Svetlana Smirnova

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom (2015)

Dance, espionage and passion come together in this powerful and exciting docudrama that tells the extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and became a living legend. ...

Russian Ark (2002)

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history. ...

Fourteen Colors of the Rainbow (2000)

Runaway prisoner goes searching for a treasure to the island populated with poachers and starover cult with his two companions, an intellectual and a prostitute ...

Love in Russian 2 (1996)

The Wheel of Love (1994)

A romantic comedy about a twenty three years old Kirill who suddenly decides to become a gigolo. ...

The Austrian Field (1991)

About the incompleteness and insufficiency of the simplest senses: touch, sight, hearing. In cinema, this view traditionally denotes a collision between the authentic and the illusory. Truths and imaginary things are given in the film as images of feelings ...

Broken Light (1990)

An art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s. ...

Tale of the Moon Outstanding (1990)

The legendary commander of the Civil War, the winner of Wrangel arrives in the capital at the call of Stalin. In the capital, he is perplexed to learn that the Politburo at a special meeting decided to force him to operate on a long-standing ulcer. The at ...

Ladies Tailor (1990)

The last twenty-four hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar. ...

Szlachetna krew (1990)

Grachow, a researcher, is to escort a car to a distant place of the foreign exchange horse Favorite. The driver of Locha drives fast, although he was supposed to not exceed a speed of 30 km per hour. They experience various adventures along the way. Gracho ...

Cat Killer Silver (1989)

A patient in a psychiatric ward believes he lives in the belly of a whale, where he's transported himself to escape from the vulgarity and haste of the modern world. ...

The Prisoner of If Castle (1989)

A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe ...

Mister Designer (1988)

A famous artist strives to find the secret of eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates. ...

Lady with a Parrot (1988)

Sergey meets girls at the sea that he, allegedly working in a prestigious profession (he is either a pilot, flying abroad, or an employee of Vneshtorg), easily succeeds. He is interested in a woman sitting alone on the beach with a parrot in a cage. She is ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2 (1988)

The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is based on the late and little-known stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, united by the theme of the approaching world war and the struggle of the legendary detective ...

Blue Blood (1988)

During jockey's absence, the authorities decide to send his horse to the stud farm. ...

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century (1987)

This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was dele ...

‎Two on the Island of Tears‎ (1986)

A love story which happened in the small village during a visit of two rich city boys. ...

Dead Man's Letters (1986)

In a desolate world following the nuclear apocalypse, a scholar helps a small group of adults and children survive in the basement of a former museum of history. In his mind, he writes letters to his only son that will never be read and tries to find shred ...

Quiet Investigation (1986)

According to the novel by S. Rodionov, "Cambrian Clay". Investigator Ryabinin is instructed to conduct the case of theft of gasoline. His predecessor, having arrested the Toptunov gas station operator and not providing the leadership with evidence, was rem ...

The Outburst (1986)

The film is based on real events and tells about a major accident that occurred during the construction of another Leningrad metro station in the spring of 1974. ...

Bouquet of Mimosa and Other Flowers (1985)

In the life of every working person, one day there comes a difficult moment associated with retirement. And if this is the head of the supply department of a large plant, to whom the heroine of the film devoted her entire life, it is doubly sad. ...

I Don't Want to Be Unhappy (1983)

Since We've Been Together (1983)

Students Nadya and Valera fell in love with each other and began to live together. Their classmates envy them, and the lovers have continuous disagreements... ...

Two Voices (1982)

Fragments of all three short stories retrospectively pass before our eyes. The most difficult thing is not to lose the person who came into your life. Everything can be returned, except the people we lost. Preserving a person is the greatest of arts. ...

The Longest Straw (1982)

Post-war Latvia. Francis' gang operates in a small town and the new KGB agent Juris Vilks has been asked to infiltrate his gang and gain his confidence. ...

Solo (1980)

Lopushansky's second film focuses on a few hours in the life of a soloist musician during the siege of Leningrad, in WWII. The Leningrad philharmonic is going to play Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, which is to be broadcast to England. The soloist, like his fe ...

The Nightingale (1980)

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes. ...

Three Years (1980)

Alexey visits his seriously ill sister and meets a nice young woman Julia. After a while, Laptev decides to marry her, but the relationship is not going to be simple. ...

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. ...

A Glass of Water (1979)

When a small state is threatened with capture by a much stronger one, only one thing can save it: the emergence of a competitor comparable to the invader. In a graceful and witty play by Scribe, hostilities unfold around a young officer, in whom the modest ...

The House is Being Built (1978)

The plot is based on a conflict that arose at the architectural design institute. ...

Almanzor's Rings (1977)

The queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters... ...

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 ...