Pyotr Kononykhin

A Plea for Forgiveness (1994)

Bespredel (1989)

Using an elaborate system of denunciation, the chief of the Zone keeps his prisoners in check. A new inmate, allegedly imprisoned for speculating on postage stamps, tries to rebel against the system. ...

Earthly Joys (1988)

The young soldier Vasily Lemekhov has returned from the hospital and met a young woman Natasha in Chisinau. ...

Kindergarten (1984)

The movie reminiscence of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about the military childhood when he one reached the Siberian Winter station where he was waited by the grandmother. The way was unusually long, cold, hungry and angry. ...

Twice Born (1984)

Events take place in the White Sea, 1942. New recruit Andrei Bulygin is assigned as an assistant machine gunner on a small ship that delivers soldiers and weapons to the front line. On the way back, German fighters sink the ship, leaving only Andrei alive. ...

You to Me, Me to You (1977)

Ivan Sergeevich Kashkin — the bath attendant of the most prestigious metropolitan bath. It's not easy to get to him: reputable diplomats, well-known footballers, and the heads of the ministry are seeking the honor to steam. But Kashkin himself does not n ...

Without Father (1977)

After the death of her husband, Tamara gave her daughter Olya to an orphanage and left for the North. There she creates a new family and, years later, calls the matured girl back. Not finding love in her mother's house, Olga left for a Siberian constructio ...

Officers (1971)

Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals. ...

In the azure steppe (1971)

Three novellas based on M. Sholokhov's early stories about the first years of the formation of Soviet power on the Don. (1) "Koloverť". Two Cossack brothers and their elderly father fight for the Bolsheviks, but when only Ignat and his father return to th ...

The Mysterious Monk (1968)

Ukraine, 1920. Two White Guards are escaping from Red Army captivity - Vorontsov and Stronsky. They get to the monastery, where a White Guard detachment is hiding under the guise of monks. Vorontsov leads it and waits for a signal to move to the settlement ...

The Road to 'Saturn' (1967)

A first part of story about a Soviet spies trying to infiltrate German Intelligence center "Saturn" during and after the WWII. ...

Sea Stories (1967)

The movie consists of two novellas. "The Affair". Russian sailor Nikolai and former bullfighter Spaniard Jose-Maria are hired on a ship, doomed in advance: the owner of the ship intends to sink it during the voyage to get a large insurance. "Scorpion and ...

Without Witnesses (1966)

Based on the story by A. Kleshchenko "You can't stop the case". A kind and brave soul Valka Burmakin once saved from death a man - poacher Kanyukov, who was almost trampled by a moose. Burmakin dragged the wounded man through the spring snow for many hours ...

The Big Ore (1964)

A story of Victor, a young man who is working in a big mine as driver. ...

In the Enemy's Den (1964)

Russia, 1919. A young soldier of the First Cavalry Army, Aleksei Mikhalyov, is sent to work in the provincial Cheka. Here in the south of the country there is a large White Guard underground led by the elusive Markov. Aleksei gets into the gang, where he i ...

An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorg ...

Ballad of a Hussar (1963)

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her real identity is revealed. ...