Vasili Merkuryev

The Great Tamer (1974)

In one small provincial town lives Savva Kulikov. In ordinary life, he is an exemplary Soviet citizen and an up-and-coming economist, but Kulikov has an unusual hobby — he trains his own pets, teaching them many amusing stunts. Among the "pupils" Savva ...

Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife (1974)

Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pr ...

Faithful Friend Sancho (1974)

Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends. ...

Moscow-Cassiopeia (1974)

Several children go on a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to school. ...

Here Is Our Home (1974)

A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty. ...

A.P. Chekhov's Scenes (1973)

A filmed stage performance by the Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Three miniatures based on short stories by A.P. Chekhov: The Darling Dog, The Wrongdoer, The Groom and the Papa, exploring the absurdity of existence. In each miniature, one of the characters inevita ...

Our Friend Maxim (1973)

The film Our Friend Maxim is devoted to the life and work of actor and National Artist of the USSR Boris Petrovich Chirkov. This film includes excerpts from his Maxim trilogy, and significant focus is placed on Chirkov's role as a pedagogue and mentor to y ...

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom (1971)

A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga. ...

The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev (1971)

After a photo of Konstantin Zbruyev got published in the magazine he got a lot of letters. So now it's a time for travel across the country in order to find a bride. ...

Late Child (1971)

A boy suffers from excessive care of his family, cause he wants them to reckon with him as an adult, just like his older sister's groom. ...

A Nest of Gentry (1969)

Russian nobleman Fyodor Ivanovich Lavretsky returns to his estate after years in Paris, only to fall in love with his young cousin Liza, complicating his already troubled marriage and leading to a tragic, emotionally complex romance. ...

Exam for Rank (1969)

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 .. ...

New Year's Calendar (1966)

New Year's TV show with the participation of popular Soviet entertainers. ...

Whistle Stop (1963)

Moscow academician Pavel Pavlovich comes to a picturesque village on the seashore to calmly spend his vacation here. Whiling away the time for sketches, he manages to get acquainted with the local guys, the restless Grishka and the daughter of the foreman ...

I Accept the Fight (1963)

Having started his working life at one of the large factories, the protagonist finds himself under the influence of criminals. Realizing this in time and receiving support from his colleagues, Alexei breaks ties with the gang and engages in a fierce and un ...

Cherry Town (1963)

Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it tur ...

Happy Birthday (1962)

The plant director gathers all the young people in one shop, entrusting them with both work and management. The experiment is unsuccessful, as the youth workshop did not become a collective. Young engineer Sergey, who heads the shop, realizes that only by ...

Be Happy, Ani! (1961)

Ani, a charming young girl, is a driver at Sofia Airport. She sends a letter to her boyfriend Boyan, a worker at a large construction site. The letter contains a single word "yes". Boyan starts preparing for a wedding. The Soviet pilot Andrey will soon ret ...

Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)

Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of seve ...

The Girl With Whom I Was Friends (1961)

A first feeling starts to develop between a boy and a girl living in the same building but her family suddenly must move. ...

A Summer to Remember (1960)

Based on the Vera Panova book about a complicated relationship between an 8-year-old boy and his new stepfather. ...

A Sleepless Night (1960)

Young engineer Pavel Kaurov goes to his first destination — to the port city of Sibirsk. He is appointed to lead a group of cranes: gantry and floating. After several troubles Pavel mastered the port work and received a serious assignment. Meanwhile, his ...

Abyss (1960)

Family troubles, reproaches from acquaintances for stupidity and inability to live, illness of children, death of his wife brought Kirill Kiselnikov down. Flattered by a bribe, he commits a forgery. Betrayal of ideals is costly: the unfortunate person lose ...

Hot Soul (1960)

Young steelworker Fyodor Shebalin raises questions with his superiors about the organization of production and puts forward a number of proposals. The naive young man is ordered to work as he should. The young man does not give up and involves the factory' ...

