Galina Samokhina

Until the Thunder Strikes (1991)

Few months before collapse of USSR. Villages and collective farms are facing with problem: young and working age people leaving countryside for better life in cities. Same problem in collapsing collective farm near Moscow - the only mechanic and harvester ...

The Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman (1982)

Story of 38-years-old Rita whose fiance didn't show up at their wedding. ...

The Secret of the Notebook (1981)

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factor ...

Office Romance (1977)

Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's oth ...

Personal Happiness (1977)

The distinctive traits of the Doroshin family are hard work, courage, and principledness. Pavel Nikolaevich is a war veteran and the chief engineer of a factory, while Anastasia Mikhailovna is the head of a university department and an active participant i ...

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 ...

The Stepmother (1973)

In Pavel Olevantsev's family suddenly comes news that his daughter by another woman was orphaned. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it... It is not easy to decide to take the child to his house. But it will b ...

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again (1971)

The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avengers' old ...

Deadly Enemy (1971)

Based on the Don stories by Mikhail Sholokhov. Soviet power was only established on the Don, and a conflict broke out in the first commune: the wife of the commune's leader Arseniy Klyukvin, having believed the promises of the white officer, fell in love ...

Torrents of Steel (1967)

The victorious path of the Taman army through areas occupied by the white army in the last days of the civil war. ...

Peace to Him Who Enters (1961)

Pregnant German woman is trapped behind Russian lines. When she goes into labor, three Soviet soldiers deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the ...

Stories About Youth (1961)

Dedicated to the glorious Leninist Komsomol of Belarus. The film consists of four short stories: - The Secretary of the District Committee, based on A. Iskhah's story "The Execution"; - Komstroy; - The Breakthrough; - The Far Calls. ...

The End of Old Beryozovka (1960)

Once at Borka, a big prankster and fidget, an adult friend appeared — the builder Ivan Degtyarev. Former sailor directed Borkin's energy in the right direction and made him his assistant. Soon a disaster happened in the Borkin family. His sister Liza wi ...

The Idiot (1958)

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from Switzerland, where he was treated in a psychiatric clinic. On the train, on the way to St. Petersburg, the prince meets Parfyon Rogozhin, who tells him of his passionate love for Nastasya Filippovna, the former contain ...