Natalya Tenyakova

The Frenchman (2019)

In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional on ...

Handmade Clouds (2015)

Five stories depicting five different kinds of love, from childhood to old age. ...

Outside the System (2013)

On the day of the 150th anniversary of Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, an evening dedication "Outside the System" took place on the Main Stage of the Moscow Art Theater. The production is based on documentary material — letters, memoirs, memoirs, di ...

Год, когда я не родился (2012)

The well-being of Stepan Sudakov's family, which he himself believes in, turns out to be shaky. Practical, prudent, successful in business, Sudakov discovers that the family foundations he guarded in the walls of his apartment, in his nest, collapse one af ...

Regarding the Bald Singer... (2009)

Free variations on a theme by Eugène Ionesco. ...

Forest (2006)

Alexander Ostrovsky's textbook comedy in the modern interpretation of Kirill Serebrennikov: about the price of freedom and love in the same ruble equivalent. ...

This Queen of Spades (2004)

The Gamblers: XXI (1992)

A filmed version of Nikolai Gogol's "The Gamblers", transposed into modern-day Russia and performed by an all-star cast. ...

Chernov/Chernov (1990)

The strange title is explained by the fact that there are two films in the film: one is about a real day in the life of the real Moscow architect Alexander Petrovich Chernov, his mental crisis; and the other is Chernov's fiction. There is a different fate, ...

The Widow Steamer (1989)

A story about women living in the same communal apartment, which they themselves nicknamed the "Widow Steamer". Everyone has their own story and their own grief. ...

The Light Shines in the Darkness (1988)

A man tries to follow his interpretations and behave accordingly, sacrificing his entire private property and living for the poor. ...

The Cabal of Hypocrites (1988)

A play about the life and death of Jean-Baptiste Molière, an artist tired of fighting the world. ...

Banquet (1986)

A riotous dinner party where the guests are invisible to the viewer. ...

Ship of the Desert (1985)

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

Love and Pigeons (1985)

In a remote Siberian village, a work injury sends Vasily Kuziakin on a paid trip to a Black Sea resort as compensation. There, he meets femme fatale Raisa Zaharovna and decides to stay with her. Such is the beginning of a new life for him, exciting and str ...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1983)

A cult Soviet musical based on Ali Baba story with spoken-word interludes stylized as Persian poetry. ...

Али-Баба и сорок разбойников (1983)

Uncle's Dream (1981)

Energized by the arrival of a rich, elderly and seemingly eligible bachelor, a provincial noblewoman decides to marry off her daughter by any means necessary. ...

Colonel Chabert (1978)

Colonel Chabert, who miraculously survived the battle, returns to his homeland after several years of wandering, but everyone has long considered him dead. It seems very problematic to prove the opposite - the wife got married again and sharing her fortune ...

Our Friends (1969)

After the death of her father, Antonina Staroselskaya has difficulty finding work. A dull life is the cause of illness. A merchant seaman takes care of the sick Tona. After the marriage, he is arrested for smuggling, and the care of Tonya is transferred to ...

The Death of Vazir Mukhtar (1969)

A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed "vazir mukhtar" in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran. ...

Thunderstorm Over Belaya (1968)

The film is set in 1919. The film tells about an episode of the Civil War, when the troops under the command of M. V. Frunze took the city of Ufa away from the White Guards. ...

The Green Carriage (1967)

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24. ...

Elder Sister (1967)

A drama about a life of two sisters - Nadya and Lida, who both are dreaming about theater and actress career. ...

A Long Cat Tale (1965)

In this whimsical television play based on a fairy-tale by Karel Čapek, an enterprising detective goes on a globe-trotting adventure to catch a mysterious wizard. ...