Viktor Astafyev

War is Raging Somewhere (1986)

The seventeen-year-old Mitya Nenashkin, whom the war found far behind the lines in Siberia, had to endure and see a lot of difficult and tragic things. But the overwhelming majority of Mitya met kind, courageous people who were ready to help others and sha ...

Twice Born (1984)

Events take place in the White Sea, 1942. New recruit Andrei Bulygin is assigned as an assistant machine gunner on a small ship that delivers soldiers and weapons to the front line. On the way back, German fighters sink the ship, leaving only Andrei alive. ...

Falling Stars (1981)

Falling Star is based on three stories by the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Astafyev and centers on a young soldier on the front lines who is wounded and taken to the hospital. Once there, he muses about his childhood and a little girl he had loved - ...

Taiga Story (1979)

A hunter, returning to the Taiga forest, finds a dying girl in his cabin. He stoically nurses her back to life, but the differences between them may be too great for them to remain together. Based on the short story 'Dream of the White Mountains' by Vikt ...

Seagulls Never Fly Here (1978)

Siberia, 1930s. Ten-year-old Ilka runs away from home to escape his stepmother and joins a team of loggers rafting wood along the Mana River. Here, the young hero learns the dangerous trade and finds friends. ...

Viktor Astafyev. Merry Soldier (2010)

A movie about the Great Patriotic War seen though the eyes of the well-known Russian writer Victor Astafiev. The rare interview was recorded two years prior to the writer's death. Those bitter memories reveal the horrible truth of the war seen through the ...

Жизнь на миру (1992)

Victor Astafyev (1984)

The film tells about the winner of the State Prize, writer Victor Astafyev. Rural landscapes shot in the village of Oatmeal: streets, the house where the writer was born. V. Astafyev tells about his life's path, reflects on modern problems, about the respo ...