Mikhail Kononov

The Film That Went Wrong (2022)

In 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov made a feature film "Remembering Chekhov". After the footage was edited, he realized that the film went wrong. thus he made a difficult decision – not to show it to a wide audience. almost 30 years later, in his documentary "the ...

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time (2007)

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniy ...

Витрина (2000)

Dunno on the Moon (1997)

They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do - inventors, artists, poets, mechanists, scientists and....just dreamers! These enthusiastic and creative folks e ...

The Night Before Christmas (1997)

"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikhailova at the studio "AnimaFilm" of the Moscow Children's Fund with the support of Goskino in 1997. ...

Tsarevich Aleksey (1996)

Tsarevich Alexei was one of the smartest people in the state. His father Peter hoped that he would take his place, but Alexei tried with all his might to remain out of power and wished for ordinary human happiness. ...

Ryaba, My Chicken (1994)

In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees that she should share the wealth like a good citizen. ...

Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors (1994)

The history of Rus' since inviting of the Varangians, led by Rurik, to converting of Princess Olga to Christianity. ...

Beautiful Stranger (1993)

Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his superiors' attention when he stands up to Rasputin at a nightclub. He's asked to carry important papers from Petersburg to Stockholm by train in the dead of ...

The Inner Circle (1992)

Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride. ...

Memento Mori (1991)

Teenagers whose company broke up after the absurd death of one of their friends are afraid to tell their parents about his death and want to bury their friend themselves. ...

Greetings! or Crazy Demobilization (1990)

The Royal Hunt (1990)

Russian general have to find and bring back to St. Petersburg girl claiming her right to the throne... ...

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin (1989)

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra. ...

First Encounter - Last Encounter (1987)

The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detective Petya Chukhontsev, a law student who has not completed his studies, investigates the case of the murdered inventor Kuklin. He was murdered exactly as he ...

Broken Circle (1987)

A group of "friends" are trying to solve a mysterious death of a factory director - and find the money he stole from them. ...

She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat (1987)

A Baba Yaga's grand-daughter gets into the argument with the young son of Kashchey and decides to leave the magic forest. ...

Old Times Pranks (1986)

A bride decides to check her fiancé feelings by staging the kidnapping of herself. ...

Over the Rainbow (1986)

Very dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE (specifically high jumping) with a condition that he will not say lies; once he commits a smallest lie, his abilities are gone... ...

Ship of the Desert (1985)

A porcupine, a jerboa, and a turtle build a wooden ship in the desert. ...

Guest from the Future (1984)

6-grader Kolya Gerasimov discovers a time machine in a basement of an old house in Moscow and gets transferred into the 21st century. There he is allowed to look around. Accidentally, Kolya witnesses two space pirates who arrive from Saturn and later try t ...

Alone and Unarmed (1984)

1927. A retired Red Army commander Constantine Vorontsov is appointed a Criminal Investigation Department head in a principal city of province. An experienced repeater named Korney shows up in the city. Thanks to a successfully performed operation a place ...

Underground Crossing (1984)

About the funny adventures of a snake, a muskrat, a fox and a badger. ...

Burn, Burn Bright (1983)

Match factory repairman Parfen Loktionov is offered to become a shift foreman. The new position, on the one hand, is associated with increased responsibility, and on the other, with less earnings (the salary is "ten" less). The mother-in-law and wife insis ...

Streak of Luck (1983)

The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now ...

Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (1983)

The protagonist of the film, engineer Barkasov, finds himself in ridiculous and anecdotal situations all day. He is a responsible worker, the head of a large institution and is completely exhausted from pressing urgent matters. On the advice of a doctor, h ...

Shell (1983)

How the Jerboa gave the Porcupine a shell in which the sea roared. ...

Station for Two (1983)

Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the disgus ...

For No Apparent Reason (1982)

1921. Three seemingly unrelated terrible events took place in a provincial Siberian town. But Chekist Kamchatov is convinced that there are links between the murders and, moreover, that in the last case, the suicide of a young security guard was, in his op ...

Vasily and Vasilisa (1981)

Was have Vasily and Vasilisa seven children. They lived together, the village respected the working family. But one day something happened to the owner: washed down the man and raised his hand to the faithful wife. And then Vasilisa evicted her husband in ...

Andrey and Evil Wizard (1981)

Young guy Andrey tries to save the daughter of Sun from the evil wizard. ...

Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov (1981)

A comic mystery about Vasia Kurolesov who is trying to become a detective. ...

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 ...

Sea Voyage of Solnyshkin (1980)

The red-haired boy dreams of becoming a cabin boy, but for now he performs feats in his sleep. ...

