Evgeni Leonov

Nastya (1994)

A young Russian store clerk has a drab existence in times of shortages and is berated by her ailing mother for not seeing men. So she brings home an unknown young man who she met on the tram. She dreams many things but pines for this man. ...

Memorial Prayer (1993)

The action takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia, during the period when persecution of Jews began. Tevye's already difficult life is further complicated by a series of events that test his faith. Will he be able to withstand all of these difficult blows ...

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 ...

Detective Bureau "Felix" (1993)

Isn't it a great idea for detective agency - to return missing animals to their owners? Especially if yo steal it first by yourself... ...

Mister Pronka (1991)

A rich American comes to Russia with a task from the government to convert some Russians to the "American faith". The American finds a ragged man named Pronka in the marketplace and makes a bet with him: he gives Pronka money and the opportunity to trade, ...

The Passport (1990)

Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home. ...

To Kill a Dragon (1988)

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ...

Dictatorship of Conscience (1988)

Performance of the Lenkom Theater based on the play by M. Shatrov. ...

Pomor True Story (1987)

Andrian and Ivan are two brother-sailors who worked in Arkhangelsk as a carved artists. And so, at the end of August they decided, like loons, to go to the island. When the men were already far away in the sea, they moored to a small patch of land and bega ...

How Donkey Got Sick with Sadness (1987)

Once there lived a very hardworking donkey. Everyone loved him, including the girl whom he drove to school. But one day in the house appeared a truck who carried out all his work. The donkey felt like no one needed him and fell ill with sadness. ...

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (1987)

A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea. ...

Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to ...

Arkhangelsk Stories (1986)

Welcome (1986)

A friendly moose lets an insect hitch a ride on his antlers. But the moose is soon taken advantage of, as more and more forest creatures (including a bear!) take up residence in his antlers. How can the moose get rid of these unwanted guests? Based on a Dr ...

The House That Swift Built (1985)

An immaculate, vivid and breathtaking implementation of Swift's romanticism. ...

Time and the Conways (1984)

Action takes place in England during the 20 years between the two wars. The film explores the relationship in the once wealthy bourgeois family, whose members, in their own way, are experiencing the collapse of their plans and hopes. ...

Losyonok (1984)

How the guys saved and raised an orphan calf. ...

Phenomenon (1983)

One soviet programmer has problems in his job. He is laughed at by women, they think he is too awkward. His chiefs are giving no rest to him. In addition to that they give him very difficult project to be done very soon. Overcoming himself he does impossib ...

Tears Were Falling (1983)

A beautiful man, husband, father and worker Pavel Ivanovich Vasin got into the eye with a shard of the mirror of an evil wizard. And the world for him appeared in a gloomy light. He began to insult and offend everyone at home and at work. Anger and suspici ...

The Little Tiger on the Sunflower (1981)

Taiga tale about a tiger cub who warmed the seed of sunflower. ...

Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov (1981)

A comic mystery about Vasia Kurolesov who is trying to become a detective. ...

Chatterbox (1980)

For the Matches (1980)

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected... ...

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (1980)

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be de ...

The Duenna (1979)

A funny musical based on the comedy "The Duenna" by British dramatist Richard B. Sheridan. ...

Autumn Marathon (1979)

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inc ...

Come and Be Our Guest (1979)

A Squirrel, a Bear cub and a Hare were sitting under a tree and looked at the pictures in the book. Suddenly a Squirrel saw an unusual beast on one of them and asked who it was. Misha replied that this is elephant and friends decided to invite him to visit ...

September Vacation (1979)

Engineer Zilov, having woken up, finds the funeral wreath at his place – his friends' present. This rather symbolic joke makes him recollect the previous night as well as 2 last months... ...

By Faith and Honor (1979)

The question is what to build — palaces designed to last for centuries, or cheap concrete blocks that offer a quick fix to the housing crisis. Behind each of these choices stand scholars, architects, and Party officials. ...

Funny People! (1978)

The movie intertwines the plot lines of the stories "In the Bathhouse", "Tears Invisible to the World", "A Conversation between a Man and a Dog" and others. By the will of the film's creators, the viewer gets to the rehearsals of an unusual choir and gets ...

Ordinary Miracle (1978)

A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who ...

