Gleb Strizhenov

Can-Can in English Park (1985)

A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ...

The Sparkling World (1984)

In the circus of the city Zurbagan a mysterious stranger with the ability to fly. Many present at this performance, however, few people think about what is happening. ...

Let Him Perform (1981)

A group of thieves plans a daring heist to steal a valuable diamond from a wealthy businessman. ...

Teheran '43 (1981)

This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world l ...

To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981)

In the 23rd century, a reconnaissance craft discovers an unknown destroyed spaceship in deep recesses of space. The crew discovers the sole survivor - the mysterious Niya, an artificial being who appears to be the last of her kind, who possesses unique and ...

Plankton oder das Wunder der Anpassung (1980)

A 40-minute German film from 1980. ...

Oblomov (1980)

St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful ...

The Garage (1979)

An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the de ...

The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978)

A tavern on Pyatnitskaya street is a meeting place for all kind of criminals. The only way for police to infiltrate the criminals is to send an undercover agent to the tavern. ...

The Circus Came to Us Too (1978)

The movie is about the complex relationship between two teenage classmates: Lukashov, striving to be the leader of the class, and the newcomer Alexandrov, who came to town with a circus shapito... ...

The Golden Fleece (1977)

Eight very different people are looking for a treasure on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. ...

Days of the Turbins (1976)

Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guard"), "Days of the Turbins". ...

The Red and the Black (1976)

Historical psychological drama which chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy - who ultimately allows his passions to betray him. ...

For the Rest of My Life (1975)

The Only Road (1975)

Partisans attack a column of hundred german trucks cisterns, that carry fuel to the front. However, their action is difficult, as Germans have chained Soviet prisoners to the driving wheels. The mission is to stop and destroy the column and save the lives ...

Hard Rain (1974)

Spring, 1945. Sasha, who lost her parents, goes to the village of Vyselki to find her aunt there. Her last hope for the existence of a loved one does not come true. But acquaintance with ordinary residents of the village, an unexpected love for the forest ...

Fair Wind (1974)

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune... ...

Kingfisher (1972)

A group of children are trying to find a war hero known by a code name "Kingfisher". ...

Большие перегоны (1972)

Mission in Kabul (1971)

On the formation of young Soviet diplomacy and the struggle of the mission in Kabul with the internal reaction and representatives of the Western powers for the signing of the Cooperation Agreement. A Russian diplomatic mission was sent to Kabul. The frien ...

My Zero Hour (1970)

Germany in 1943. The Berlin worker Klaus Hartung is deployed as a soldier to the Eastern front during World War II. During a tour, he is captured by a Russian patrol. While in captivity, Hartung comes to the conclusion that he has to come through and activ ...

On the Way to Lenin (1970)

A train travels through the vastness of Russia, a train with German prisoners of war returning home, and Viktor Kleist, a young German communist from an intellectual home in Munich, travels back home with them. During the journey, the stations on his way t ...

First Girl (1969)

Summer 1919. After the sons of the kulaks deserted and went into the woods, in the remote Russian village of Potma there was only the old Bolshevik Matvei and a small Komsomol cell led by Sanya Yermakova. A fierce struggle begins between the Komsomol's and ...

The Red and the White (1967)

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other. ...

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 ...

Prodavets Vozdukha (1967)

Soviet geologist Viktor Klimenko with his guide and assistant, Yakut Nikol, fall into the trap of enterprising businessmen. They are going to conserve all the air in order to sell it monopoly, profit and dictate their will to the rest of the world. ...

The Elusive Revengers (1967)

Danka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village brutally ends when their father is killed by a White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge, they join forces with Valerka, an intellectual from big city, and the gipsy Yashka, but before they ca ...

The Ugly Story (1966)

Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant. ...

On Thin Ice (1966)

Two KGB agents are fighting against foreign spies before and during WWII. ...

Through Icy Haze (1965)

After the events of 1905, the proletariat slowly retreated with battle. The Lenin headquarters of the leadership of the revolution was moved to Finland. There Lenin and Krupskaya live illegally in safe houses. Vladimir Ilyich works on his articles, occasio ...

I See the Sun (1965)

In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again. ...

Summer is Short in the Mountains (1964)

About a young girl who came to a distant land for geological practice. ...

The Rockets Should Not Fly Up (1964)

Germany, 1944. A group of international soldiers are trying to prevent Germans from finalizing research and development of FAU-2 rockets. ...

An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorg ...

Third Time (1963)

The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition â ...

The Coin (1962)

The collection of TV series based on Albert Maltsa's stories. Action happens at the time of the Great depression. ...

At the Beginning of the Century (1961)

Life Has Passed By (1959)

Proffesional thief called "Sharks" escapes from the prison and tries to continue his thieving craft. But for this he needs the help of old friends. However, time has passed and none of them wants to remember the past and once again embark on a slippery slo ...

Duel (1957)

1896. The regiment, stationed in a small town, is bored, drunk, languishing in soullessness. Lieutenant Romashov falls in love with the captain's wife Shurochka. Society is abuzz on the subject. A quarrel arises between the captain and the lieutenant. ...

An Unusual Summer (1957)

The film takes place in 1919 in Saratov. Student Kirill Izvekov becomes Commissioner of the Red Army and participates in the battle with Wrangel and the capture of the city. ...