Maya Bulgakova

Larisa (2026)

Elem Klimov's tribute to his late wife, director Larisa Shepitko, killed in a car accident a year earlier. Features excerpts from all of her films, and archival audio of her discussing life and art. ...

Housekeeper and Lacemaker (1995)

The protagonist is a teenager who inherited from his grandfather and grandmother a love of land, home, and all life that surrounds him. After his sudden disappearance, mysterious events begin to occur, which only a 12-year-old girl can penetrate into the s ...

Terminal Velocity (1994)

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold. ...

Round Dance (1994)

A provincial Russian city in the era of the Khrushchev thaw. Against the background of historical changes, the fates of the heroes unfold, and among them the young Violetta. Before becoming an actress, the heroine goes through a difficult path of trials an ...

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 ...

Forgiveness (1992)

A young couple, not wanting to, faced the fact of having a baby. They are offered to sell it to a rich childless family. Deceived by her lover, the mother agrees, but dies during childbirth. New parents receive the coveted son, and the father of the child ...

A Melodrama with Attempted Murder (1992)

Journalist Tamara Malysheva is deeply unhappy in her personal life with her alcoholic husband, Andrey. The editorial office sends Tamara to a small Ukrainian village to investigate the reasons why a soldier who had just come out of the army stabbed his mot ...

Fictitious Marriage (1992)

Oleg and Vera wanted to start their lives beautifully. To do this, they chose their own path: Oleg's fictitious marriage for the sake of registration, Vera's necessary, albeit dubious, acquaintances. It seemed to them that this should lead them to success. ...

Demon (1991)

A modern farcical mystical parable in which the Demon loses a competition with a person in small and large dirty tricks and leaves the Earth... ...

Murder at Cloister Ponds (1991)

On the night of the murder of a high-ranking official, the police apprehend a group of young men on motorbikes drinking near the scene of the crime. Captain Rogalev and investigator Avdeev are ordered to solve the murder at any cost. ...

Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)

A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which end ...

Stalin's Funeral (1990)

1953 year. Moscow says goodbye to the leader. In the funeral crowd, Eugene met with Elya. During the long hours spent in the funeral procession, they managed to learn a lot about each other ... But Elia absurdly dies. So Zhenya begins another, adult life . ...

The Enchanted Wanderer (1990)

Aboard a steamship, a priest tells his fellow passengers his life story, which he admits is the story of a great sinner. ...

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister (1990)

A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress. ...

Dina (1990)

Dina starts to see ghosts after her father mysteriously disappears... ...

Personality Clash (1989)

The psychologist Natalya by the nature of the office activity understands tangled family dramas of everyday life by the clients, finding proper words and arguments. To keep foreign families - her work. However, will of a case, falls to Natalya's lot to end ...

Katenka (1988)

A very old man comes to the provincial town where he spent his youth. The flood of memories takes him far from reality, to which a little girl returns him, like two peas in a pod like his first love. ...

Straw Bells (1987)

Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is on ...

A Cossack Galloped Through the Valley (1987)

Senior ship engineer Valentin Kravchuk brings his son to the Kuban to his aunt to go with his wife to rest in the south. In the evening, at the table, he argues with fellow villagers that he alone will be able to grind two hundred tons of bread. In excit ...

Defeat (1987)

A 4-partmade-for-television feature film. Two young physicists, engaged in the problems of atmospheric electricity and the study of thunderstorm phenomena, both disciples of Professor Dankevich, a talented, straightforward, incorruptible man, unwavering in ...

War is Raging Somewhere (1986)

The seventeen-year-old Mitya Nenashkin, whom the war found far behind the lines in Siberia, had to endure and see a lot of difficult and tragic things. But the overwhelming majority of Mitya met kind, courageous people who were ready to help others and sha ...

Trial on the Road (1986)

Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He's a Nazi defector and collaborator but ...

Date Time (1986)

A WWII veteran, Apollon Golub, arrives in town in an old car. The car attracts the attention of teenager Valerka Elkin, which has grown into a real friendship between him, the veteran and, of course, the car. ...

