Lev Sverdlin

The Price (1969)

Two brothers who haven't seen each other for 16 years meet in the old house of their late father. And the reason for that was the sale of the father's furniture. A successful doctor and a poor policeman conduct a dialogue in which the different life positi ...

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 ...

A Little Time Machine (1967)

This film tells about the discovery achieved at the intersection of many sciences: cybernetics, astrophysics, telepathy and veterinary medicine. Soviet scientists made a sensational invention - the device "TV-1" (a transistor of time) was designed. Trial s ...

Gunan-Bator (1965)

Gunan is a shepherd in love with the beautiful Oyuun, the daughter of the khan Iribsyn. When he is taking part in a competition for the hand of Oyun, he must defeat not only the rich princes, but also the three-headed monster Mongoose. Based on the Mongol ...

The First Trolleybus (1963)

Svetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her permanent passengers are at least a little bit in love with her. ...

Adults and Children (1963)

Several short stories tell the story of the complex relationships between difficult children and their parents. ...

Three Fat Men (1963)

Cuban Novella (1962)

The nationalization of banks in Cuba by Fidel Castro's government brought many worries to both the counterrevolutionaries who fled the country and the ordinary workers who found themselves called upon to run these institutions. Garcia, sent by the former o ...

Two Lives (1961)

In the center of the film - two lives, two destinies. A simple, illiterate soldier Vostrikov of the Tsar's Army during the years of Soviet power grew into a devoted fighter of the revolution, he became a general of the Soviet Army, respected by all. A guar ...

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)

On September 1, the first day of school, a happy young boy named Fedya draws a picture of a little man on a white wall using coal. ...

Разноцветные камешки (1960)

The Birthday Party (1959)

The boy fights the demon to save the shepherd brother and the flock. Animated version of the Dagestan fairy tale. ...

Night Guard (1957)

The accountant of the commodity base discovers a small mistake in the documents, as told by the manager of the base. That night, someone hacked and robbed a safe with accounting documents, and committed the killing of an accountant. The case for the search ...

Wishes Come True (1957)

If anything's possible, what's important? ...

Different Fortunes (1956)

Young Leningraders, yesterday's schoolchildren, are entering adulthood. Sonya is in love with Styopa, but he loves Tanya, and Tanya prefers Fedya. Rejected, Styopa leaves for a distant Siberian city and starts working at the factory, studying at the evenin ...

A Magic Saving Stick (1956)

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. ...

A Tale of the Forest Giant (1955)

Far up north, in one of the nature reserves, a group of kids finds a moose calf whose mother has been mauled by a bear, and they help little Ryzhik survive. Time goes by. The leader of the moose herd is killed by a poacher, and Ryzhik takes his place. Abo ...

Far from Moscow (1950)

The major oil pipeline construction is going on under heavy bombings by the Nazi Air-Force. The construction workers must work under dangerous conditions around-the-clock in order to deliver oil to the Armies on the front-line. The construction manager Bat ...

Alitet Leaves for the Hills (1949)

The inhabitants of Chukotka are shown to be cruelly exploited before the revolution. Once Chukotka is visited by the representative of the Kamchatka Revolutionary Committee, Los, and the ethnographer Zhukov. The news of the arrival of the Russians immediat ...

Story of a Real Man (1948)

Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned n ...

Cruiser 'Varyag' (1946)

A story of heroic Russian war cruiser 'Varyag'. ...

The White Fang (1946)

According to the story by Jack London. The history of the wild wolf, who picked up the boy and raised an Indian. After falling to the evil man - the owner of the bar, White Fang turned into a ferocious evil beast, coming out victorious from all the dog fig ...

Days and Nights (1945)

This literary adaptation was the first Soviet feature length dramatization, as opposed to documentary film, on the momentous Battle of Stalingrad. ...

Sinbad the Sailor (1944)

Sinbad the Sailor is a Soviet animated short by Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg, released in 1944 by Soyuzmultfilm. The film is based on the Arab fairy tales about Sinbad the Sailor and his incredible adventures in foreign countries. ...

David Bek (1944)

The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century. ...

Front (1943)

Directed by Sergey Vasilev and Georgi Vasilyev. ...

Wait for Me (1943)

A story of true love set during the WWII. ...

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 ...

His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942)

The film tells about the founder of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, the leader of the Mongolian People's Revolution - Damdin Sukhe-Bator. ...

The Romantics (1941)

Set in the high North, this tale of a Russian teacher who begins to educate the children of the Chukchi tribe reinforces the director's firm belief in the power of education to overcome distrust and establish a shared civilizational foundation for all huma ...

Youth of Commanders (1940)

My Universities (1940)

My Universities is the last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Having endured a painful youth in My Childhood and a torturous sojourn as a serf in My Apprenticeship, future writer Gorki reaches maturity with an insatiable ...

Minin and Pozharsky (1939)

Historical film about the invasion of the Poles in the Moscow Empire (1611), the creation of Minin and Pozharsky people's militia. The beginning of the XVII century. Already the sixth year the Muscovite land under the yoke of intervention. In the fall of 1 ...

Guerrilla Brigade (1939)

Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Ukrainian peasants were again resisting Teuton onslaughts in 1939. Highlights a small ...

The Defense of Volotchayevsk (1938)

Japanese forces land in the port of Vladivostok during Russian civil war, supporting anti-communist forces, while local population joins Far Eastern Republic and partisans in the struggle against the intervention and White army. ...

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. ...

By the Bluest of Seas (1936)

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen. ...

Father and Son (1936)

While a factory director is distracted by production problems, his adolescent son suffers from loneliness. His mother is dead, and the father – a kind man and exemplary communist, winner of a Lenin Prize – is unable to find the time to educate his son, ...

The White Fang (1946)

According to the story by Jack London. The history of the wild wolf, who picked up the boy and raised an Indian. After falling to the evil man - the owner of the bar, White Fang turned into a ferocious evil beast, coming out victorious from all the dog fig ...