Marriage (1978)

Succumbing to the persuasion of his friend Kochkaryov, a middle-aged court adviser Podkolyosin wooed to the overripe girl Agafya Tikhonovna, a merchant's daughter. At the very last moment, having gone through a painful period of matchmaking, and bringing t ...

He's All That (1978)

The story takes place in one of the Siberian timber enterprises, where investigator Prokhorov from Moscow arrives to look into the murder of a young worker—tractor driver Evgeny Stoeletov. ...

A Long, Long Case... (1977)

A murder just happened and it seems the answer is simple on who and how did it. But a casual talk between suspect's mother and prosecutor sets a different point of view on a just opened case. ...

Mimino (1977)

Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue. ...

Vasilisa the Beautiful (1977)

Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and outsmart the forest witch Baba Yaga. ...

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 ...

If You Don't Like It, Don't Listen (1977)

A series of cartoons based on the stories of northern fairy tales by the writer Stepan Pisakhov. Tall tales and funny fantasies about people living near the White Sea. ...

Carrier Fish (1976)

Circus in the Circus (1976)

To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva Janzurová), Bri ...

Step Forward (1975)

Five sad and funny romantic stories about love... ...

Afonya (1975)

Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he d ...

Fantik (1975)

Animated cartoon about a little baby elephant Fantik and by the evil of Shtush-Kutush. ...

The Elder Son (1975)

Two students are late for the last commuter train and have to spend a night in a strange town. They rack their brains about where to find shelter and quite by chance they overhear a talk between father and son. The son is an adolescent who is head over hee ...

An Unusual Friend (1975)

Give Me Back My Rex (1975)

The doctor hides the death of the dog from Serezha and gives the boy a new friend. A poignant story of loyalty and friendship. ...

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 ...

The Bonus (1974)

A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their company for exceeding performance targets. The team accuses its construction company HQ with artificially reducing the targets, so they can be easily exceeded. ...

Hopelessly Lost (1973)

Soviet adventure comedy film based on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ...

Cherished Dream (1972)

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… ...

Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)

Another Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh story. This time the donkey, known from the Pooh stories as Eeyore, is sad because he has no tail. Pooh goes in search of one and finds it attached to a bell that hangs from the treehouse of one Owl. ...

The Long Recess (1972)

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school. ...

Racers (1972)

An unpleasant incident on the winter track results in a conflict between two racing drivers: the aging master of sports Kukushkin and his student — the young and ambitious Sergachev. The disagreement leads to the fact that despite the protests of the tea ...

Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)

Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location ...

Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting (1971)

The second of the Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh series. This one had Pooh and Piglet visiting Rabbit for a meal with honey. ...

Byelorussian Station (1971)

Four former soldiers reunite 25 years after the war. Last time they saw each other on the Byelorussian railway station in the summer of 1945. Now they've come together to mourn the death of a friend. ...

The Roundabout (1971)

Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny". ...

Tchaikovsky (1970)

The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It tells of the last twenty years of the great master's life, of his friendship with Baroness von Meck, an outstanding woman of her time, who for many years was Tchaikovsky' ...

Between the High Crops (1970)

A story about a young man who's leading sometimes funny sometimes sad life in the village. ...

Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)

According to Winnie-the-Pooh himself, bears love honey very much. That's why it always runs out very quickly. And you can't do without honey, so Winnie, along with Piglet, sets off for a tall tree with a beehive hanging from it. Winnie fearlessly climbs u ...

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 ...

Virinea (1969)

A life of a countryside woman Virineya during the October Revolution in Russia in 1917. ...

Zigzag of Success (1968)

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becomin ...

Don't Grieve! (1968)

Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a be ...

Evgeniy Urbanskiy (1968)

About the Soviet actor of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of the RSFSR - Evgeny Yakovlevich Urbansky recalled Vasily Livanov, Polina Filippovna, Grigory Chukhrai, Grigory Elanchik, Yuli Reisman, Sophia Pavlova, Evgeny Leonov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Nin ...

I Want to Butt (1968)

Several stories about animals, in particular, about a possessed goat. ...

The Magician (1968)

In a small provincial town, the magician Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin performed in a student dormitory. His tricks were not very complicated and did not make a great impression on the audience. But this evening was the beginning of friendship between the ...

The First Courier (1968)

The beginning of the XX century. In Munich, the Leninist "Iskra", an illegal newspaper of Russian Social Democrats, began to appear. The Russian conspirator Konkordiya arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets t ...

