Aleksei Zharkov

Leviathan (2014)

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family. ...

Ward No. 6 (2009)

Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it i ...

Sword-Bearer (2006)

A young boy's dreams of glory and war turn into a bitter nightmare as his father's kingdom is overrun by an invading army. Lost and alone in the woods, he finds an ancient sword that promises him the ability to claim his vengeance. ...

Lucky (2006)

Vadim Uporov is desperate to escape from the Gulag. He tries and tries - again and again... ...

Казус Кукоцкого (2005)

I Planned to Escape (2004)

Oleg learns the intricacies of working in a bank, and here he meets the manager Veta. They begin a romance that will change the lives of both. Veta dreams of being close to Oleg, but for this he needs to divorce Katya... ...

Jacked$ (2004)

Two friends, Al and Max, decide to spend the weekend fishing, during which, amid an incomprehensible noise, a briefcase full of dollars suddenly appears at the end of Al's fishing line. A boss who has lost a million dollars can't calm down, and his two bod ...

Namesake (2002)

A parable about loneliness and the fear of death. ...

True Stories (2000)

The mad day of the successful citizen — the electrician Vasily Ivanovich began with visit of the Commission on check of the complaint to the waste proceeding from the furnace. According to the findings of the Commission had to change the photo on the doc ...

Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1. Testament of the Emperor (2000)

Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century. ...

Sky in Diamonds (1999)

An orphan, left at a children's home in a cardboard box, was named Anton Pavlovich Chekhov because he was born on the 100th anniversary of the great writer. When he was thirteen, he wrote his first poem. ...

Khrustalyov, My Car! (1999)

Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot". ...

Tax Collector (1997)

It is hard to know the future. It is even more difficult to feel its inevitability. He is a tax collector. He has an inexplicable, supernatural gift to foresee the future. He is sent to where the impossible is needed. And he does not fail, until - she does ...

Children of Monday (1997)

Is it easy to be a walking corpse? How do you spend a half a million dollars? Can you fall in love with the same bride twice? ...

Revizorro (1996)

An adaptation of the play by Ukrainian playwright Mykola Gogol, set in Tsarist Russia during the 19th century. A provincial town plagued by bribery, abuse of power, embezzlement, and other corrupt practices. One day, Mayor Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky summons the ...

A Man for a Young Girl (1996)

After falling in love with a much younger girl a rich businessman is trying to find an ancient elixir which will make him younger as well. ...

Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son. ...

The Fatal Eggs (1995)

Based on the motifs of M. Bulhakow's story with the same title. The thing about the scientist-zoologist Persikow, whose unique invention makes the rate of formation and development of organisms grow thousands of times. The experiment subjects eggs of the a ...

Misha's Anniversary (1994)

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)

Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free ...

The Scoundrel 2 (1994)

Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors (1994)

The history of Rus' since inviting of the Varangians, led by Rurik, to converting of Princess Olga to Christianity. ...

The Prediction (1993)

A popular middle-aged writer is warned by a fortuneteller that he will die in exactly 24 hours. He then meets a man, who claims to be him. The writer uses this bizarre situation to change his life and take revenge. ...

Dreams (1993)

Russian countess in 1893 has strange dreams about herself living a life as a dishwasher in 1993' Moscow after dissolution of the USSR. ...

White King, Red Queen (1993)

Aleksey and Katerina separated twenty years ago. He left for the West, she stayed in the East. They will meet again in Switzerland under troubling circumstances. ...

Stalin's testament (1993)

A middle-aged, alcoholic lawyer inherits a mysterious, unsigned will from his father. ...

American Grandpa (1993)

A certain Kostyleva, who was fired (cut) from her job, threatens to commit suicide. Her colleague suggests cutting him. The self-sacrifice was misunderstood by the wife of this employee. Out of jealousy, she decides to leave her husband and leave home. And ...

General (1992)

A biopic about a Soviet general V. Gorbatov. ...

Ladies' Man 2 (1992)

Two young friends are looking for adventures and women during New Year night. ...

I Wanted to See Angels (1992)

Twenty-year-old Bob rides 1000 km to Moscow on his vintage motorbike to collect a bad debt for his boss; the city chews up and spits out this naive country boy, whose head is full of Easy Rider dreams. ...

