Emmanuil Geller

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (1989)

The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner. ...

Seven Screams Across the Sea (1986)

A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona. ...

The Invisible Man (1985)

Based upon the famous novel by H.G.Wells. A poor scientist named Griffin discovers a way to make things invisible. Since he has no money to continue his research, he decides to perform his only experiment on himself. After becoming invisible, Griffin has a ...

To My People! (1983)

A man reconnects with the people he grew up with in a Soviet orphanage. ...

The Pokrovsky Gates (1983)

Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Kho ...

The Circus Princess (1982)

The whole city is rushing to the circus to see the deadly act of the famous masked artist, the mysterious Mr. X. Among the guests is a rich widow, Countess Palinskaya, for whom any man is ready to perform a feat. But only the mysterious X is able to ignite ...

Troublemaker (1979)

A graduate of the village school Pyotr Gorokhov from the village of Dyadkovo comes to Moscow to enter a prestigious economic university; he succeeds, albeit literally by a miracle. However, Petya was always helped out by chance and mysticism. Compared to ...

Сдаётся квартира с ребёнком (1979)

The parents of thirteen-year-old Andrei went on a six-month business trip abroad and rented an apartment to Nina Korableva, a kindergarten music teacher, to look after the boy. They became friends very quickly. ...

Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville... (1979)

A romantic love story set in a good old XIX century in the best traditions of Russian vaudevilles. ...

31st of June (1978)

A lonely journalist in some West European country has a vision about the princess of his city who lived in XII century. ...

A Wreath of Sonnets (1977)

A story of two boys who obstinately, in spite of everything and everyone run to the front when the war was almost over. ...

You to Me, Me to You (1977)

Ivan Sergeevich Kashkin — the bath attendant of the most prestigious metropolitan bath. It's not easy to get to him: reputable diplomats, well-known footballers, and the heads of the ministry are seeking the honor to steam. But Kashkin himself does not n ...

100 grams for Bravery (1977)

The movie consists of three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness. The stories are "Such an imprudence!," "According to the laws of hospitality," "100 grams for bravery". ...

Au-u! (1976)

The film comprises three cinematic novellas: (1) "And They Arrived at the Peasant's Hut… or the Adventures of Writer Senya in Search of the Hidden Word," in which writer Senya draws inspiration for his rural novels from his housekeeper Yermolayevna's tal ...

Under the Roofs of Montmartre (1975)

A story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, and a composer, living in a bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. They help a poor flower girl, Violette, to find shelter, when she is thrown out by her landlord. ...

Northern Rhapsody (1974)

Tonya, a winner of a regional competition, is admitted to the entrance exams to the capital's Song and Dance Ensemble. The young polar pilot Ladeikin helps the girl to get from the Far North to Moscow and become a soloist of the ensemble. ...

Incorrigible Liar (1973)

Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin, a very kind and gentle man by nature, has been working as a hairdresser for twenty years. When the opportunity arises to upgrade to the head of the hall, he is faced with a problem — in the team he has a reputation as a consta ...

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram (1972)

The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov… ...

The Guardian (1971)

A young and lazy man becomes a guardian of an old lady. ...

One of Us (1971)

April 1941. According to intelligence received by the Chekists, a fascist sabotage group plans to blow up one of Moscow's defense plants. To find out the plans of saboteurs working under the auspices of the German embassy, ​​the NKVD sends one of its ...

An Old Acquaintance (1969)

The famous character of Carnival Night, Seraphim Ogurtsov, has been appointed director of the culture and recreation park. His energetic activities would once again lead to disastrous results, but fortunately, the governor of Ocean Island, Mr. Fantebras, a ...

Fourth Dad (1969)

Little Sasha is growing up without a father, but he really wants to have one. He has already called three strangers "dad." One day, a friend of Fenechka's, Fyodor, came to visit her, and Sasha wouldn't leave his side for a moment... ...

Children Sculpt Snow (1969)

A short movie about the fact that in every child is talented. ...

