Valentin Nikulin

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 ...

Sin: A Story of Passion (1993)

Young girl Nina is falling in love with the orthodox priest with a criminal past. ...

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. ...

Blown Kiss (1991)

A young nurse, Nastya, on the eve of her successful marriage to the man she loves, a prosperous doctor, has doubts dictated by her desire to assert herself. ...

Sheremetyevo 2 (1990)

An intelligent businessman from former engineers realizes that he is unlikely to be able to "turn around" in his homeland, and decides to emigrate. But for his beloved wife the question "to go or not to go?" is not so rhetorical. That's why the journey to ...

The Trial (1990)

Based on materials from real criminal cases, it follows the trial of the trade mafia. ...

Was There Karotin? (1990)

The beginning of the 30s of the last century. A leak of classified information was found at the Soviet shipbuilding plant. Arriving under the guise of a scientist, the legendary chekist Karotin begins to unravel the threads of the conspiracy of the fascis ...

Entrance to Labyrinth (1990)

The actions of this mystery movie takes both in the past (in medieval times, as the scientists' hallucinations) and in the days of Perestroika. ...

Stalin's Funeral (1990)

1953 year. Moscow says goodbye to the leader. In the funeral crowd, Eugene met with Elya. During the long hours spent in the funeral procession, they managed to learn a lot about each other ... But Elia absurdly dies. So Zhenya begins another, adult life . ...

Our Father (1990)

A young Jewish woman, having received an order from the occupation authorities to report to the assembly point, goes into town with her son. They approach the ghetto, but realizing what awaits them, they leave. They wander around the city, not daring to vi ...

The Visit (1989)

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her. ...

Tragedy, Rock Style (1989)

Vitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement. Vitya is devastated, and in this state of shock he falls prey to a supposed mystic called Cassius. ...

Balcony (1988)

A surgeon identifies his patient as his childhood neighbor, and remembers their life in Alma-Ata in the fifties. Then they grew in a period of ending Stalinism, among adults who were both coward and brave. He's dreaming about the balcony, which was their r ...

American Artichokes (1987)

he fascinating adventures of two mischievous boys Misha Kozlov and Kolya Sinitsyn. ...

I Have the Honor (1987)

Gendarmes arrest Vyacheslav, a free-thinking student. His friend Kirill gives his word of honor that he will release Vyacheslav from the dungeons of the Okhrana, but for this he will have to create a combat squad and engage in a deadly battle with the Blac ...

Face to Face (1986)

The writer Stepanov became aware that the sketch of Vrubel's painting will be sold at the Sotheby's auction. Leaked information alarmed Western insurance companies - the return of the once stolen from the Rovno Museum masterpiece threatens serious penaltie ...

A Million in a Wedding Basket (1985)

In the densely populated slums live large but poor family of charming and talented signor Leonido Popogatto. Under the guise of an important person he enters the secular parties and steals drinks and food from the tables. ...

Can-Can in English Park (1985)

A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ...

European Story (1984)

Two candidates are vying for the post of mayor of one of the major Western European cities - the Social Democrat Dr. Hayden and the "free nationalist" Alden. On the eve of the election, an independent journalist receives documents confirming Alden's connec ...

Fairies' Autumn Gift (1984)

A sad and funny story based on Hans Christian Andersen tales. ...

The Secret of Gretha Villa (1984)

Members of the Shield and Helmet Masonic Lodge, sent by the CIA, are preparing a coup in one of the western countries. The criminal chronicle reporter manages to infiltrate the headquarters of the conspirators. The information he produces will play a deci ...

За синими ночами (1983)

The Wolverine and the Fox (1982)

Based on an Evenki folk tale. ...

Uncle's Dream (1981)

Energized by the arrival of a rich, elderly and seemingly eligible bachelor, a provincial noblewoman decides to marry off her daughter by any means necessary. ...

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 ...

The Sicilian Defence (1981)

A group of police detectives are trying to prevent shipping abroad of stolen art valuables. ...

We Looked in the Death's Face (1980)

A young officer organizes a dance group in the blockaded Leningrad in 1942. ...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1980)

In Closterham, Edwin Drood and Rose Button confront his uncle John Jasper, the church choir regent, and Edwin fights Neville Landles, who is in love with Rose, leading to his disappearance. ...

Kind Men (1980)

Gordei Kabachkov, a professional con man, decided to pursue a career in science and was very successful. Having settled in a certain Institute of Ancient Culture, he easily wraps his finger around the numerous "kind men" - members of the academic council - ...

Clown (1980)

The famous clown Vetrov returns after a long tour to the Moscow Circus, where he worked for many years. Time has changed a lot, and past ties are not easy to restore. But he has a new program and the same goal - to make people laugh. ...

The Circus Boy (1980)

This story is about the events of the beginning of the century, the circus, in which the favorite of the troupe Alesha grew up. After the mother - acrobat Maria-Louise died, his childhood was over. Revolutionary events influenced the fate of a small circus ...

Today or Never (1979)

The scientist Levandowski was once unfairly excluded from scientific activity. But he still returns to the institute, creates a new laboratory and, together with his students, turns to a project that he has been hatching for many years... ...

Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow (1979)

A literary teacher Antonina Sergeevna goes to work at an elite physical and mathematical lyceum from a regular school. She is surprised to see how respectful the students are here - as to full-fledged creative personalities. Soon she begins an affair with ...

Identification Marks None (1979)

Drama about the period of F. Dzerzhinsky's activity in 1902-1905, when he, having escaped from the Viluysk prison, lived in Poland. ...

