has a young wife, a very persistent mother-in-law and an influential uncle. ...

The Woman in White (1981)

A detective-mystery film based on the novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, which takes place in the middle of the last century in Victorian England. The young aspiring artist gets a place as a teacher of painting on the estate of land-owner Fairlie, ...

The Rescuer (1980)

A story about a high school student Asya and her complicated relationship with literature teacher Larikov. ...

Stalker (1979)

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are g ...

By Faith and Honor (1979)

The question is what to build — palaces designed to last for centuries, or cheap concrete blocks that offer a quick fix to the housing crisis. Behind each of these choices stand scholars, architects, and Party officials. ...

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976)

In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher ...

Under the Roofs of Montmartre (1975)

A story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, and a composer, living in a bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. They help a poor flower girl, Violette, to find shelter, when she is thrown out by her landlord. ...

Autumn (1974)

In their youth, they loved each other, but broke up. Ilya got married, became a doctor, Sasha learned to become an engineer, got married. And now they are together again, at a small, deaf station. They introduced themselves as husband and wife. In fact, wh ...

Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist (1974)

Young schoolboy Slava Kurochkin suddenly finds himself in a town where books characters live. ...

Irkutsk Story (1973)

Much Ado About Nothing (1973)

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. ...

You and Me (1971)

Pyotr, a once-promising neurosurgeon who left his groundbreaking research and career abroad, returns home years later in search of fulfillment. Encountering old friends, strained relationships, and the realities of his choices, Pyotr grapples with regret, ...

The Golden Gates (1971)

The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic sty ...

King Stag (1970)

A story of court intrigues, love, and betrayal. ...

In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night (1969)

New Year's Eve 1969: A variety of Russian folklore characters gather in the hut of Baga Yaga to await the arrival of the New Year, amid much foolery, snippets of popular artists of the day, satirical views of the west via a magical kaleidoscope, and other ...

A Nest of Gentry (1969)

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familia ...

Not the Most Lucky Day (1967)

Based on the story by Yulian Semyonov "Dunechka and Nikita." One day in the life of a simple Soviet family. Spouses Stepanov's on that day decided to terminate the marriage, for which they need to appear in the people's court. This day is not the most suc ...

The Last Crook (1966)

After leaving prison, a crook Peter Dachnikov, immediately returned to his former craft. ...

The City of Masters (1965)

After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale. ...

Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker' (2009)

The conflict surrounding the production of Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece 'Stalker', as well as a look at the tragic character that was Georgi Rerberg. ...