Valentina Kovel

The Wheel of Love (1994)

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

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 ...

The Year of the Dog (1994)

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Ve ...

Good Luck, Gentlemen! (1993)

Oleg, a veteran of the German Army, arrives in St. Petersburg at the call of his old comrade-in-arms Vladimir. Instead of the expected well-paid job and decent accommodation, he finds himself in a pine forest, where former army captains and majors live in ...

Short Breath of Love (1992)

Having been captured, an Afghan officer decided not to return to his homeland. He settled in Finland, met Rita, a tourist from St. Petersburg, and lost his peace. Everything was against him: his beloved was older than him, had a sick son, the doctor treati ...

Spawn of Hell (1992)

Late-Soviet screen adaptation of the novel "A Pale Horse" by Boris Savinkov. A group of anti-tsarist revolutionary terrorists plot to assassinate the governor of a provincial town. ...

The Story of a Horse (1989)

Based on Leo Tolstoy's story "Holstomer" staged by the Leningrad State Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky. ...

Energetic People (1989)

The heroes of Shukshin's play are indeed energetic people in the full sense of the word. Jacks of all trades, quick-witted and dishonest, grabbers and thieves, who can be called businessmen of the era of socialism, for whom there was no use for their pract ...

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 ...

The Pickwick Club (1986)

A middle-aged gentleman, yet utterly naive, sums up his life experience gained over years of traveling around good old England. The comical and absurd situations in which he and his friends constantly find themselves turn the play into a rare and truly tim ...

Криминальный талант (1986)

Several crimes are committed in the city, similar in style and so unusual that the investigation team suspects that the perpetrator, or rather the perpetrator, has a kind of criminal talent. Based on the novel of the same name by Stanislav Rodionov. ...

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot (1984)

Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with t ...

In Broad Daylight (1983)

A group of friends, including Mukhin, a furniture factory worker, with his wife and son, go out on a day off. There are four drunk young men in the neighborhood. They pester vacationers and start a fight. They are rebuffed only by Mukhin. Protecting his wi ...

The Highway (1983)

The film takes place during one day of operation of a railway line, the capacity of which is lower than necessary. A disaster occurs: a passenger train crashes into a tank train, the driver's assistant is killed, and traffic on the section is delayed. The ...

Three Times About Love (1981)

Former soldier returns to his village only to discover that his girlfriend married another man. ...

Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1981)

Khanuma (1978)

A classical romantic comedy set in Tbilisi, Georgia in the beginning of XX century. ...

I Wish to Speak (1976)

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own ...

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)

Are You Kidding? (1971)

The film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost," "Vanderbul Runs Over the Horizon," and "Are You Kidding? ...

The Truth! Nothing But the Truth! (1969)

About the trial of the October Revolution, which was organized in 1919 by the US Senate. ...

Valentin Kataev's Humoresque (1968)

Based on the stories of V. Kataev "The Diary of a Bitter Drunkard", "Fur Coat" and "Pearl". ...

The Green Carriage (1967)

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24. ...

The Third, Pathetic (1960)

The main character is the chekist Fyodor Dyatlov. He is in love with his friend Hippolytus' sister, the educated, intelligent Irina. At the same time, he harshly pursues the younger brother of Hippolytus and Irina Valerik. He is also a security officer, bu ...

Next to Us (1957)

The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. ...