Different Girl (1985)

Lida Karyakina is 15 years old. Facing trouble at school and at home, she decides to drop out and find a job. Soon, she realizes that she wants to be a teacher. ...

Attention, All Posts! (1985)

A former army paratrooper starts working in the police and almost immediately is forced to fight a dangerous criminal. ...

Farewell of a Slav Woman (1985)

A retired air force colonel comes on summer vacation to the Crimea. He comes as a non-official holiday-maker, so the main problem is to find night quarters. There is a brim-full of holiday-makers here at holyday season, and for locals the main business is ...

Loop (1984)

Moscow militia detectives are investigating a death of a young girl whose body was found in the construction site. ...

The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983)

Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favor with his father for his allegiance to the Norm ...

According to the Laws of War (1983)

Plead Guilty (1983)

Criminal Investigation Officer Sergei Voronin takes his position by vocation. He created a club of young friends of the police, in which the guys go in for sports and meet interesting people. But he is worried about the company of guys who fell under the i ...

Farewell (1983)

Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland. ...

The Man Who Closed the City (1982)

A fire causes mayhem in a seaside residence. Alexei Rogov investigates the incident and finds out that the fire was caused by negligence. But he is in love with the person in charge of the residence... ...

Solar Wind (1982)

Autumn Trip to Mother (1981)

Successful film director Dmitry Pavlovich must fly by plane to Moscow and then to Rome. But the phone rings in his house and he is told that his old mother, who lives in Melovatka, his native village, has fallen ill. Dmitry Pavlovich hires a taxi and begin ...

Vasily and Vasilisa (1981)

Vasily and Vasilisa had seven children and the village respected the hardworking family. One day Vasily got drunk and laid a hand on his faithful wife. It was just before the war. ...

A Major Conversation (1981)

The hero of the film is Mikhail Stepchak, the foreman of a construction crew, a man with character. He wants to work in a way that is both beneficial and enjoyable. And all around there are notes and cheating. Only Stepchak won't stand it: he has a big con ...

This is the Music... (1981)

A young graduate of a Musical teacher's training school, having got an allocation to one of the collective farms of Nonblack Soil Zone, she goes there with one desire return to city as soon as possible and continue her career of pop singer. Villagers are r ...

The Youth of Peter (1981)

The years of the tsar's adolescence and youth were permeated with deadly danger coming from some of the Boyars, the rebellious Streltsy and Tsarevna Sophia who aspired for power. But already at that early time Peter demonstrates a profound, bright intellec ...

Particularly Important Task (1981)

Strategical factory should be evacuated. The movie shows how destinies of those working on the factory and their families are being broken. And yet - they have no choice, but to live. ...

Thanks to All! (1981)

Young mathematician Dmitry hard going through the care of his wife. Having accidentally got to the shooting of the film, the hero suddenly begins to realize that the plot is based on the memories of his ex-wife. ...

Investigation (1980)

The recidivist Vorobyov planned the robbery of the jewelry department of a department store, while he himself went to serve time in a penal colony to provide himself with an alibi. The accomplices hid a suitcase with gold jewelry worth more than 300,000 ru ...

Matches From 9 to 9 (1980)

The main conflict is developing between the young talented scientist Romas Špokas and Karolis Budrys, who, by hook or by crook, is trying to occupy the chair of director of a research institute, organized for the widespread development of work on the impl ...

Old Debts (1980)

After returning from the war, Andrei Petrovich Kochnev became a metallurgical engineer. Passionate about his work, he immediately took an active part in managing the plant—and soon became its director. While installing equipment to implement his long-sta ...

Gypsy (1980)

A story about old Gypsy man Budulay, his troubled life and the difficult love to Russian woman. ...

A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The spirit of the forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the ...

The Adventures of the Electronic (1980)

Professor Gromov constructs a robot called Electronic, which looks exactly like Sergey Syroezhkibn, a 6-grader from one of Odessa (USSR) schools. The robot also acts a lot like a human, and its dream is to become a real man. Electronic escapes from the pro ...

On the Taiga Winds (1979)

About an oil exploration geologists exploring the northern regions of the country. ...

