Aleksandr Sokolov

Sail Away, Little Ship... (1983)

Anna loses her son and husband to war. Her grief-stricken life undergoes a sudden change when three children, tasked with helping the elderly in the city, begin visiting her. ...

Stove Builders (1982)

A literature teacher struggles with a faulty stove, with a village major being called to assist. ...

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 ...

It Was Behind the Narva Outpost (1981)

In St. Petersburg, behind the Narva outpost, there is great excitement - the revolutionary Nechaev has appeared, who will incite the workers to fight. Neither the policeman, nor the policeman, nor the owner of the tavern - no one knows what he looks like. ...

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. ...

The Zavyalov Weirdos (1979)

A film anthology featuring three stories: 1) "The Capron Christmas Tree" - Two men and a city dandy, courting a village girl, return home on New Year's Eve, with the dandy's nylon Christmas tree gift offending the men. 2) "A Ticket for the Second Showing" ...

Three Stormy Days (1978)

An attack is carried out on the accountant of a research institute, and a large sum of money is stolen. The criminal investigation colonel not only solves the crime but also investigates its motives. ...

The Retired Colonel (1977)

Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the ...

Monologue (1973)

Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He rai ...

The Prince and the Pauper (1972)

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. ...

Green Signals (1970)

Three boys are helping Soviet Intelligence to catch German spies during WWII. ...

Dead Souls (1969)

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, "something terrifying", "he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - de ...

A Day of Sun and Rain (1968)

Two 7th graders, a hooligan Mukhin and a good student Kronov do not like each other. They decide to have a peace day together, which changed their attitude both towards each other and towards the world around them... ...

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. ...

Give Me a Paw, My Friend! (1967)

A little girl takes in a German Shepherd puppy and the dog grows up to be her and her family's best friend. ...

12 Chairs (1966)

Who was the first to bring the great novel "12 Chairs" to the screen? You say "Leonid Gaidai" - and it will be a mistake. In our country, the first director was Alexander Belinsky (Leningrad television, 1966). Filming the favorite books of millions is a di ...

Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and h ...

The Worker's Settlement (1966)

Leonid Pleshcheyev returned from the war blind. Against his will, he became a dependent. He drowns his grief in unrestrained drunkenness, thereby tormenting his wife Mariya and his teenage son Lyonka. Mariya finally decides to take her son and leave for Al ...

Two Sundays (1964)

Lyuska, an employee of the only savings bank in the very young town of Radiozavodsk, wins a nylon fur coat on a lottery ticket. Her colleagues advise her to get the money and buy something useful. Lyuska goes to the regional capital, receives the money, an ...

Striped Trip (1961)

A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear ...

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 ...

The City Turns the Lights On (1958)

Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has b ...

One Night (1957)

Searchers (1956)

After the end of WWII engineer Lobanov is trying to introduce the invention he made together with his friend during the war. ...

Foes (1953)

Red Tie (1948)

A story about young pioneers life in USSR right after a victory in WWII. ...

Boy From the Outskirts (1947)

In the family of the driver Skvortsov on one of the outskirts of Moscow growing son Andrew, the future designer of high-speed firearms, but for now — inquisitive and hard-working boy, dreaming of studying. ...