Oleg Zhakov

Chagall-Malevich (2014)

The film is an attempt to recreate the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. We are not exploiting Chagall's images, but are attempting to create a dramatized projection of his creativity onto the movie screen, relying o ...

Just Life... (1987)

About the creative path and pedagogical activity of the Soviet film director and actor S.A. Gerasimov. ...

Hot Summer in Kabul (1983)

A Russian doctor is invited to work at Afghanistan's top hospital during the war, and sees firsthand the carnage caused by the Islamist mujaheddin as they attempt to overthrow the socialist government. ...

‎The Girl and Grand‎ (1982)

Marina is a girl who saves a colt from being put down because of a trauma, and she gives him the name - Grand. ...

A Hundred Joys, or The Book of Great Discoveries (1982)

As a seven-year-old boy, he once visited his uncle for the first time and was captivated by the beauty of the taiga. Years later, becoming a biology student, the hero comes to these places and receives the first lessons of morality in communicating with th ...

Sergey Ivanovich Retires (1981)

Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his family: he will help his daughter Natalya with the housework, raise his granddaughter, visit his sons who live in different cities... But it turns out that ...

Ippodrom (1979)

After one horse racing Sunday the body of a jockey is found on the racetrack. Was it an accident or a murder connected to bet fixing? ...

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 ...

Armed and Very Dangerous (1978)

America's Wild West of the last third of the 19th century. Thousands of people rushed here in pursuit of enrichment. Among them was Gabriel Conroy, a man absolutely helpless in the world of business. When fountains of oil started gushing on his plot of lan ...

The Most Beautiful Horse (1977)

A serious passion for equestrian sports helped the F student become one of the best in the class. ...

The Adventures of Travka (1976)

A story of a little boy nicknamed Travka who got lost for a whole day. ...

Schedule for Tomorrow (1976)

Old school principal suddenly finds a love poem addressed to mysterious N. ...

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 ...

No Margin for Error (1975)

A criminal story which happened in a small Russian town. ...

Front Without Flanks (1975)

A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge o ...

Memory (1975)

A story about the first post-war years in Leningrad. The film's protagonist, Maria, a Leningrad native, was left a widow with three children after the war. Life is hard and difficult, and suddenly the family is struck by new grief—the death of her eldest ...

Day of Admittance on Personal Matters (1974)

One of the days in a life of a department manager... ...

Here Is Our Home (1974)

A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty. ...

Looking for a Man (1973)

At the heart of the movie - true stories about separations and meetings, about search of relatives, the proceeding many years after war. ...

Land, Poste Restante (1973)

Based on a true story about Soviet spy Lev Manevich. He lives in Italy and operates in the Nazi Germany and Austria. Manevich, who is posing as a businessman, collects information about the latest German airplanes made by Messerschmitt for Luftwaffe. On hi ...

Night Motorcyclist (1972)

The investigation of a complex, complicated case of the murder of an engineer, a former prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp. The criminal, one of the executioners of this camp, did not escape retribution. ...

Seventh Skies (1972)

Life in a distant south town become to difficult for the young girl Ksana from Moscow... ...

Mission in Kabul (1971)

On the formation of young Soviet diplomacy and the struggle of the mission in Kabul with the internal reaction and representatives of the Western powers for the signing of the Cooperation Agreement. A Russian diplomatic mission was sent to Kabul. The frien ...

King of the Mountains and Others (1970)

The film consists of three short stories: "King of the Mountains" - about a giant bear; "Loyalty" is a touching love story between two storks; "The Loop" is about a proud deer. ...

By the Lake (1970)

The film is a reflection on the responsibility of man to other people, native nature and the world around us, the problem of preserving Lake Baikal, on the banks of which a large construction project has unfolded. The first half of the 60s of the XX centu ...

The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968)

In the spring of 1961, KGB officers received information that an experienced intelligence officer Mikhail Zarokov, son of the Russian emigrant Count Tulyev, with extensive international experience and knowledge in various operations was abandoned on the te ...

The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968)

The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World War 2. ...

The Wave Runner (1967)

A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. ...

Bracelet-2 (1967)

Bracelet-2 is a grey trotter at a Russian race track stable. Daily beatings from a cold-hearted trainer turns him into an unreliable emotional wreck, and in race after race he breaks his trot and finishes at a gallop, resulting in disqualification. To the ...