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968)

The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave "elusive" knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret repor ...

Sasha-Sashenka (1967)

A young painter Sasha is dreaming to become an actress... ...

The Visitor of Stone (1967)

Based on the opera of the same name by A. A. Dargomyzhsky on the plot of the tragedy by A. S. Pushkin. ...

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)

Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina t ...

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1966)

A young boy finds a magic lantern that contains a genie, and when he frees the genie he's granted three wishes. He uses the wishes to help the princess of Baghdad and her father fight off an evil sorcerer who's trying to take over the kingdom. ...

Farewell (1966)

Spring, 1944. The Great Patriotic war. The German fascists are still in Sevastopol. A fierce combat is taking place there. At the same time in Yalta, which has already been freed, life goes on peacefully. People believe that the war has left them, that it ...

Alyosha's Hunt (1966)

One day, six-year-old Alyosha made friends with his uncle Vitya, an avid hunter, who promised to take the boy hunting in the fall. From then on, Alyosha waited for autumn to come and prepared seriously for the hunt. But Uncle Vitya forgot his promise. When ...

It Also Happens (1966)

The film consists of three short stories: "The Runaway Car," "Apollo's Skeleton," and "Night Show. ...

Goodbye, Boys! (1966)

Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and wooing the girl all three of them love. However, they are asked to becom ...

The Sleeping Lion (1965)

After a shy bank employee helps to catch two robbers he becomes a totally different person. ...

Going Inside a Storm (1965)

Sergei Krylov and Oleg Tulin, are promising young physicists in the field of thunderstorms. They dream of weather control. But later their ways in science parted - Oleg is ready to tradeoff his standpoints for personal success, but Sergei knows that the tr ...

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. ...

Where Are You Now, Maxim? (1965)

A story of a young man who is returning to his home town after being evacuated as a boy during WWII. ...

Moscow – Genoa (1964)

About the first steps of Soviet diplomacy at the international conference in Genoa in 1922. ...

The Green Flame (1964)

A film comedy about the everyday life of a never-dull young taxi driver, Sergei Nikitin, who, having gone to work in a taxi fleet, receives a "Moskvich" written off due to its unsuitability as a "test" and goes on his first trip around his favorite city; a ...

Attention! The Magician Is in the City! (1963)

Nylon Nets (1962)

Borja and Seva live on the bank of the Dnieper. In summer, during vacations, they help adults by delivering letters. Suddenly they learn that a poacher has appeared in the village. The boys start their own investigation. ...

Seven Babysitters (1962)

A factory crew of seven young people is taking responsibility of a young criminal. ...

Black Gull (1962)

A young boy in Cuba finds himself in mortal peril as his fishing village gets infiltrated by malign forces. ...

Business Trip (1962)

Agricultural machinery design engineer Mikhail Shcherbakov goes to the countryside instead of taking a vacation. The tractor designed by him does not work in one of the collective farms. Circumstances force him to stay much longer than he expected. Here he ...

No Fear, No Blame (1962)

The Soviet boys, Vadik and Yura, together with the mischievous little girl Tosha, are children with a kind heart and good life philosophy. One day they find money on the street, which must be returned to the owner without fail. But where to find an inatten ...

Scarlet Sails (1961)

A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be love ...

Koroghlu (1960)

The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan. ...

Russian Souvenir (1960)

The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thunderstorm and makes an emergency landing in the Baikal region. In addition to the Soviet citizen Varvara Komarova, all other passengers are foreigners. Usin ...

The Lost Photography (1960)

A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture. ...

Work of Art (1960)

Dr. Ivan Nikolayevich received a bronze candelabrum as a gift from Sasha Smirnov, who was grateful for his cure. But the doctor is embarrassed: the candelabrum is very immodest - two completely naked naiads. The Doctor is thinking: who would he give this u ...

Black Sea Girl (1959)

A story about Sofijka, a young girl who is just starting her singer career. ...

In Our City (1959)

The Fires of Baku (1958)

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR. ...

