Roman Kartsev

Into_nation of Big Odesa (2018)

In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odesa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spread ...

In Jazz Style (2010)

A successful young man meets a disappointed in love 26 years old girl. She fails for him and so her younger sister and still beautiful mother. ...

God's Smile (2009)

A determined student from Chicago is forced to fulfill the last wish of his ailing grandfather. He has to travel to Odessa, Ukraine, and bring back his grandfather's cat. ...

Old Hags (2000)

Four old friends are experiencing various troubles adapting to the new times in modern Russia. ...

Roman Kartsev's Benefit (1999)

The Prediction (1993)

A popular middle-aged writer is warned by a fortuneteller that he will die in exactly 24 hours. He then meets a man, who claims to be him. The writer uses this bizarre situation to change his life and take revenge. ...

Promised Heaven (1991)

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to soc ...

How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite! (1991)

A concert movie dedicated to the formation of the World Club of Odesa under the leadership of Mikhail Zhvanetsky. "Let many people be proud of the expanses and fields," says Mikhail Zhvanetsky himself about his favorite city, "someone falls to his favorite ...

Evil Spirit (1989)

A junior employee of the Forest Research Institute is sent to collect mushrooms. In the forest, he meets a strange old woman, receives a silver horn and a magic club as a gift from her, and after some time ends up in prison as a counterfeiter. His connecti ...

The Drayman and the King (1989)

Moldavanka is a legendary district of pre-revolutionary Odesa, a bustling, carefree world brimming with vibrant southern life. It is home to a colorful, cheerful crowd, as well as the pride of Moldavanka — the charming bandit Benya Krik, nicknamed the Ki ...

Heart of a Dog (1988)

In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As ...

Contacts... Conflicts... 4 (1987)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life. ...

Long Memory (1985)

Set in 1941 during World War II the film involves the lives of Volodya, Vanya, Galya and Nyusha and how this conflict has affected these children, portraying their struggles, resilience, and the enduring memories that shape their lives. ...

Goldfish (1985)

The action takes place in the hotel "goldfish", the administration of which fulfills the various wishes of its guests. ...

Dumas in the Caucasus (1979)

One day, Alexander Dumas the Father decided to visit the Caucasus. Many adventures awaited him there. A cheerful fantasy about the stay of the great French romantic in the Caucasus. Extraordinary adventures, love, friendship, and loyalty help the hero, who ...

Olympic Character (1979)

How Misha the bear became the Olympic mascot. ...

The Miracle Voice of Gelsomino (1977)

Gelsomino finds himself in a topsy-turvy "land of liars," where red is green, bread is ink, and dogs meow. ...