Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Trial on the Road (1986)

Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He's a Nazi defector and collaborator but ...

The Train Has Stopped (1982)

In this drama with socio-political nuances, a heroic engineer is able to save the passengers on his train from injury or death by sacrificing his own life when his locomotive crashes. An investigator Ermakov and journalist Malinin are both involved in the ...

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 ...

The Secret of the Notebook (1981)

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)

As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassinatio ...

Boomerang (1981)

Black public figure Jim Taylor is pursued by the police. He dies from a bullet in the head. In a private clinic, he is transplanted with the brain of Sheriff Maclain, who died in a car accident. While remaining black, he begins to think like a racist Macla ...

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh (1981)

Two reserved people, almost resigned to their loneliness, found each other at the Soviet-era sea resort on the late autumn. Long dinners with senceless conversations transform into a love story. ...

The Mysterious Old Man (1981)

In the small town of Krutovo, three friends live — Mitrya, Andrian and Lenka. From the director of the Museum of local lore, the children learn about the theft of the portrait "The Old Man with a Candle" from the museum collection of Prince Meshchersky. ...

Sergey Ivanovich Retires (1981)

Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his family: he will help his daughter Natalya with the housework, raise his granddaughter, visit his sons who live in different cities... But it turns out that ...

The Hat (1981)

The hero of the movie is a popular composer and jazz performer. He is certainly a gifted man. However, his character is... to put it mildly, uncomfortable. He lives by emotions, he cares little about the fate of people who love him. Some will think that he ...

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky (1981)

Brief imaginary period in the famed Russian writer's life that encapsulates one of his darker moments in 1866. At that time he was still a relatively unknown writer whose first widely acclaimed work, Crime and Punishment, was just on the horizon. His life ...

Khatanbaatar (1981)

A 2-part epic film novel based on the historical life of Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, the legendary Mongolian military general who stood out in the struggle for the independence of his country and the freedom of his people. ...

People's Khatanbaatar (1981)

A 2-part epic film novel based on the historical life of Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, the legendary Mongolian military general who stood out in the struggle for the independence of his country and the freedom of his people. ...

He Foretells Victory (1979)

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 ...

Trasa (1979)

Experiences of a Tatra factory driver during demanding load tests of Tatra 148 trucks in extremely harsh climatic conditions during the construction of the Nizhnevartovsk oil pipeline. ...

The Bodyguard (1979)

The setting is Central Asia during the Russian civil war. In the post-revolutionary twenties, when the power in European Russia was (officially) "fully in the hands of the workers and peasants", but the fight against the Basmachi rebels was in full swing. ...

The Turning Point (1978)

The newlyweds return to Moscow after a wonderful sea cruise on the Black Sea. It seems that they will have a happy life ahead, their beloved job, but chance rudely cuts off all dreams: Viktor doesn't have time to slow down and knocks down an elderly woman ...

Cash Collector's Bag (1977)

Two cash collectors are found burned with their car but the bag is missing. Two detectives - Aleksandr Sanin and Aleksey Tulyakov are investigating the crime. ...

Yuliya Vrevskaya (1977)

The film is based on a true dramatic story of the fate of a wonderful Russian woman - Countess Yulia Petrovna Vrevskaya, one of the first Petersburg beauties. The events of the movie take place during the Russian-Turkish war for the liberation of the Bulga ...

The Legend of Till (1977)

Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere." First part: "The Ashes of Claes". XVI century. The freedom-loving and ch ...

The Ascent (1977)

During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches. ...

While the Mountains Still Stand... (1977)

The plot of the film, which tends more towards a psychological drama than a sports and adventure film, is based on a mountain climbing trip, where the essence of everyone will soon manifest itself. ...

There, Beyond the Horizon (1976)

A young engineer Dmitriy Zherekhov who came to the aircraft plant is trying to prove to the director that it is necessary to switch to new methods of organizing production. He is supported by both experienced test engineer Aleksei Sedykh and test engineer ...

Trust (1976)

In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence. ...

Between Sky and Earth (1976)

It's time for the reckless guy Simion Cook to join the army. Having joined the airborne troops under the command of petty officer Petro Golovko, who is not indifferent to music, who organizes the vocal trio "Sineva", named after the initial letters of its ...

The Balloonist (1975)

A story about the famous Russian weightlifter Ivan Zaikin, who left the circus arena at the peak of his fame to dedicate himself to the art of aviation. ...

The Last Day of Winter (1975)

Mirror (1975)

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life. ...

Memory (1975)

A story about the first post-war years in Leningrad. The film's protagonist, Maria, a Leningrad native, was left a widow with three children after the war. Life is hard and difficult, and suddenly the family is struck by new grief—the death of her eldest ...

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)

Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was en ...

Under a Stone Sky (1974)

In the autumn of 1944, contrary to the order of the Nazi command to evacuate to the south, residents of the Norwegian town of Kirkenes took refuge in an abandoned mine. The command of the Soviet Army became aware of the intentions of the Nazis to blow up t ...

Grandmaster (1973)

Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came. ...

Oh, Cinema, Cinema! (1973)

A report from the set of the movie "To Love a Man" directed by S. A. Gerasimov. ...

The Love of Mankind (1973)

A film about young architects who are building a new city in Siberia (Norilsk), their anxieties, concerns, and victories. ...

Solaris (1972)

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repress ...

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. ...

In the azure steppe (1971)

Three novellas based on M. Sholokhov's early stories about the first years of the formation of Soviet power on the Don. (1) "Koloverť". Two Cossack brothers and their elderly father fight for the Bolsheviks, but when only Ignat and his father return to th ...

One Chance in One Thousand (1969)

In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies. ...

Anyuta's Way (1968)

On the way from famine-stricken Moscow to the countryside, little Anyuta becomes separated from her mother at one of the railway stations. Ending up at the farmstead of a Belarusian kulak, the girl becomes an unwitting participant in the class struggle in ...

No Path Through Fire (1967)

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation. ...

The Three Andreis (1966)

A documentary about the making of Andrei Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV, and Andrei Konchalovsky's THE STORY OF ASYA KLYACHINA. ...

Andrei Rublev (1966)

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brut ...

The Kurt Clausewitz Case (1964)

In the liberated village, in the premises of an orphanage, they find the case of a German soldier who took pity on Soviet soldiers and was sentenced to death. ...