Aleksandr Degtyar

Earthy Love (1975)

A life of a few people during the years before WWII before the events shown in "Destiny" (1977). ...

Светлая речка Вздвиженка (1971)

An Old Man and An Old Woman Got Married (1971)

Fedor Fedorovich and Avdotya Nikitishna lived together for fifty years, raised four children, but never found the time to formalize their relationship and get a marriage certificate like everyone else. It was only when Fedor Fedorovich went to the village ...

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. ...

Torrents of Steel (1967)

The victorious path of the Taman army through areas occupied by the white army in the last days of the civil war. ...

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are ...

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1967)

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers ...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)

Based on a famous fairy tale, in verse, by Alexander Pushkin, this ravishingly beautiful fantasy is about love, magic, betrayal and abandoned family. Driven from the Russian court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask ...

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)

In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition a ...

Pushchik Goes to Prague (1965)

A friendship made at the international pioneer camp in Artek is sealed by the gift of a live bear cub... Educators feared that the film might inspire young viewers to unscripted acts, but even the children didn't take this much-imagined story seriously... ...

Сокровища республики (1964)

Rasteryaeva Street (1961)

Lipa and Vera had been friends since childhood. Now, having finished their boarding school, each of them faces her own path in life. Tormented by poverty, Lipa is forced to marry the old, dull, and cruel Tolokonnikov. However, she cannot bear the tyranny o ...

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 ...

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika ...

Hostile Whirlwinds (1956)

Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky a ...

Sadko (1953)

Based on an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was based on a Russian epic tale of the same name. In the old Russian city of Novgorod, the merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace and Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voice ...

Sporting Honour (1951)

Vetlugin, a worker at a Ural factory, becomes a member of the Moscow soccer team "Turbina". The captain and center forward Vitaly Grinko, known to the whole country, is jealous of the newcomer and tries to defame the simple-minded player. The whole team ta ...

The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951)

A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War. ...

First-Year Student (1948)

Marina Orlova couldn't even imagine how many adventures are expecting to her in a first grade... ...