Catch the Wind (1979)

A family of a private stud-farm head takes cover from a Civil War in a forsaken estate in Urals steppe. Once an old family friend Victor, lieutenant of White Guard, shows up in the estate and claims that he wants to come out of action and live according to ...

Siberiade (1979)

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road throu ...

Taiga Story (1979)

A hunter, returning to the Taiga forest, finds a dying girl in his cabin. He stoically nurses her back to life, but the differences between them may be too great for them to remain together. Based on the short story 'Dream of the White Mountains' by Vikt ...

Love and Fury (1978)

At the beginning of the First World War, Alexander Dragovich went to the front as a teenager. The October Revolution caught the hero in captivity in Russia. Like many of his countrymen, Alexander defected to the revolution. After becoming a chekist, Dragov ...

Comedy of mistakes (1978)

Two pairs of twins, once separated, find each other in the comedy finale. But before giving them the joy of this meeting, fate finally forces everyone to go through a series of adventures, sometimes funny, and sometimes dramatic ... ...

72 Degrees Below Zero (1977)

Antarctic station "Vostok" threatens conservation due to lack of fuel. Volunteer squad is called to take fuel, but will soon begin "Polar autumn" in Antarctica. No one has walked this way, when the temperature drops below 71 degrees Celsius and freezes fue ...

Almanzor's Rings (1977)

The queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters... ...

Vasilisa the Beautiful (1977)

Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and outsmart the forest witch Baba Yaga. ...

Twenty Days Without War (1976)

War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to ...

Story of an Unknown Actor (1976)

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into d ...

Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)

This fairy tale film is dedicated to the memory of the great film director Aleksandr Rou, the founder of the genre. Once upon a time there lived a brave and kind hero named Finist the Bright Falcon. He was famous for his strength, courage and a heart of go ...

Captain Nemo (1975)

For several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships that managed to survive, in the sides were found huge holes triangular shape. Now any exit to the sea is deadly, so America sends a special frigate called Blue ...

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried. ...

Discovery (1973)

This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied biochemistry. The events in it are developing in 20 years during the Civil war, when he sent a geologist searching for copper in the coal mines of the merchant Stasova, and ...

The Long Recess (1972)

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school. ...

Red Bees (1972)

In 1922, in a small town, the boys formed a pioneer squad and named it "Red Bees. ...

Hello and Goodbye (1972)

A love story between a country policeman and a recently separated from her husband woman with three kids. ...

Argonauts (1971)

A cartoon version of the voyage of the Argonauts (Greek Mythology) with the aim of getting the Gold Fleece. ...

Are You Kidding? (1971)

The film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost," "Vanderbul Runs Over the Horizon," and "Are You Kidding? ...

Hold on to the Clouds (1971)

In 1919, in Petrograd, a pilot Sevastyanov was asked to help in training flight personnel for the young Hungarian republic, together with a Hungarian journalist he makes a desperate, with many adventures, flight across the front to Hungary ... ...

The Fifteenth Spring (1971)

Fifteen years old Sasha is dreaming about adventures, falling in love and doesn't know that WWII is approaching... ...

The Beginning (1970)

A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur theatre — and does it so organically that the visiting filmmaker offers her the most difficult role in the his ...

The White Weathervane (1969)

A story about the adventures of two teenage brothers helping ChK during twenties. ...

Boys (1969)

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

At War as at War (1969)

Junior Lieutenant Maleshkin, an unshooted graduate of the school, commands the crew of the self-propelled gun SU-100. All the subordinates of Maleshkin are older than him and much more experienced. The authority of the young commander is tested at every st ...

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. ...

The Chief of Chukotka (1967)

Young patriotic young man ends up in the on Chukotka right after the civil war, where he intends to spread ideas of justice and equality among the natives. As it happens, instead he learn the local capitalist ways, and he start profitable fur trading with ...

Andrei Rublev (1966)

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brut ...

Goodbye, Boys! (1966)

Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and wooing the girl all three of them love. However, they are asked to becom ...

Port Arthur (1964)

Based on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR. ...

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. ...

Pavlik Morozov (1963)

The film was based on the story of the same name by A. Yakovlev about the most famous pioneer of the thirties of the last century, who was inscribed in the history of the pioneers under number 1. ...

Come Tomorrow... (1962)

Frosya Burlakova, a talented young woman from a remote Siberian village comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a professional singer. ...

Our Mutual Friend (1962)

A young milkmaid Liza becomes an outcast of society in one of the Kuban collective farms. An honest and hardworking girl finds protection from the brave and sensitive party organizer Prokhor, who stood up for her. ...

Naked Pioneer (2005)

A musical battle mystery with a cheerful war and pure love, with circus attractions and a real Lyuboffyorlova, as well as the recorded phenomenon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and strategic night flights of an absolutely naked pioneer! ...