Oleg Karavaichuk

Martin Eden (2019)

The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his socia ...

Heavenly Tamper (2018)

The film is dedicated to a unique artistic phenomenon—the work of musician Oleg Karavaichuk, who with great strength embodied the understanding of "The Spirit of St. Petersburg" in our time. About this film composer who wrote music for more than 100 movi ...

The Last Waltz (2017)

This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a bay-side summer community just outside St. Petersburg where he spent his whole life and wrote most of his works ...

A Gentle Creature (2017)

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender. ...

Karavaichuk. Beyond Love (2017)

In Soviet times it was impossible to go to a concert of composer Oleg Karavaichuk. Because there weren't any. Karavaychuk's eccentricity was too bewildering for the culture officials of that time, and he was practically banned from performing in public. He ...

Quiasma (2017)

A dance film that captures the research and choreographic process of Javier Martín for his work 'the exform,' performed for the first time in September 2016 at the Teatro Colón of A Coruña, Spain. Filmed on 16mm, QUIASMA explores the intersection betwee ...

Oleg and the Rare Arts (2016)

The legendary Oleg Nikolaevitch Karavaichuk is the mysterious and moving subject of this loving film by the young director Duque. He was moved by the music the pianist composed for a film by Kira Muratova and is the first foreigner to win the trust of the ...

Shado'man (2013)

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are some women among them as well. Suley, Lama, David, Alfred, Shero and Sarah have all faced enormous physic ...

Oleg Karavaichuk. Encircling Minstrels (2013)

Legendary St. Petersburg composer Oleg Karavaichuk strolls through the Hermitage accompanied by his music. A seething genius among the masterpieces and interiors of the Winter Palace similar to himself. ...

Andrei Dolinin (2012)

The subject of this documentary short is Andrei Dolinin, a 56-year-old man with autism. ...

The Day of the Beast (2010)

1945. Young German soldier is hiding from Soviet soldiers in abandoned house. Every day he sees a girl who moved to the house next door until finally he falls in love with her. ...

Nikolai Gogol's Hand (2009)

The film is based on a video made by Sergey Lando on the Petersburg Recording Studio at the end of March 2009, before the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol. Next day, Oleg Karavaichuk took the footage and assembled film. It was first shown on April 1, 200 ...

One's Own Shadow (2001)

A successful doctor is visited by her old friend, a famous writer. They used to be close, but their friendship ended when they both fell in love with the same man. At first, their reunion seems to be going well, but as they talk, their old grudges and rese ...

The Dark Night (2001)

Mixture of documentary and fiction about the dictatorial 1930s, loosely based on the utopian fantasies of Fritz Lang and about the forbidden passionate love affair between a photographer and his model. ...

Grandmother (1996)

Family history. About how the Grandmother taught the boy to save. Saving another creature, the boy begins to live. Personality formation is taking place (and the boy may not even know about it). Grandma did it all right, but she was tired. ...

The Iron Curtain (1994)

1947 ... The Savchenko family returns to Moscow from evacuation - husband and wife with Kostya's little son. They settle with Grandma Kostya in a huge communal apartment. Street meets the boy with a flock of local boys. Then there were: the division of th ...

The Year of the Dog (1994)

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Ve ...

Luna Park (1992)

Andrei is the head of a gang of antisemitic skinheads clinging to the old communist ideals in post-Communist Moscow. When he learns that his long lost father actually is a Jewish bohemian living in Moscow, rather than an Afghanistan war hero, he traces him ...

The Leg (1991)

The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning from the war, he had no idea what a nightmare for him is just beginning. ...

New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)

The plane of the American pilot Hank Morgan got lost in time. The pilot falls into temporary loop and finds himself at the era of the glorious King Arthur. Here he is destined to meet the legendary knights of the Round Table and the insidious Queen Morgana ...

Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter (1988)

Daughter and husband of a teacher of the high school live in the old house at different floors of multifamily unit. When the former wife gets to hospital the girl leaves in father's care who is a weak but kind-hearted man. ...

The Wild Swans (1987)

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise ...

The Long Farewell (1987)

A single mother is confused by the changes in her teenage son, who has become distant since spending summer vacation with his father. ...

