Valentin Golubenko

Hard to Be a God (2014)

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can the ...

The Master and Margarita (2011)

The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. The Moscow authorities are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. His assistant and muse, Margarita, tries to help the Master through the supernat ...

The Best Movie 2 (2009)

Russian comedy film. Continuation of 2008 The Best Movie film, spoofing such famous Russian films as Zhara, The Irony of Fate 2 and TV-programs: Malakhov+, King of Ring and Taxi. ...

Korolev (2007)

In the fall of 1938, the NKVD arrested Sergei Korolyov. Under torture, the investigators are trying to extract from him a confession of anti-Soviet activities, each time citing incriminating facts from the biography of the young scientist. Plunging into Ko ...

Antikiller 2: Antiterror (2003)

Colonel Fox is in charge of a counter terrorism group that will now have the complicated mission to help the police to prevent a dangerous Chechen terrorist organization that wants to free its leader at any cost, even if it has to destroy the whole place. ...

Antikiller (2002)

Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox is released from prison. He has been detained there as a result of planted incriminating evidence of unlawful investigation techniques. Setting accounts with Shaman - a big criminal boss, who order ...

Taiga Novel (2001)

Far East. 70th years. A small garrison on the border with China. Here, as everywhere, there are men and women. Everyone has his own story, his own destiny, his own love. The common thing is that they all came here once on duty and stayed for a long time. ...

In a Busy Place (1999)

The Last Courier (1996)

When Vera Rohleder wants to meet her husband Bernhard at the airport where he should arrive from Moscow, she is not successful. Later she is told that Bernhard died in a tragic traffic accident. She flies over to Moscow to identify the corpse, but the dead ...

Russian Symphony (1994)

The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, acc ...

And the Wind Returns... (1992)

The director's story about his life in the Soviet Union before his departure to Israel in 1971. The movie interweaves chronicle-documentary footage and fragments of Mikhail Kalik's films. ...

Upside Down (1992)

A simple guy, Styopa, without suspecting it, brought with his car to a small town a gang of gangsters looking for a unique diamond. ...

Censorship Has No Access to My Memory (1992)

The protagonist spent a significant part of his life burdened by painful memories of his grandfather, who died during Stalin's repressions. And now the time has come when he could avenge his grandfather. This is one storyline, presented in the form of a fl ...

Nightmare in a Madhouse (1991)

Wild Field (1991)

Somehow, three came to these lands to the camp of ataman Sidor. One of them recently escaped from Turkish captivity, where from the centurion dying on his hands, he learned about a chest hidden in these places with the Ryazan treasury. The Cossacks, having ...

Drums of Fire (1990)

In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the beginning of his adventures: fighting the Spanish Inquisition, taking part in the Battle of Lepanto, being incarcerated in Alicante prison, and assist in the ...

Stalingrad: Film 1 (1990)

In January 1942, Adolf Hitler appoints Fedor von Bock to command Army Group South and supervise Operation Blau. The German forces advance in the south of Russia, scattering the Soviets and approaching Stalingrad, that seems on the verge of falling to the e ...

Svetik (1989)

Arriving in Moscow, the young, energetic provincial woman quickly joins the circle of booksellers. Having charmed her boss, Svetik got a job in the antiquarian literature department. But soon she herself fell in love, and the gullible bibliomaniac becomes ...

The Story of One Billiard-Room (1988)

The man does everything to protect the still chaste population from the corrupting influence of consumer society. ...

Gray Mouse (1988)

The dramatic story of the moral fall of a former plant director who became addicted to the "green serpent. ...

Name (1988)

Special Forces Squad (1987)

Golden Woman (1987)

1734. In the north of the Urals, in the impenetrable forests of Orthodox Russia, one of its small nationalities lives — the Voguls, who have preserved the rituals and customs of their ancestors. Like any nation, the Voguls have their own history, traditi ...

Time to Fly (1987)

Nothing like this has ever happened and could not happen in any of the airports. However, according to the authors of the film-parable, this tragicomic story is directly related to reality. It turns out that in order to properly fly airplanes, sometimes i ...

Набат на рассвете (1986)

A movie novel about academician Kostromin, whose prototype was Ukrainian scientist V. I. Vernadsky (1863-1945). ...

Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago (1984)

A young student and a rich banker make a bet for two million rubles. On the condition of the wager, the student was to spend 15 years in solitary confinement. ...

Zudov, You're Fired! (1984)

About rural projectionist Nikita Zudov, a passionate film lover who makes amateur films that expose and ridicule bureaucrats, parasites and bribe-takers. ...

Streak of Luck (1983)

The fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series comprising three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit), directed by filmmaker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov, tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now ...

White Dance (1981)

The 20s. Stepan Khomutov returns to the Kuban village of Talitsy from the front of the Civil War and decides to organize a commune in the former princely manor. The peasants, fearing both bandits and communards, wait for the outcome of the struggle. In thi ...

Allegro with Fire (1979)

A heroic story about Soviet sailors fighting Nazis during WWII. ...

A Taste of Bread (1979)

An exploration of "virgin soil" in Kazakhstan through the stories of a party worker, a agronomist, and the director of a state farm. ...

We'll Be Back in the Fall (1979)

Five middle-aged men already converged in one platoon - people of different professions and different social status are called up as privates for three-month reserve training... ...

The Adventures of Prince Florisel (1979)

A mostly comical tale of all-powerful and wealthy Bavarian prince adventures that started when prince was seeking to deal with the boredom. Joining the Club of Suicide society, he uncovered the mastermind criminal behind it, and vowed to get rid of him by ...

Obelisk (1977)

During the German occupation, Belarusian teacher Ales Moroz does not abandon his students, instilling in them a sense of determination and courage. One day, the students disobey their teacher and decide to avenge their parents. As a result of a failed atte ...

With Fun and Courage (1974)

After serving in the army, Nikolai Semenov, nicknamed Kurai Tumbleweed by his fellow villagers, returns to the fishing collective farm and goes to work as a mechanic on a seiner. ...

This Merry Planet (1973)

Three cynical and emotionally detached aliens arrive on earth on New Year's eve with the mission of exploring and studying human behaviour but inevitably get pulled into a hillarious, nonsensical plot which makes them realize just how wonderful earth life ...

This is Where the Border Goes (1973)

Yakov Koreshnikov, a border guard with extensive experience, is leading an operation to detain a group of foreign agents. Back in the 20s, he participated in the liquidation of the Basmachi gang. Then he first met the traitor Abzal. During the Great Patrio ...

A Train to a Distant August (1971)

A participant in the war with the fascist regime, a Soviet soldier Chigorin, who bravely fought in Odessa, decides to return to the black sea city and walk through the memorable places where a lot of blood of brave defenders was shed for every inch of land ...

Happy Kukushkin (1970)

A young worker, Kukushkin, falls in love with the innkeeper's daughter and asks for her hand in marriage. Having been refused, Kukushkin begins to practice throwing rings. The day comes when the lover wins all the property of a nepman and becomes a wealthy ...

Two Comrades Were Serving (1968)

Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: ...

Torrents of Steel (1967)

The victorious path of the Taman army through areas occupied by the white army in the last days of the civil war. ...

The Letter (1965)

According to the same story by L. Panteleev. About the feat of the young Red Army soldier Pyotr Trofimov, who, on a mission, delivers a package with a report to the headquarters of the Budyonny army. ...