Robinson Kuzya (1978)

Debt (1977)

Commissar Selivanov and several Red Army soldiers manage to escape from captivity. They are being pursued by the White Guards and Basmachi, led by a colonel who was released on parole by Selivanov. ...

A Wreath of Sonnets (1977)

A story of two boys who obstinately, in spite of everything and everyone run to the front when the war was almost over. ...

Everyday Matters (1977)

It consists of three short stories united by the theme of war: "Where Are You, Lyubov Dunyashova?", "You Have Me", "Everyday Matters". ...

The Retired Colonel (1977)

Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the ...

The Magic Lantern (1977)

A musical program about the history of the development of the art of cinema. ...

A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears (1976)

A student and chess lover Andrey Popov, while getting sick the night before a chess game with a chess world champion Karpov, falls asleep and is having a dream. In this dream, he finds himself in a kingdom ruled by chess figures and playing cards. Chess fi ...

Весёлое сновидение, или Смех сквозь слёзы (1976)

Wolves Pack (1975)

A story about few partisans hiding in the Belarusian woods and fighting German Army during WWII. ...

The Magic Skin (1975)

Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes ...

The Balloonist (1975)

A story about the famous Russian weightlifter Ivan Zaikin, who left the circus arena at the peak of his fame to dedicate himself to the art of aviation. ...

The Accident (1975)

A reputable employee of a large firm has his car break down on the road. A repair team has been called in, but it won't get there soon. It is necessary to pass the time somehow. Not far from the highway there is a house, and in it there are several old men ...

Ivan and Marya (1975)

Between the king and the soldier Ivan a serious dispute occurs. A seasoned soldier, of course, takes precedence over the quarrelsome sovereign. ...

From Lopatin's Notes (1975)

Based on the stories of the same cycle of Konstantin Simonov, who visited as a war correspondent almost on all fronts of the great Patriotic war. ...

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 ...

The Wizard of the Emerald City (1974)

A cartoon about a girl, Ellie, of her little dog Totoshka, who, because of the evil Gingema, ended up in the Magic Country, where incredible adventures awaited them. ...

My Friends (1974)

Dombey & Son (1974)

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son. ...

I Give You a Star (1974)

A comedy that humorously addresses the issue of a woman's role in the family. The film consists of four short stories, united by the same characters: a Man and a Woman, living in different eras. ...

The Benefit. Savely Kramarov (1974)

Wedding (1973)

Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia. ...

Failure of Engineer Garin (1973)

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this ...

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. ...

Balalaykin and K (1973)

The performance of the Sovremennik Theater directed by G. A. Tovstonogov. ...

Был настоящим трубачом (1973)

The Lion's Grave (1972)

The prince kidnaps the beautiful bride of the blacksmith Masheka. Masheka and his squad are trying to to take revenge. ...

The Lower Depths (1972)

A group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga. ...

Walking Beyond the Horizon (1972)

The film is about goodness and the strength of the human spirit. "I will discover the homeland of the bird, and people will believe that there is goodness..." wrote the Russian geographer Shavanosov, a dreamer and romantic who paid with his life for discov ...

The Amazing Boy (1971)

After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention. ...

The Ballad of Bering and His Friends (1970)

The story of the great traveler and explorer Vitus Bering. ...

13 orders (1969)

Supply clerk Chuvilikhin goes to Moscow to fulfill his coworkers' errands. In the hustle and bustle of the capital, he loses the list where the name of the sheet music to be bought for the director's wife was written down. Anatoly Stepanovich rushes around ...

Commandant of Lauterburg (1969)

Follows the service of Lieutenant Colonel Lubentsov as commandant of the German city of Lauterburg in the first days after the end of the Great Patriotic War. ...

The Brothers Karamazov (1969)

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of t ...

Black Blues (1968)

Teleplay based on the works of Langston Hughes about the life of the African-American population of the United States. ...

To Love (1968)

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from pass ...

Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait (1967)

Life and works of V.I. Lenin during the difficult period for the country of 1918. ...

Adventures of a Dentist (1967)

Young dentist Chesnokov has a knack for painless tooth removal, much to the dismay of others, who fear unemployment and start to challenge Chesnokov. ...

The Mysterious Wall (1967)

The action takes place in Siberia where a mysterious wall appears from time to time. Scientists are dispatched to study it and some of them believe that the wall is produced by some sort of alien intelligence, "the Martians", as they call them. The scienti ...

Deary (1966)

A story of a woman trying to find her happiness through a difficult life. ...

Three Fat Men (1966)

Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha. A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tut ...

Roll Call (1966)

General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war .. ...

A Bridge is Being Built (1965)

The plot is based on the construction of a highway bridge across the Volga River in Saratov. A Moscow correspondent comes to this construction site. ...

Letters for the Living (1965)

Based on the real letters of Veronika, a young girl in partizans squad during WWII. ...

The Big Ore (1964)

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

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". ...

Nine Days of One Year (1962)

Set in the Soviet scientific community, Nine Days of One Year follows two dedicated physicists whose close friendship unfolds amid dangerous nuclear research, shaped by their shared affection for a strong-willed woman. As radiation exposure, scientific amb ...

A Leap Year (1961)

On the streets of the regional city, a cheerful holiday bustle reigns. The apartment of the Kupriyanovs is also noisy — friends of their youngest daughter Yulka are preparing for the New Year. The old driver Leonid Kupriyanov will not have to celebrate t ...