Shurochka (1982)

The Black Hen, or Living Underground (1981)

At a St. Petersburg boarding school, a new life began for the ten-year-old Alyosha, who was accustomed parental attention. Missing his home, Alyosha created an imaginary magic world of underground dwellers, with a king and his subjects who very much resemb ...

Married for the First Time (1979)

At 20, Tonya gave birth to a daughter — alone, without a husband. At 30 — personal happiness became an unattainable dream. She devoted herself to her beloved daughter. But at the age of 40, life seemed to make a circle and return to its starting point. ...

Take-Off (1979)

A biographical film about the life of the great Russian scientist, inventor of rocket technology and the founder of theoretical astronautics — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the hard spiritual work of the thinker, overcoming the stagnation of the surrounding an ...

Summer Trip to the Sea (1978)

A story about a group of Arkhangelsk kids during 1942. ...

Marriage (1978)

Based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. 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 ...

Asya (1977)

A small town in southern Germany. A party of students, mountain scenery and Asya - a wild, flighty strange girl who frightened N. N., the hero of the movie, with the strength of her love. ...

The Boxes (1977)

The boxes piled against the wall on one of the streets of Tbilisi fell down and disrupted traffic ...

...And Other Officials (1976)

The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trade organizations - the conclusion of a trade agreement with a foreign company. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife (1974)

Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pr ...

Monologue (1973)

Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He rai ...

The Gambler (1972)

This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells the story of a Russian living in Germany, in a gambling resort. This film is set at the turn of the century, and was filmed in Karlovy Vary (Carl ...

The Committee of 19 (1972)

UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa. ...

Drama from the Old Life (1971)

A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment. Based on Nikolai Leskov's short story "The Toupee Artist". ...

The Red Diplomat (1971)

The TV movie is based on several dramatic episodes from the life of the red diplomat Leonid Krasin. ...

Urban Romance (1970)

A young student Masha and doctor Zhenya found each other in the city. But their way to love was not so easy... ...

Stopwatch (1970)

The famous football player Lavrov decides to leave the big sport. The hero spends the last match in an unfamiliar small town. Here he accidentally meets a woman he loved when he was not yet a famous football player. ...

Do You Know How to Live? (1970)

From the childhood Natasha Korolyuk showed talent for music. She graduated from the conservatory in a small town and was ready to begin new and exciting activities. But her life plans changed when she met pianist Alexander. She married him and moved to Mos ...

Attention Tsunami! (1969)

A remote alert post in the Pacific Ocean. There, tsunamis often hit the shore, sweeping away everything in their path. It is the duty of seafarers to warn people about the impending danger. They must record tremors that can trigger a tsunami, and they are ...

Mama Got Married (1969)

Having worked at a construction site all her life, Zina raised her son alone. Now that her son is almost an adult, Victor has appeared in her life, with whom she feels good and calm. However, her son Boris is too much used to having his mother belong only ...

People of Earth and Sky (1969)

The heroic romance of the profession is in the story about the life of test pilot Yuri Garnaev, who tragically died with his crew while extinguishing forest fires in France in 1967. ...

Brief Encounters (1967)

Country girl Nadia moves to the city and becomes a maid in Valya's apartment. Valya, who is a member of the local District Committee, does not know that Nadia fell in love with her currently absent husband, a geologist named Maksim, when he had visited Nad ...

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik (1967)

In ancient times of famine and Tatar raids, the satirist Yuras Bratchik appears to the people in the guise of Christ, and the people believe in a miracle. The cunning monk Bosyatsky decides to use this event. Arrested by order of the Cardinal, Yuras and hi ...

Avdotya Pavlovna (1966)

The first postwar years. The Director of a small breeding station Avdotya Pavlovna is not immediately convinced of the anti-science of the official Lysenkov direction in biology. But making sure leaving the farm as an ordinary agriculturist, where he works ...

Chase (1966)

Screen adaptation of Yuri Nagibin's novel of the same name about a gamekeeper who pursues a poacher. ...

The City of Masters (1965)

After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale. ...

Tsars (1964)

In a mountain village in Transcarpathia lives the family of a carpenter Mykhailo Tsar. They are respected everywhere, and the head of the family is very proud of it. Suddenly the son Oleksa fell in love with the paramedic Nadya, although he has a wife and ...