People on the Bridge (1959)

The end of the 50s. The former head of the department Bulygin is sent from Moscow to Siberia to build a bridge across the Severnaya River. With him goes his family: his wife, son, daughter and his daughter's fiancé. Once an experienced builder, and now ju ...

In a Quiet Marina (1958)

Two old friends remain socially active even after their retirement... ...

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika ...

An Ordinary Man (1957)

Based on the play of the same name by Leonid Leonov. The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, come ...

Behind the Footlights (1956)

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress. ...

The Highlight of the Program (1956)

Twelfth Night (1955)

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves. ...

World Champion (1955)

The young blacksmith Ilya Gromov from the White Keys collective farm wins the title of world wrestling champion. ...

Did We Meet Somewhere Before (1954)

Maximov and his wife Larisa Levkoyeva going to vacation, but in last minutes Levkoyeva were called back to theater. And Maximov goes all alone to the Crimea on the train. On the one of station he miss his train and must check the city and make a concert to ...

True Friends (1954)

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens ...

The Honor of Comrade (1953)

A story about training and educating of a future Red Army officers. ...

The Forest (1953)

Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Two poor actors, Neschastlivtsev and Schastlivtsev, — no money, no work, no tobacco and that, having put on fake orders, armed with a pistol and a guitar, decide to visit the rich Neschastlivtse ...

The Encounter of a Lifetime (1952)

In a professional school a girls and boys brigades are competing to finish the big order in time. ...

The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951)

A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War. ...

The Miners of Donetsk (1951)

A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm. ...

The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)

A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta. ...

The Star (1949)

Command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent into the enemy's rear to refine the data returned. A new group of seven scouts, called "The Star", headed by Lieutenant lieutenant. Returning after a ...

Story of a Real Man (1948)

Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned n ...

Cinderella (1947)

In the fairy kingdom live stepmother, her evil daughters — Anna and Maryana, a limp husband-forester and his daughter from his first marriage — Cinderella. The stepmother exploits the poor girl as a housekeeper. With the help of her godmother-fairy, Ci ...

The Sky Slow-Mover (1946)

Three pilots are best friends and good fighters. During the WWII they are taking an oath to refrain from love until the end of the War. But soon they meet three women-pilots. One by one they give up the oath, and all three fall in love. ...

The Vow (1946)

The story of Stalin and the Soviet people. ...

The Great Glinka (1946)

About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka. ...

The Road Home (1946)

In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wife Ilga ...

Naval Battalion (1946)

Soviet sailors boldly defend Leningrad from the German fascists. ...

Tanker "Derbent" (1941)

One night, the crew of the Derbent tanker receives a signal about oil ignition on the Agamali tanker. Despite the fire threatening to spill onto the ship, Derbent is in a hurry to help ... ...

Song about Friendship (1941)

Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to t ...

Member of the Government (1940)

In the 1930s, during Collectivization, we follow Alexandra Sokolova, who having joined a kolkhoz, is promoted by the Party to the management of the farm: she becomes chairman of the kolkhoz, courageously coping with the difficulties of collectivization, th ...

Patriot (1939)

A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed. ...

Guest (1939)

A young Nenets hunter exposes a saboteur who has infiltrated the territory of the USSR, who at first poses as a doctor who has gone astray, and then makes the hunter his hostage. ...

Surgery (1939)

A short movie based on Anton Chekhov novels. ...

Red Tanks (1939)

This war drama tells the story of a unique operation carried out by the Red Army's tank corps. It focuses on the military skills and heroic deeds of the tank crews. ...

Komsomolsk (1938)

In 1932, thousands of Komsomol members set off for the Far East to build the "city of youth" — Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Among the builders is a saboteur. Soon, fuel depots explode at the new factories in Komsomolsk. ...

Professor Mamlock (1938)

Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resistin ...

The Return of Maxim (1937)

The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma. Maksim, who just returned from exile, calls the workers to strike as a prot ...

Fedka (1937)

During the Russian Civil War, orphan Fyodor (Fedka) Trofimov, whose father was killed by Whites, is adopted by a Red cavalry unit. ...

The Girlfriends (1936)

Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from ...