Alaska, Sir! (1992)

The action takes place in Lwów (L'viv) on the eve of World War II. A former White Army officer (Vladimir Mashkov) after the defeat of the Whites in the civil war in Russia emigrated to Poland (Lwów was a Polish city at that time). The chief dream of his ...

Waltz of Golden Taurusus (1992)

Two school friends have not seen each other for twenty years. During this time, one became an aircraft engineer, the other a gold digger. Quite by chance, they met in a small town in the far north, and this meeting leads both to incredible and amazing adv ...

Love at the Death Island (1991)

Migrants (1991)

Pavel and Pavelina leave their rural countryside homes and move to Moscow to find work. Once there, they find that urban life is not what they thought it was and have to endure bitter hardships as they try to find work and places to live. The two meet for ...

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog (1991)

After coming out of jail a sneak thief "Chibis" plans a big afaire. ...

Imitator (1991)

The young man decides to go into business. The main advantage of "novice businessman" is a great ability to mimic other people's voices. ...

Crazies (1991)

A romantic and funny fantasy about the events occurred during the building of a first railroad in Russia. ...

Lost in Siberia (1991)

The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a ...

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century (1991)

Spring of 1584. The Magi predict the death of King John within 24 hours. Warring boyars are rebelling and are ready to unite against Boris Godunov. The royal court is in turmoil. The already unstable moral principles become completely unbridled. Moscow is ...

How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989)

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck wit ...

The Prisoner of If Castle (1989)

A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe ...

The Gambler (1989)

The story of a player who entered the environment of professional gamblers in the hope of breaking a big jackpot. ...

Vaska (1989)

In 1934, Margarita Chugueva, nicknamed Vaska for her large frame and masculine strength, was working on the construction of the Moscow Metro. One day, among the newcomers to the brigade, she recognized Osip, her tormentor, who had mocked special settlers i ...

Criminal Talent (1988)

A tragicomic story about a long going duel between experienced detective and young and pretty girl in the start of her grafter career. ...

Zerograd (1988)

Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent. ...

Love For Your Neighbor (1988)

The film consists of two short stories: "Monument" and "Love for Neighbor". ...

Lady with a Parrot (1988)

Sergey meets girls at the sea that he, allegedly working in a prestigious profession (he is either a pilot, flying abroad, or an employee of Vneshtorg), easily succeeds. He is interested in a woman sitting alone on the beach with a parrot in a cage. She is ...

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 ...

Ten Little Indians (1987)

Ten strangers are forced to come face-to-face with their dark pasts after receiving an anonymous invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England. ...

Was Not There (1987)

High school student Vasily Serov, a troubled teenager equally capable of both good and bad deeds, falls in love with Irina Zvyagintseva, the daughter of the school principal. Friendship with Ira sharpens in him feelings of justice, nobility. One day Vasya ...

Джамайка (1987)

To Go Out of a Forest Into a Clearing (1987)

Two men wander a Kazakh forest in search of mushrooms, whilst reflecting on their philosophies and memories. ...

The Time of Sons (1987)

About a family of metallurgical scientists, the head of which is Academician Cordin, having survived a difficult crisis, and ultimately agrees with the ideas of his two sons... ...

Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game (1987)

Fifteen year old gifted teenager Ruslan Chutko longs to do good and help the police to identify offenses under the pseudonym Plumbum. Plumbum decides in a single provincial town to eradicate the evil. However, in his interest of being a fighter against evi ...

Forgive Me (1986)

How can change your life if someone tells you that your husband is cheating on you? ...

Misty Shores (1985)

Fall, 1921. Wrangel's army, defeated in Crimea after a short stay in Turkey, found refuge in Bulgaria. White Guard Colonel lives here with his son and daughter, while his wife and youngest daughter were sheltered by the family of the Bolshevik, who've been ...

My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well. ...

Leutenant Nekrasov's Fault (1985)

In the last days of the war, a downed plane makes an emergency landing behind enemy lines. Nekrasov leaves the culprit of the disruption of the operation to the mercy of fate, for which he loses the rank of lieutenant and is suspended from flights. Returni ...