The Newlywed (1964)

Based on the story of the same name by Yuri Nagibin. Sergei Voronov comes to the floodplains of the Dniester to hunt. He is here for the first time, and he is recommended by the huntsman Vasiliy, nicknamed "Newlywed". In the evening, by the fire, the men ...

After the Wedding (1963)

After the wedding, the young worker is sent to the village. A year later, he is given the opportunity to return to Leningrad. Feeling needed by the collective farm, he stays in the village... ...

Never (1962)

A new shipyard director arrives in the city. New orders began at the factory, but, unfortunately, the new leader had flaws: there was something unusually tough, callous in his attitude to people ... ...

By the Ravine (1962)

Senya, a young hunter, hunts for two wolves that have been preying on sheep of various farms in Siberia. Kira Muratova and husband Oleksandr Muratov's diploma film. ...

I Love You, Life (1961)

Timofej Korneev is a fresh member of the Communist Party. He works as an engineer for Leningrad candy factory. Since most of its colleagues are young girls he soon finds himself in a love triangle. Moreover, there's a third girl trapped by a scheming Jehov ...

Virgin Soil Upturned (1959)

The movie is based on the the same name novel of the Nobel Prize In Literature Winner Mikhail Sholokhov. The action is taken place in 20-30-s years of the XX century in the Russian countryside going through an uneasy process of collectivization. ...

Life in Your Hands (1959)

The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion... ...

Clattering Wheels (1959)

Sitting in the train compartment, Yegor recalls his childhood and his friendship with Nastenka, the most cheerful and mischievous girl in the village. Yegor left to study, while Nastenka grew into a charming young woman, dropped out of school, and began wo ...

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 ...

The City Turns the Lights On (1958)

Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has b ...

Soldiers (1956)

Set in Russia during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. The war is shown through the eyes of simple soldiers, who are dreaming about love and being loved in a peaceful life, which most of them will never have. ...

Two Captains (1955)

From childhood, Sanya Grigoryev was able to achieve success in any business. He grew up a courageous and brave man. The dream of finding the remnants of Captain Tatarinov's expedition led him to the ranks of polar explorers. The life of Captain Grigoryev i ...

Alyosha Ptitsyn Develops Character (1953)

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

Heavenly Tamper (2018)

The film is dedicated to a unique artistic phenomenon—the work of musician Oleg Karavaichuk, who with great strength embodied the understanding of "The Spirit of St. Petersburg" in our time. About this film composer who wrote music for more than 100 movi ...

The Last Waltz (2017)

This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a bay-side summer community just outside St. Petersburg where he spent his whole life and wrote most of his works ...

Karavaichuk. Beyond Love (2017)

In Soviet times it was impossible to go to a concert of composer Oleg Karavaichuk. Because there weren't any. Karavaychuk's eccentricity was too bewildering for the culture officials of that time, and he was practically banned from performing in public. He ...

Oleg and the Rare Arts (2016)

The legendary Oleg Nikolaevitch Karavaichuk is the mysterious and moving subject of this loving film by the young director Duque. He was moved by the music the pianist composed for a film by Kira Muratova and is the first foreigner to win the trust of the ...

Oleg Karavaichuk. Encircling Minstrels (2013)

Legendary St. Petersburg composer Oleg Karavaichuk strolls through the Hermitage accompanied by his music. A seething genius among the masterpieces and interiors of the Winter Palace similar to himself. ...

Nikolai Gogol's Hand (2009)

The film is based on a video made by Sergey Lando on the Petersburg Recording Studio at the end of March 2009, before the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol. Next day, Oleg Karavaichuk took the footage and assembled film. It was first shown on April 1, 200 ...

Stopwatch (1970)

The famous football player Lavrov decides to leave the big sport. The hero spends the last match in an unfamiliar small town. Here he accidentally meets a woman he loved when he was not yet a famous football player. ...

Big Troubles for a Small Boy (1968)

A child actor runs away from his film set and embarks on a series of adventures around Kyiv. ...

The City of Masters (1965)

After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale. ...

I Love You, Life (1961)

Timofej Korneev is a fresh member of the Communist Party. He works as an engineer for Leningrad candy factory. Since most of its colleagues are young girls he soon finds himself in a love triangle. Moreover, there's a third girl trapped by a scheming Jehov ...