Polar Fox Napoleon III (1979)

A young arctic fox Napoleon III, having escaped from animal farm, ended up in the village of Kovylkino. Following him, hunters, trappers, animal farm workers, a police detachment and correspondents came into the village. Thanks to the six-year-old preschoo ...

The Side Where the Wind Is (1979)

Genka Zvyagin meets a blind boy, Vladik. This meeting becomes in many ways a turning point in the destinies of both. Also before the eyes of the audience are the life stories of other children, often instructive and tragic. ...

An Autumn Story (1979)

An aspiring journalist travels to his hometown after receiving a letter from a respected teacher who claims that she has been forced to retire from her job. ...

In a New Place (1979)

Inspector Sergey Baev arrives at a fishing collective farm for a new job and begins to fight poaching. This does not please both poachers and the head of the artel Fetisov. Having failed to reach a compromise solution, Fetisov sends the Ermakov brothers to ...

Roadside (1978)

After serving in the army, Lyonka Parasochka got a driver in the fleet, deciding to continue his father's tradition. His mentor was Pyotr Demyanovich Volovich, who knew how to make money by "left trips" and various "operations". Lyonka saw that Volovich li ...

Front Beyond the Front Line (1978)

A second episode in the trilogy about the partisans fighting against the Nazis during the WWII on the territory of Russia. Film is set in the winter of 1943-1944. Major Mlynsky is the commander of the partisan group, that is fighting behind the Nazi's fron ...

Gift of Fate (1978)

A mischievous and cheerful employee of the textile mill, Dinka Balashova, becomes a true gift of fate for the commandant of the best women's dormitory in the region, Viktor Pavlovich, a strict guardian of instructions, schedules and schedules... ...

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 ...

Jump From the Roof (1978)

Unable to stand up for himself, a talented scientist Rostislav Lyubeshkin is forced to leave the institute. Ordinary accountant Kosichkin is trying to protect a person he doesn't know in general. Kosichkin is demoted, his wife considers him a squabbler and ...

The Mountain (1978)

The plane crashes in the mountains. Marselin, who has a penchant for adventure, convinces his brother Isay to climb the mountains and "clean out" the pockets of the dead passengers. Heroes with different human characteristics appear before a moral choice. ...

Everybody Knows Kadkin (1977)

The returning soldier Kuzma Kadkin on the train tells how well he lived before the war, and that everyone in the area knows him. An accidental fellow traveler, a young mother, leaves her child, a one and a half year old boy, Kadkin, to run away at the junc ...

The Beginning of the Legend (1977)

The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister ...

Traitress (1977)

Maria Alexandrovna, a teacher in a boarding school, is already under forty, and now she finally gets the opportunity to arrange her personal life. But the person with whom she wants to connect her life lives far away, and she will have to part with her six ...

Budyonovka (1976)

Young Grizhka finds a Red Army cap and decides to join the fight against the White Army, He is liked by the Red Army commander, but not so by a cruel White officer. The film shows the courage and loyalty of the children in the face of war. ...

Who If Not You... (1976)

Batov, the foreman of the steelworkers of one of the ural plants, is looking forward to waiting for Yuri's son from the army - he dreams of showing him a new device, which he came up with the chief engineer Komarov. The son is returning, the device does no ...

When the Earth Trembles (1976)

A production conflict breaks out between the head of the hydroelectric power station's construction, Demidov, and the chief engineer, Prokofiev. Prokofiev prohibits construction work due to the danger of a rock collapse, but Demidov cancels the engineer's ...

Assigned as a Granddaughter (1976)

Like many boys and girls whose early years included the Great Patriotic War, 16-year-old Dusya was eager to go to the front. She and her family lived not far from Sukhumi, and not a week passed without Dusya stopping by the local military registration and ...

The Strogovs (1976)

In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japa ...

Other People's Letters (1975)

Zina is sixteen. She is a manipulative schoolgirl living in a small Russian town among sincere and simple people. Zina is nice on the surface, but so unable to enjoy normal life, that she is desperately trying to hurt someone. She tries to seduce and compr ...

