Lev Stepanov

Trembita (1968)

Summer 1947. The World War II has just died down. Unexpectedly and incognito a stranger shows up in a small village in Transcarpathia, situated near the very frontier. For some purpose he gets into a well in an oldmans Atanas yard, and when Atanas comes ou ...

The Trial (1968)

Based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. ...

Wedding in Malinovka (1967)

The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik ...

12 graves of Khoja Nasreddin (1967)

Soviet film following Nasreddin ...

In the Town of S. (1966)

A portrait of a Russian community in the late 19th century based on Chekhov's stories, featuring the author as observer and narrator. ...

Three Fat Men (1966)

A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are ai ...

Rainbow Formula (1966)

The young scientist Vladimir Bantikov creates his double - the robot Yasha. But Yasha quickly learns and starts living his own life. ...

Musicians of the Same Regiment (1965)

The invaders are leaving the northern town of the young Soviet republic. The brave underground activist Alexei Ilyutinsky infiltrates a musical troupe organized to entertain the White Army command and boost the morale of the population. The new horn player ...

While Defending the Front Line (1965)

Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront ...

Little Hare (1964)

How can anyone take a person seriously when his last name is Zaychik (Little Hare). Everyone can manipulate and make fun of him. And Zaychik never strikes back just because he is too shy. But to the surprise of everyone love makes a lion out of little hare ...

A Hard Day's Monday (1964)

Having very skillfully organized the food production of "worse quality, but more quantity", the Tonap share partnership began to gain power. Khristoforov, the underground organization's head, is concerned about the spoiled products' sale, and he developed ...

Cheka Employee (1964)

Based on the novel of the same name by Aleksandr Lukin and Dmitriy Polyanovskiy. Russia, 1919. A young soldier of the First Cavalry Army, Aleksei Mikhalyov, is sent to work in the provincial Cheka. Here in the south of the country there is a large White Gu ...

No Matter How the Rope Twists (1961)

The satirical piece is based on an anecdotal story: the "Thick Rope" cooperative, which twists three thin ropes into one, sends its products to the "Thin Rope" cooperative through the district store's accounting department, bypassing its counters. The thin ...

At the Beginning of the Century (1961)

Lady with the Dog (1960)

On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov contrives to meet a young woman who walks her dog. She's Anna Sergeyevna, trapped in a loveless marriage to a lackey. He's unhappy in an arranged marriage. With neither spouse at hand, Dimitri and Anna be ...

Anathema (1960)

It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin. ...

The Overcoat (1959)

A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No-one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continues to concern him even when he is beyond the grave. ...

Liberal (1959)

Humanity presented a beautiful and touching picture on the first day of the new year. Everyone was happy, rejoicing, congratulating each other. The air was filled with the most sincere and heartfelt wishes. Everyone was happy and satisfied... Only the prov ...

Driver Involuntarily (1958)

A driver of a big manager is hospitalized with his boss's documents and adventures start... ...

The Death of Pazukhin (1958)

Film about the death of an old man, and the people that try to profit from his demise. ...

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 ...

Next to Us (1957)

The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. ...

Quiet Flows the Don (1957)

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks o ...

Old Man Khottabych (1957)

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wi ...

Twelfth Night (1955)

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves. ...

Alyosha Ptitsyn Develops Character (1953)

Alyosha Ptitsyn, a third-grader decides that he wants to improve his personality and immediately starts to act. ...

The Star (1949)

Command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent into the enemy's rear to refine the data returned. A new group of seven scouts, called "The Star", headed by Lieutenant lieutenant. Returning after a ...

Adventures of Korzinkina (1941)

A lyrical comedy about cashier Yana Korzinkina, who loves helping people. To cheer up a budding singer, she accompanies him to the theater and ends up at a pop music competition. ...