Boris Blank

Dept (2009)

1905. The successful breeder Mastakov is happily in love with the colonel's widow. And everything would be fine, but a strange old man with a girl showed up in the neighborhood. And with horror, he recognizes in him the Masters of his former comrade in har ...

Sin (2007)

Russia of the early twentieth century. The middle-class industrialist Mastakov is doing brilliantly, he enjoys a good reputation, and his wedding to the beautiful widow Sofya Markovna is just around the corner. But the unexpected appearance of a mysterious ...

The Attic Story (2005)

The film takes place in the troubled October days of 1993. The characters — Sergey and Lisa — meet under strange circumstances. And then they are overtaken by love, for which everyone is ready to give their lives. ...

Tairov's Death (2004)

The film is dedicated to the tragic fate of the outstanding theater director, founder of the famous Chamber Theater Alexander Tairov. Tairov's performances "Princess Brambilla", "Phaedra", "Love under the Elms", "Optimistic Tragedy" have gained worldwide f ...

Forest Guard (2004)

In the hunting lodge on the outskirts of one-of-a-kind natural reserve lives game warden, Vasily Klintsov (Igor Lifanov), a young former captain from the special task force. A rich German businessman, in the company of the governor, comes to the nearby sma ...

The Frog Princess (2000)

In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived Tsar Anton. And he decided to marry his son, Ivan Tsarevich. But Ivan did not like any of the brides, and then the tsar got angry, ordered to blindfold the prince and give him a bow and arrows. The arro ...

True Gift (1999)

Oh, Why This Night... (1997)

The Mystery of the Wife and the Beast (1997)

The reason for the creation of the tape was an amazing find. Artist Lydia Naumova, who worked with Sergei Eisenstein on the film "Ivan the Terrible", has preserved a unique collection of drawings by the master for the third, unfinished series of the film. ...

The Career of Arturo Ui (1996)

When the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel - how many opportunities there are for a funny comedy... ...

Why? (1996)

A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality. ...

Simple - Minded (1994)

Shylock (1993)

Based on Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice". ...

The Fool's Revenge (1993)

Forgive Me, Christian People (1993)

If Only I Knew... (1993)

The plague of civil war reached a provincial town, where several noble families were stuck waiting for a train. The joy of hope was replaced by despair, fear of the future. No one knew how much was allotted to him in this life. Emotions boil, passions run ...

Death in Cinema (1991)

Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set. ...

Mother of Jesus (1991)

After Jesus' execution, several people gather at his mother's house — a brother and sister, a Roman patrician with a servant, one of the apostles... They all understand that something more significant has happened than just the execution of some half-cra ...

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 ...

The Suicide (1990)

As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop looking for a job. However, the prospect of living at the expense of his wife and mother-in-law seems unbearable. Having reached the end of his tether, Semyon ...

The Stairway (1989)

Having his life come to a dead end, Vladimir is thinking about suicide. He is saved by a girl and spends the night at her home. The next morning, Vladimir wants to leave, but finds himself trapped by the house: the staircase seems to have no end, again and ...

Without Sun (1987)

"Without the Sun" is the first name that Gorky himself gave to his play and which most closely matches its essence. For this work is not about the "day" and its people, but about the indestructible, passionate desire of people from darkness to light, to th ...

The End of Eternity (1987)

Directed by Andrei Yermash, and written by Isaac Asimov, Budimir Metalnikov, and Andrei Yermash, «Konets vechnosti» is a 1987 Science Fiction film, starring Oleg Vavilov, Vera Sotnikova, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Sergei Yursky, Gediminas Girdvainis and Boris Iva ...

The Theater Is My House (1987)

A.N. Ostrovsky recalls the first period of his creative work (1849–1859), when he began collaborating with the Maly Theatre and with masters of the Russian stage such as L.P. Kositskaya, M.S. Shchepkin, and P.M. Sadovsky. Almost every character in this f ...

Success (1984)

A drama about a complicated life of a director in a small provincial theater. ...

Anna Pavlova (1983)

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna's performance and determi ...

The Old New Year (1980)

Two families are trying to fix their problems during the celebration of the New Year. ...

Who Will Pay For Luck? (1980)

Crimea, 1919. The White Guards are preparing a trial of the revolutionary Antonina Chumak. Sailor Kuskov, Cossack Dmitry Chumak and card cheater Fedor Chumar arrive in the city to save her. ...

A Glass of Water (1979)

When a small state is threatened with capture by a much stronger one, only one thing can save it: the emergence of a competitor comparable to the invader. In a graceful and witty play by Scribe, hostilities unfold around a young officer, in whom the modest ...

My Love, My Sorrow (1978)

The legendary love story of Ferhat and Sirin. ...

My Tender and Affectionate Beast (1978)

An aristocrat falls for a young woman who brings him ruin. Based on Chekhov's story. AKA A Hunting Accident, The Shooting Party. ...

Practical Joke (1977)

Secondary school students play a 'practical joke' on their teacher: on midterms day, they claim she told them the wrong date. She almost believes them, but an honest classmate ruins their fun... and now they want revenge. ...

Personal Opinion (1976)

Psychologist Petrov and sociologist Burtsev are invited by Basov, the director of a factory, to study the basic problem of production. ...

A Man at His Place (1973)

A story about young man who is trying to turn his village into an agricultural center. ...

The Seagull (1970)

Events unfold on the estate of Pyotr Sorin, which brought together representatives of secular society - actress Irina Arkadina, the host's sister and her lover, the famous writer Trigorin. Sorin's nephew, Konstantin Treplev, in love with a neighbor girl Ni ...

An Ordinary History (1970)

A young provincial, Aleksander Aduev, moves to St. Petersburg to live with his pragmatic uncle, where he experiences the collapse of his romantic ideals. ...

Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but s ...

The Sixth of July (1968)

Political thriller based on a story of coup against Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party in Moscow on 6–7 July 1918. They assassinate German ambassador in Moscow in hope of gaining public support and dragging the country into new war with ...

Arena (1967)

In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from cam ...

Adventures of a Dentist (1967)

Young dentist Chesnokov has a knack for painless tooth removal, much to the dismay of others, who fear unemployment and start to challenge Chesnokov. ...

Uncle's Dream (1967)

An important event is taking place in a small provincial town, an elderly rich prince arrives. The local "lioness" Maria Alexandrovna Moskaleva decides to marry him to her daughter Zinochka. But the "noble" Mordassov society is by no means inclined to volu ...

Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)

Children rebel against the strict rules and regulations they face during their time in a Communist Young Pioneer camp. ...