Looking for My Fate (1975)

There were three sisters — Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Vera, having survived unhappy love, goes to the monastery, where she gives birth to a child. The child dies, Vera commits suicide. Lyuba and grandmother attend church and maintain relations with pries ...

For the Rest of My Life (1975)

Ar-chi-me-des! (1975)

A funny story about four young men who are starting a band. ...

All the Evidence is Against Him (1975)

Chauffeur Movilyanu is arrested at his own wedding, accused of running over a man — all the evidence points to his guilt. However, during the investigation, police colonel Chekan uncovers that the driver was framed, and the real criminals are still at la ...

Your Rights? (1975)

Did You Call the Doctor? (1975)

District doctor Katya Luzina has recently graduated from medical school. Her first steps in the profession aren't easy: at first, she faces patients' skepticism about her youth, daily routine, and even deceit. But her determination and love for people help ...

Sea Gates (1974)

A TV movie. The film features songs by Yu.Vizbor, V.Berkovsky, S.Nikitin. ...

Of Those I Remember And Cherish (1974)

The Benefit. Vera Vasileva (1974)

Ring (1973)

Investigating the murder of a cash-collector, Major Isaev, a former boxing champion, comes to the conclusion that the killer is a boxer. To catch the criminal, Peter Isaev takes an unconventional decision. He applies to participate in the city's boxing cha ...

Yegor Bulychyov and Others (1973)

In the center of the film is a powerful, peculiar, talented Russian man, the largest timber merchant Yegor Bulychyov. He is experiencing a tragic discord with himself, with the world that surrounds him, with great social injustice, to which his whole life ...

With You and Without You (1973)

Thirties. Fyodor Bazyrin, who had built up a strong household, fell in love with a village girl, so much so that he almost stole her from under the crown and took her to his farm, where he married the girl he loved. They were happy. But time passed and the ...

Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (1972)

1943. Captain Ian Nalepke, Chief of Staff of the Slovak regiment, bearing protection of military facilities in the small town of Belarus contacts the partisansand passes to them the obtained information about upcoming operations of the German forces. ...

Trust (1972)

Problems of modern villages and economic use of land. ...

Translation from English (1972)

After being hired as a temporary substitute for an experienced pedagogue, a young maths teacher has to find common ground with a precocious group of sixth graders. ...

Summer of Private Dedov (1972)

The sergeant-major entrusts an ordinary missile division to Dedov with a responsible task - making hay for a horse. So a young soldier arrives at the collective farm, where he finds himself in a purely female team, not knowing that he will meet the girl of ...

The Prince and the Pauper (1972)

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. ...

Allow Take-Off! (1971)

A new pilot arrives to a far away airport forcing the old veteran to retire. ...

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 ...

Bread and Salt (1971)

A group of peasant farmers in turn-of-the-century Ukraine leaves home in search of better luck in Siberia. The story follows those who stay behind and their dispute with the landowner, as well as a love triangle involving a local beauty and two young men. ...

Accidental Love (1971)

Alexey Kontsevoy, a sailor, comes to his village on vacation and finds out that a wonderful girl, Alyona Sinevets, is going to marry a visiting loafer, Venya. Having found out that Venya has a family in Murmansk, Lech decides to disrupt the wedding... ...

The Day Ahead (1971)

Two brothers grew up in different places: one in the village, with his mother, the other in the city, with an aunt. The first is independent, hardworking, reliable, while the other is spoiled, on his own mind. The brothers met and realized that if they wan ...

The Pier on the Other Side (1971)

Aleksey Klimov, years after the war, cannot forget the girl Marusya, whom he met at the front as a young lieutenant. But then the war separated them. Many years later, having found Marusya, he comes to visit her. They realize that they still love each othe ...

Lada from the Berendeyev Country (1971)

A simple girl named Lada finds herself in the kingdom of Magnum IV, where a singing competition is being held, the victory in which is already assured for the king's "gifted" daughter, Princess Moggot. ...

Crime and Punishment (1970)

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess. ...

