Viktor Bortsov

Not by Bread Alone (2005)

During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brillian ...

Lady for One Day (2002)

What should I do if life has failed? What should I do if my daughter's happiness depends on the future visit of the groom — the heir of the Spanish grandee? What should I do if the groom's father is obsessed with titles and wealth? The only way out is to ...

Celebration (2001)

To mark the 60 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The film is set in a small village in western Russia. It is a story about two days from the life of an ordinary family: a father, a mother and their five-year-old daughter. T ...

Shub – Grandma Lyuba! (2000)

Voldya Sidorov, a high school student, is visited by his beloved grandfather, Yegor Kuzmich, who arrives from Nadym and brings a crystal the size of a baby's head as a gift. The grandson and grandfather take the crystal to a pawn shop and ask for three hun ...

Ultimatum (1999)

The patients of the big hospital are fighting for their rights during Perestroyka times. ...

Yukka (1998)

Andrei, a failed artist, lived quietly in the shadow of his twin brother, a successful businessman, as long as he was alive. After the contract killing has taken place, he hides Ksenia, his brother's distraught widow, and his children in a country house. H ...

Hotel "Eden" (1991)

Very nice young women - Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov - came to Crimea to relax. They settle in the Eden Hotel and do not know that according to the devil's plan, everyone who arrives at this hotel must indulge in sinful pleasures on the seventh day, and on the t ...

Brilliant idea (1991)

He and she met by chance in a backwater hotel, poor. ...

Flying Dutchman (1991)

The ropes holding the former ship, now a floating restaurant with the symbolic name "The Flying Dutchman," were cut by a drunk resident of the seaside town, whom the bouncer refused to let "on board" the tavern due to the imminent closure of the drinking e ...

Doping for Angels (1990)

You dreamed of an angel at night, and in the morning you found a gift under your door. And no matter how real the dream may seem, this gift is more likely from a cunning seducer, and the Angel has nothing to do with it. And if you are also an incorruptible ...

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. ...

The Light Shines in the Darkness (1988)

A man tries to follow his interpretations and behave accordingly, sacrificing his entire private property and living for the poor. ...

Women's Club (1987)

Ballad of Old Weapons (1986)

An old woman from Caucasian Mountains goes to the front line do give her sons weapons of their ancestors. ...

The Inspector-General (1985)

Television version of the play based on the comedy by N. Gogol "The Inspector" performed by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR. ...

My Elected (1985)

The story about the first day of reception on personal issues of the deputy of the District Council, young worker Timofey Zuikov. ...

Alone and Unarmed (1984)

1927. A retired Red Army commander Constantine Vorontsov is appointed a Criminal Investigation Department head in a principal city of province. An experienced repeater named Korney shows up in the city. Thanks to a successfully performed operation a place ...

Station for Two (1983)

Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the disgus ...

The Pokrovsky Gates (1983)

Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Kho ...

Aniskin Again (1977)

Third and final part of the comedies about the funny adventures of countryside cop named Aniskin. ...

Daylight Train (1976)

Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married. ...

Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin (1971)

In this the fourth episode, "Battle of Berlin," the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies. ...

Valentinov Street (1970)

The action takes place in the pre-revolutionary years and in the first days after the October Revolution. The main character, a female student, becomes an ally of a Bolshevik, who later dies on the front lines of the Civil War. ...

Poverty is No Vice (1969)

Based on the play of the same name by A.N. Ostrovsky with the participation of actors from the State Academic Maly Theater. ...

To New Shores (1969)

On a gloomy March 1881, an old, sick man was dying in the Nikolaevsky military land hospital in St. Petersburg. Delirium tremens had done its dirty work: there was no hope for recovery. And this "old man" had just turned 42 years old, and it was the great ...

Badgers (1968)

Two village boys - brothers Semyon and Pavel - serve a Moscow merchant-shopkeeper. They face harsh exploitation and hard forced labor. The brothers' life paths diverge. Unable to withstand the merchant's bullying, Pavel goes to the factory, becomes a worke ...

Missing Official (1967)

In the capital of a European country, two people have gone missing. One of them is Theodore Amsted, a successful official, a family man, and a fairly wealthy person. The other is Michael Moginson, a strange, reclusive oddball living in poverty. Soon, a bod ...

Port Arthur (1964)

Based on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR. ...

The First Trolleybus (1963)

Svetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her permanent passengers are at least a little bit in love with her. ...