Boris Shlikhting

A Man Changes its Skin (1960)

The construction of the Vakhsh Canal, one of the largest new buildings of the first five-year plan, is underway. Two Americans are coming here under contract. A seasoned spy, Colonel Bailey, who introduced himself as the harmless traveler Mr. Murry, would ...

Nasreddin in Khujand, or the Enchanted Prince (1960)

Based on the popular comedy novel, as well as many international anecdotes about Nasreddin Hodja, a witty Muslim traveler. ...

July 11 (1938)

Civil war. Polish interventionists approach Berezina. The Red Army temporarily leaves Belarusian lands. Partisan detachments are organized, one of which is led by Bolshevik Stepan. His brother, who is in collusion with Polish spy Kapusta, is also in this d ...

Professor Mamlock (1938)

Made in Stalin's Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappa ...

Маска (1938)

Treasure of the Wrecked Vessel (1935)

A group of divers are trying to bring up the wrecked ship from the Black Sea bottom. ...

Loss of Feeling (1935)

In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex. ...

Sniper (1932)

During World War 1 a Russian soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) serves in Russian Expeditionary Force in France where he is chosen for his marksmanship and trained as a skilled sniper. After the Russian revolution the soldier returns home while his commander (Bori ...