Parade of the Planets (1984)

A rare astronomical phenomenon — the parade of planets — has a strange effect on several men. The heroes of the film — an astrophysicist, locksmith, salesman, architect, loader, trolley bus driver — are called up for military training, which ends a ...

Malva (1984)

Based on the story of the same name by Maxim Gorky. ...

The Blonde Around the Corner (1984)

An unemployed astrophysicist finds a job of a docker at a grocery store, where he falls in love with a street-wise saleswoman in the produce department. But the groom runs away at the wedding reception. ...

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot (1984)

Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with t ...

Torpedo Bombers (1983)

In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement. ...

We Weren't Married in a Church (1983)

A priest's daughter is fictitiously married to a revolutionary populist. The youth commune organized their wedding and arranged their move to the city. Over time, the young people fell in love with each other. When he is convicted and sent to penal servitu ...

The Queen of Spades (1982)

Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she lost a ...

Mushroom Rain (1982)

The staff of the printing house went to the whole team for mushrooms. As they set out on their way back, they noticed that one woman was missing. Colleagues easily believed that she had left earlier in a passing car, and drove home themselves. In fact, the ...

Storm Warning (1982)

A group of tourists from one of the southern tourist centers set off along the usual route. But on a mountain pass they are suddenly overtaken by a tornado. As a result, two people die and panic begins... ...

Whose Are You, Old People? (1982)

Kasian Nefedovich decides to convey his last wish, of burying him beside his wife's grave, to his daughter Zinke and spend some time with her. But she doesn't allow him to stay with her family. ...

Гиблое дело (1981)

A train passenger discovered a bag containing money from the sale of a house was missing. All passengers on the train are suspects. ...

Three Times About Love (1981)

Former soldier returns to his village only to discover that his girlfriend married another man. ...

You Should Survive (1981)

1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In one of the battles, Lieutenant Volynin's attack aircraft, damaged by a shell fragment, landed in territory ...

Citizen Lyoshka (1981)

The young lumberjack foreman Leshka Ignatov bitterly sees for himself that the huge stocks of forest, extracted by hard work, rot on the side of the road due to simple mismanagement. Raising the alarm at the timber industry farm and not receiving support i ...

Night Accident (1980)

A resident of Magadan, Ukladova, was robbed in a Moscow alley. She claims that she was hit on the head with a hammer and robbed of a large amount of money by a taxi driver. The investigator finds a taxi driver who has already been imprisoned for hooliganis ...

Melody for Two Voices (1980)

Kirill Vorobyov's life is simple and nothing special: after graduating from school and serving in the army, he works at a factory as a mechanic. But one day he meets Alena, a student at one of the Moscow universities. And for the first time, Kirill begins ...

Last Hunt (1979)

1920s. A schooner manned by foreign pirates reaches the coast of Northern Ocean near Russian Eastern Siberian Community that cheaply buys expensive furs and gold from locals. ...

Pier (1979)

A novella about the meeting between Anfisa, a waitress from the river port, and the guy she had been waiting for her whole life. ...

The Wife Has Left (1979)

He considered his family life perfect. Normal, and sometimes big wages quite satisfied a beautiful and gentle wife. The child didn't cause much trouble. All that was needed for his happiness was available. But the wife is gone. She left not to another, but ...

Mary Poppins (1979)

Teleplay staged by Ermolova Theater. ...

Getting to Know the Big Wide World (1978)

On a rough and tumble construction site for a new factory, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections. ...

Don't Sit in Your Own Sleigh (1972)

Teleplay by the Moscow Ermolova Theater based on A.N. Ostrovsky's play of the same name. ...

Such a Big Boy (1967)

In the first days of the Second World War, a young woman with three children is evacuated from the front-line zone to the Urals. After some time, she receives a funeral for her husband. But she has her little sons with her. The eldest son Kolya becomes a r ...

Summer Is Over (1963)

A family comedy about funny adventures of two six-graders during the summer vacations. ...

Hello, Children! (1962)

A sad story about a little Japanese girl fighting heavy decease in a Russian summer camp on the Black Sea coast. ...