Weeds (1966)

David Motuzka, demobilized Red Army soldier, returns to his native village, hoping to see the changes caused by the revolutionary events. But he cannot see no improvement. The village is ruled by the kulaks and David's childhood friend Kornii Matiukha help ...

An Extraordinary Story Like a Fairy Tale (1966)

This story about the transformation of an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, about his brave and kind heart, and about his adventures and misadventures is truly wonderful and amazing. ...

Krinitsy (1965)

New teacher arrives to the remote village Krinitsy and not everybody are happy about what he's doing. ...

Early in the Morning (1965)

A story about the beginning of life. Having lost their parents early, Alyosha and Nadya were not left alone - the father's friend and the people around them helped the children remain kind and open in this difficult world of adults ... ...

State Offender (1964)

A young detective is trying to find a hiding Nazi collaborationist who is responsible for deaths of a hundreds of people during WWII. ...

Blind Bird (1963)

They Conquer the Skies (1963)

The end of the 1940s. Test pilot Aleksei Kolchin was commissioned for the first time to fly the first Soviet jet fighter. The tests are successful, but it is necessary to improve the aircraft. When performing a test flight, Kolchin dies, his last words are ...

The Road to Berth (1962)

In search of real life 15-year-old Vaska goes to the Arctic, where he gets a job on a marine rescue tug "Cola". It is not easy to build a relationship with the naive kid crew — "sea wolves". ...

The Judgment (1962)

Three of them hunted a bear, but a man was accidentally killed instead. The investigation must determine which of the hunters is responsible for this death. However, there is also a judgment of conscience — the most difficult judgment, because a compromi ...

The Very First (1962)

After a test flight, pilot Sergei Sazonov was invited to a group of astronauts. Intensive preparation begins for the flight into space: classes in the weightlessness chamber, constant study. Sergei decides that he does not have the right to meet with a che ...

Light in the Window (1961)

The team of diesel locomotive builders is struggling to increase output. More efficient welding methods are needed, but all the efforts of Andrei Kostrov and his comrades to design a new welding machine are in vain. On this ground in the brigade disagreeme ...

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 ...

Operation Cobra (1960)

About the Soviet border guards who declassified Operation Cobra, organized by foreign intelligence for the purpose of daily photographing a military facility. Participants of the "Cobra": a trained dog and an old watchman of the local hospital, Yusup. He i ...

Kochubey (1958)

A story of Kochubey - a hero of Russian Civil War. ...

The Kyiv Resident (1958)

The story of the growing up of the orphan Gali between the Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. Large-scale historical drama with Nina Ivanova. ...

Born of the Storm (1958)

German troops leave a small town located on the border of Western Ukraine and Poland. The Pilsudians seize power in the city. Bolshevik, who returned from prison, heads the underground revolutionary committee. ...

Coordinates Unknown (1957)

Two tankers loaded with gasoline made the Tuapse - Leningrad flight. Suddenly they were fired upon by German bombers - that is how the war began for them. One of the ships perishes. But the second continues on its way to its destination ... ...

My Daughter (1956)

Mirsky once left the seaside town, leaving his wife Natalia with their young daughter Svetlana. Natalia married prosecutor Kochan. And the girl, in his person, found a sensitive and responsive father. The family lived happily. When the daughter grew up, Mi ...

Road of Truth (1956)

An optimistic drama about an ordinary Moscow worker who, thanks to her integrity, intelligence and justice, won everyone's trust and was elected as a people's judge. ...

The Fire of Immortality (1956)

Hostile Whirlwinds (1956)

Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky a ...

The Shadow Near the Pier (1955)

In one of the southern ports, state security authorities detained a spy with a plan for the object of sabotage — a floating dock, prepared for towing to a remote port. Major Lyudov, according to a number of signs, realizes that a whole group of enemies i ...

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 ...

Footprints in the Snow (1955)

The post-war years. Yakut hunter Bykadyrov discovers mysterious footprints in the taiga leading to a village where the head of a geological expedition has just been murdered. A group of state security officers arrives from Moscow to investigate the crime. ...

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (1953)

A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades. ...

The Miners of Donetsk (1951)

A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm. ...

Conspiracy of the Doomed (1950)

In an Eastern European country, a strong political struggle breaks out over the possibility of accepting aid from the Marshall Plan or signing a cooperation treaty with the Soviet Union. ...

The Star (1949)

Command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent into the enemy's rear to refine the data returned. A new group of seven scouts, called "The Star", headed by Lieutenant lieutenant. Returning after a ...