In a Quiet Marina (1958)

Two old friends remain socially active even after their retirement... ...

The Purpose of His Life (1958)

Alexei Kostrov goes a difficult way through luck and defeat to the cherished goal - to become a test pilot. ...

The Star-Child (1958)

A star fell to Earth. And so a star boy appeared on our planet. He was agile and clever, but cruel and cold. Even his mother, who had been searching for him for years and therefore showed up in the rags of a beggar, he had pushed him away and hurt him. But ...

Poet (1956)

Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin. ...

Innkeeper (1956)

An attractive woman who runs a country hotel tricks three men who challenge her favour. ...

Precious Gift (1956)

The inveterate fisherman Karp Trofimovich has his birthday during competition of fishermen so his nephew clings a huge pike to the uncle's hook . ...

Hostile Whirlwinds (1956)

Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky a ...

The Gadfly (1955)

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization "Young Italy", envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jea ...

Attack from the Sea (1953)

The historical and biographic movie about the glorified Russian naval commander Ushakov. France begins aggressive wars. The Russian and allied troops freeing Italy are headed by A. V. Suvorov. The victory in the fortress of Corfu is ensured by operation of ...

Admiral Ushakov (1953)

Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War. ...

Sadko (1953)

Based on an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was based on a Russian epic tale of the same name. In the old Russian city of Novgorod, the merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace and Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voice ...

Maximka (1952)

A black child rescued from by Russian sailors, whom they name Maksimka, having overcome his fear of white people, turns out to be an unusually smart and kind little boy. The rude drunken sailor Ivan Luchkin was especially attached to the boy. Once it was M ...

The Horsemen (1950)

A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belarus and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman. ...

Happy Flight (1949)

Without Prejudice (1947)

The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and traveler who studied the indigenous population of South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania. ...

Four Hearts (1944)

The plot is built around two charming sisters — a strict, wayward Galina, an assistant professor of mathematics, and a windy, frivolous student Shurochka. Despite the fact that the girls are so different, they are looking, of course, for one thing — lo ...

Kashchey the Immortal (1944)

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry him. Before he can tell her the answers, the Russian land is invaded by the armies of Kashchei the Immortal, ...

Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)

Smart Man Nassredin easily penetrates into Bukhara Emir inner circle posing as Wise Man from Damascus. He becomes Emir trusted advisor, and even convinces the tyrant to relax the rule and release a lot of political prisoners (because stars favor this arran ...

Two Soldiers (1943)

A story about the friendship between two young men, two soldiers - Arkady from Odessa and Sasha from Ural. ...

Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942)

About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Parkhomenko. In 1918, capturing Ukraine, the German occupiers sought to use the Haidamaks, the White Guards and the Greens in their ...

The Sea Hawk (1942)

During a WWII a duel starts between Soviet war ship and Nazi submarine. ...

Boxers (1941)

The young boxer Kirill Kochevanov in the training battle of the qualifying rounds with the champion Peter Dorokhov loses the decisive meeting and, it would seem, now he should not get into the team for a trip to Europe. However, according to the decision o ...

Tanker "Derbent" (1941)

One night, the crew of the Derbent tanker receives a signal about oil ignition on the Agamali tanker. Despite the fire threatening to spill onto the ship, Derbent is in a hurry to help ... ...

Seaman's Daughter (1941)

Together with other graduates of the Maritime Institute, Irina Zakharova returns to her native Odessa. At the distribution commission, she seeks the appointment of the first assistant to the captain on the infamous Pobeda vessel, with the most loosened cre ...

Volga - Volga (1938)

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad. ...

Doctor Aybolit (1938)

A funny comedy about doctor Aybolit and his assistants and patients - all animals. ...

Circus (1936)

An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR. ...

Jolly Fellows (1934)

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbe ...

The Nice Life (1932)

Fred, a young British sailor who accidentually finds himself in the USSR and after a number of comic adventures he, attracted by Soviet youth enthusiazm, goes to take part in Dneprostroy (building of Dnepr power station). ...