Chunya (1968)

A young piglet in trouble. ...

Literature Lesson (1968)

A young literature teacher does not like his job. He feels he has to change something in his life. And one day he decides to tell only the truth. This decision leads to a breakup with his fiancée, a series of misunderstandings at school. ...

The Snow Queen (1967)

The film tells a story about the extraordinary journey of the modest little girl Gerda. She is looking for her friend Kai, who was kidnapped and taken to her kingdom by the powerful evil Snow Queen. In search of her beloved friend, Gerda ends up in the cas ...

Зареченские женихи (1967)

A famous country lover finally decides to get married and sends matchmakers to the bride, but gets turned off "at the gates". ...

Сказки русского леса (1967)

The brightest stars of Soviet cinema and pop music on New Year's Eve 1966 for reasons beyond their control found themselves in the forest. The actors do not suspect that they are trapped, they are being hunted and traps are set. ...

Southern Cross is Above Us (1965)

In a small seaside town lived two friends—the feisty Fedka Boiko and the thoughtful, quiet Vovka. One day, the boys called a doctor to visit a sick person and began to visit him. That is how an extraordinary person entered their lives — polar pilot Pav ...

Thirty-three (1965)

The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient's oral cavity, Ivan Sergeyevich Travkin. Travkin, exhausted from pain, was taken to Moscow. Ivan Sergeyevich first b ...

A Tale of Don (1964)

Wife of the Red cossack Yakov Shibalok turns out to be a spy of the Whites, as she confesses to him during childbirth. Now Yakov is faced with a difficult choice between revolutionary duty and love for his wife. Based on short stories by Mikhail Sholokhov. ...

The Fisher Cat (1964)

The Serf Actress (1963)

Batmanova, once a serf, sets Paris aflame with her singing and now returns to the court of the Prince in 19th-century Russia. The Prince wants Batmanova for himself, but she loves a young nobleman who is technically still a serf because his papers have bee ...

Cherry Town (1963)

Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it tur ...

Short Stories (1963)

Miniatures of writers from Russia and foreign countries. ...

Striped Trip (1961)

A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear ...

A Snow Fairy Tale (1960)

New Year's Eve. The boy Mitya, who loves to fantasize, jokingly tells his comrades at school that his children's toy watch with painted hands is magical and can stop all the clocks in the world, stop time, or even revive a snowman. ...

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 ...

The Story about Newlyweds (1960)

A drama about a complications in a newlyweds life. ...

A Friend in Court Is Better... (1959)

Director of Museum of local lore Ivan Bazhanov, being an enthusiast of the business, went treasure hunting, taking with him a few accidentally encountered people. They understand in pursuit of the treasure that sincere friendship is priceless. ...

On This Festive Evening (1959)

A musical film review. On the festive evening of May Day 1959, viewers will join the film's creators on a tour of Moscow, its streets and squares, meeting their favorite artists. And they will see how joyfully Muscovites celebrate the holiday of Spring! ...

Hard Happiness (1958)

A young Gipsy boy is growing up in a Russian village during the Civil War. ...

Street Is Full of Surprises (1958)

Chief accountant Porfiry Petrovich Smirnov-Alyansky, who took a good walk on the anniversary of his colleague cashier Ivan Zakharovich Vodnev, climbs into the traffic controller's booth and disrupts traffic on one of the streets of Leningrad. However, the ...

A Unique Spring (1957)

Immediately after their wedding, a young family of archaeologists comes to Central Asia for excavations. The plague epidemic that broke out there separates the newlyweds for a while and forces the girl's mother to turn to her ex-husband for help. ...

The Rumyantsev Case (1956)

Sasha Rumyantsev, a long-range driver, becomes an unwitting accomplice in a crime committed by the head of the motor depot where he works. The honest guy is accused of stealing a car of a hard-to-find product. The collective of the motor depot amicably sta ...

The Road (1955)

A group of semitrailers is moving through a snow storm - and no one doesn't know that there is a spy between the drivers. ...

Marine Hunter (1954)

The action takes place during the Second World War in the battle zone over the Black Sea coast. Soviet sailors track down an enemy submarine. Meanwhile, the commander of the Sea Hunter, along with one of the sailors, is not returning from intelligence. You ...

Happy Flight (1949)

Karandash on Ice (1948)