The Precious Seed (1948)

A young journalist is sent to the region to prepare her thesis. Here the heroine will have to independently publish several issues of the newspaper, meet people, understand their actions and herself... ...

Nameless Island (1947)

WWII. The Nazis subject the radio station on Bezymyanny Island to a brutal bombardment and soon land a landing force. The enemy mercilessly destroys all life, but the radio station continues to operate—meteorologist Asya has installed a spare radio on an ...

Private Aleksandr Matrosov (1947)

The film is about the exploit of a nineteen-year-old soldier of the Great Patriotic War - Alexander Matrosov, who covered the embrasure of the enemy's bunker with his body. ...

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 ...

In the Name of Life (1946)

Three friends, three young surgeons, returning from war, begin working on a complex medical problem. Their hard work does not yield the desired results, and two of them lose faith in success... ...

The Road Home (1946)

In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wife Ilga ...

Songs of Abai (1946)

The screen adaptation of the novel "Abai" by Mukhtar Auezov recreates the story of prominent Kazakh poet and philosopher Abay Kunanbayev. The famous Kazakh poet became friends with the Russian exile, scientist Nifont Dolgopolov. Under the influence of thei ...

The Invasion (1945)

A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his s ...

March-April (1944)

A Family (1943)

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship. ...

Submarine T-9 (1943)

The Great Patriotic War. The Soviet submarine T-9, passing through the minefields of the North Sea, penetrates the enemy port. Sailors drown enemy transport ships, but soon find out that they are late - enemy troops and weapons are already unloaded and sen ...

The Murderers Are Coming (1942)

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "th ...

The Girl from Leningrad (1941)

Set during the 1939–1940 Winter War, the film follows a group of young women from Leningrad who volunteer for service at the front. Working as nurses in hospitals and on the battlefield, they devote themselves to saving the lives of wounded soldiers, whi ...

Courage (1939)

The airborne trickster - Aleksei Tomylin, civil aviation pilot - one day decides to stop tempting fate and only flies directly. The airport where Tomylin works is near the border with Afghanistan. One day he receives the task to fly across the border and ...

Friends Meet Again (1939)

Peat-Bog Soldiers (1938)

This story of the Nazi prison camps in the 1930s deals with the attempts of the Nazi guards to break the spirit of the Communists in concentration camps. ...

Professor Mamlock (1938)

Made in Stalin's Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappa ...

Great Citizen (1938)

A biography drama about Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. ...

For the Soviet Motherland (1937)

The film takes place in 1921 on the Soviet-Finnish border. Shyutskorov detachments broke into Karelia, killed Soviet activists, burned houses ... In the rear of the enemy with a special task - to destroy the headquarters of the White Finns on the Kimas La ...

Baltic Deputy (1937)

A film based on the life of the Russian scientist, Klement Timiriazev, who taught at Cambridge and Oxford and was awarded the Newton Mantle for his work. Timiriazev, one of the few outstanding Russian scientists who (publically) backed the Soviets in their ...

Youth of the Poet (1937)

Biographical film "Youth of the poet", dedicated to Pushkin-Lyceum student. At the 1937 world exhibition in Paris, the film was awarded a gold medal. The Director managed to accurately recreate the historic era, to convey the atmosphere of the Tsarskoye Se ...

We Are from Kronstadt (1936)

In 1919, during the post-revolution Russian Civil War, a naval detachment made up of communist Reds defends the strategic city of Petrograd from the White Russian counterrevolutionary forces ...

The Brave Seven (1936)

Six polar explorers arrive to a remote island in Arctic for a year-long scientific expedition. When their ship departs, they unpack only to find a young stowaway, who romanticized Arctic heroes, and tried to join them on multiple occasions finally succeedi ...

The Red Village (1935)

The movie's opening sequence takes place in 1921, towards the end of Russia's civil war, as the Red Army are vanquishing the last Menshevik forces of the White Guard along the western frontier. ...

Do I Love You? (1934)

A comedy about the life of a young married couple—Soviet students. Film has not survived. ...

My Motherland (1933)

In 1929, the Chinese are preparing an attack on the CER, recruiting soldiers to their gang. Among them there is a resident of a lodging house Van. Having recovered after a sudden attack on a Soviet border village, the Red Army squad goes on the offensive. ...

The First Platoon (1933)

It depicts the story of several Russian soldiers during the World War I and the Russian revolution. ...

The Invasion (1945)

A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his s ...