About Friends and Comrades (1970)

In Moscow in 1919 there are still anarchist organizations, whose actions are clearly anti-Soviet in nature. The Chekists have to expose their activities. The case is entrusted to three newly conscripted Komsomol comrades. ...

Varka's Land (1970)

Varya Kravets remains on her native collective farm after graduating from school. Her first love also came to her. The death of her beloved is all the more unexpected for her. Fellow villagers are helping to overcome the crisis. ...

Boys (1969)

Two stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first years after WWII. ...

I Am His Bride (1969)

The court undeservedly passes a harsh sentence on a young worker Volodya Kharlamov. His girlfriend Valya, whom Volodya once saved from hooligans, and the people's assessor Mitrokhin actively insist on a review of the case. In the end, they are joined by ot ...

Bonivur's Heart (1969)

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the ...

The Last Holidays (1969)

The story is about two teenage brothers and their mother. All three of them are very fond of each other. But the younger Danilka is a gifted artist going through a "creative crisis", and the older Boris is trying to convince his mother that he is an adult ...

People are Like Rivers... (1969)

Praskovya Ivanovna works as a postman, helps everyone who needs her. Pasha, finding himself in the hospital, accidentally meets Grigory. She will soon be discharged, but she, sympathizing with him, continues to visit her new acquaintance. A friendship bega ...

A Case from Investigative Practice (1968)

Makartsev, who is serving a sentence for theft, suddenly confesses to a murder he once committed. The case is entrusted to investigator Sukhareva, who in the course of the investigation becomes convinced that many of the possible participants in the murder ...

And No One Else (1968)

On the way to the place of detention, Kazankov, who had previously confessed to the murder, jumped out of the car and died. After learning about this, the experienced judge who conducted the case of the convict decided to return to the Kazankov case. Later ...

Out of Boredom (1968)

An intimate drama set in a remote railway station that grows into a tragedy of the whole generation and epoch, based on a Gorki story. ...

No Path Through Fire (1967)

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation. ...

Devil With a Briefcase (1966)

Wings (1966)

Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience. ...

The Ugly Story (1966)

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

Last Month of Autumn (1966)

An older couple have four children who left them long ago. Tired of waiting for letters which never arrive, the father takes a trip to see how the children are doing. ...

We, The Russian People (1966)

January 1917. The workers and peasants of Russia, hunted by the tsarist government in the trenches, forced to defend alien interests of the king, the landowners and exploiters-capitalists. Bolshevik worker Yakov Orel, selflessly performing party mission, s ...

Journey (1966)

A movie almanac based on the stories of Vasily Aksenov: "Dad, fold it!", "Breakfasts of the forty-third year", "Halfway to the Moon". ...

The Russian Forest (1964)

Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Prof ...

An Easy Life (1964)

A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot". But when his old friend from the ...

Men and Beasts (1962)

The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign coun ...

Knight Move (1962)

A fifteen years old boy is dreaming to become a tractor driver in the kolkhoz where he lives. ...

Horizon (1962)

Twelve graduates of the tenth "A" arrive to the virgin lands. Freed from childhood illusions, yesterday's schoolchildren get used to the unsettled life, to hard work on combines, tractors, on the threshing floor. Soon other difficulties are discovered. ...

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 ...

Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)

Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of seve ...

Madmen's Trial (1961)

Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the nam ...

The First Date (1960)

Alexey and Valentina met in the tourist camp on Seliger, and after two weeks they celebrated their wedding. Returning to the family, the young couple faced the first difficulties. Both parents didn't like the willfulness of the young - and there were probl ...

Gloomy Morning (1959)

The third film in the trilogy ("The Sisters", "The Eighteenth Year", "The Gloomy Morning") based on the novel by Aleksei Tolstoy "The Road to Calvary". About the fate of the Russian intelligentsia against the background of the collapse of the Russian Empir ...

The Year 18th (1958)

Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them. ...

The Tight Knot (1957)

The farm's chairman took the late secretary's teenage son into his house. ...

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika ...

Flames on the Volga (1956)

Drama of the life of a peasant family, who came to work in the fisheries of Astrakhan. The film is set in the late XIX - early XX centuries. ...