Vladimir Trukhanov

Hard to Be a God (2014)

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can the ...

Don't Make Biscuits in a Bad Mood (2002)

One day in the life of a modern St. Petersburg woman, a woman of post-Balzac age, with whom something is happening. Either a spiritual crisis or a momentary obsession... ...

Chetvyortaya Planeta (1995)

Three astronauts (two Russians and American) find a very Soviet-alike small town on the fourth planet from Sun. ...

A Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses (1994)

The eldest son, who left for St. Petersburg, where he works as a detective, comes to the family of a crooked merchant and shopkeeper Grigory Tsybukin. Parents decide to marry him - his son is already 28 years old. They find a poor, but beautiful, clean and ...

You Are My Only Love (1993)

A love story of two people which turns out into triangle... So the steady family walls do not seem so steady anymore... ...

Exceptions Without Rules (1986)

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major". ...

Gunpowder (1985)

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldier ...

Jewelry Case (1984)

The Sicilian Defence (1981)

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

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)

Bracelet-2 (1967)

Bracelet-2 is a grey trotter at a Russian race track stable. Daily beatings from a cold-hearted trainer turns him into an unreliable emotional wreck, and in race after race he breaks his trot and finishes at a gallop, resulting in disqualification. To the ...

A Long Cat Tale (1965)

In this whimsical television play based on a fairy-tale by Karel Čapek, an enterprising detective goes on a globe-trotting adventure to catch a mysterious wizard. ...