Yevgeni Vesnik

The Master and Margarita (2011)

The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. The Moscow authorities are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. His assistant and muse, Margarita, tries to help the Master through the supernat ...

No Such Thing As New (2003)

Free adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "Fatal Eggs", also referencing many science fiction books of the early 20th century. ...

The White Dance (1999)

This stunningly beautiful and thin girl was very unlucky: abandoned and deceived by her husband — director, without money, housing, among rude, lustful men and treacherous women, among the alien and cruel world of money and brute force. She needs to rema ...

What a Mess! (1995)

A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of the mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue. ...

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach (1993)

When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master. ...

A Gun with silencer (1993)

From the American psychiatric hospital run by two maniac, confident that he was a spy, and a transsexual. Very soon they will want to return to their native madhouse — but it will be too late. Because the third psycho sent them on a secret mission to Rus ...

Dark (1992)

This story of the beginning of the century about a terrorist and a prostitute combined the inhumanity and sacrifice of terrorism - a disastrous and noble delusion that originated in Russia and spread throughout the world. ...

Alaska, Sir! (1992)

The action takes place in Lwów (L'viv) on the eve of World War II. A former White Army officer (Vladimir Mashkov) after the defeat of the Whites in the civil war in Russia emigrated to Poland (Lwów was a Polish city at that time). The chief dream of his ...

Do It, Manya! (1991)

To fight mafia, a biologist and a programmer create a superman robot. An unexpected amendment to the calculations of one of the creators is made by erotic fantasies: superman turned out to be an exact copy of a photo model from a poster. ...

The Adventures of the Magic Globe or Witch's Tricks (1991)

Animation film consists of four small stories. No Trouble, Boy from Naples, Cinderella and Hazelnut Twig. ...

Philipp Traum (1990)

A story based on "The Mysterious Stranger" novel by Mark Twain. ...

Red Wine of Victory (1990)

The last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital. ...

The Hat (1990)

The story is about how a metropolitan writer, concerned about the "fifth point of his questionnaire," instead of the noble or, at worst, rabbit fur assigned to him by rank, was given a "medium fluffy domestic cat" at the Literary Fund, and how he, previous ...

Fatal Mistake (1988)

A drama about the youth of the late 1980s. The action takes place in Moscow. A young girl named Nadia, whom her own mother left in the hospital, has fun and quite innocently spends time with her friends. Before returning from a walk home is repainted in pu ...

Having Lied Once (1988)

Set in the Soviet Union, the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks. ...

The Brownie and the Mistress (1988)

A brownie settled in the attic of one house. He threw things around, made noise, interfered with cooking, spilled ink, teased the dog and made holes in bags of cereals and sugar, but the owner did not believe in him. ...

A Gullible Dragon (1988)

Grandpa has an unusual pet hatched from an egg. ...

End of the World with Symposium to Follow (1987)

Millionaire commissions a play, addressing the threat of nuclear war. ...

Year of a Calf (1986)

The young energetic Lyudmila Petrovna Nikitina, who worked as a milkmaid on the farm, decided to radically change her life. Settling the head of a rural furniture store, she sold a cow, pigs, sheep, and even invited the sons of a music teacher from the cit ...

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 ...

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. ...

How the Puppy Was Taught to Swim (1984)

A puppy is taught to swim by a swan, a crayfish and a pike, but nothing comes of it. Puppet cartoon about the benefits of personal experience. ...

Free Wind (1983)

The daughter of a sailor who died at sea, she lives in a port city with her mother. The shipowner threatens to kick them out of the house if they don't pay for six months or if she doesn't marry him. The handsome sailor and rebel appears in the city, and m ...

Magicians (1982)

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not ...

The Story of the Wooden Man (1982)

Actor Evgeny Vesnik tells the story of "The Adventures of Buratino" fairy tale creation which was first written by Carlo Collodi and called "The Adventures of Pinocchio" – the story of a wooden doll. Fragments of the cartoon "The Adventures of Buratino". ...

The Wolverine and the Fox (1982)

Based on an Evenki folk tale. ...

Пора красных яблок (1981)

A mountain Daghestani village of our time. Though the civilization reached these places, but traditions and customs consolidated their grip on local folks minds. An old respectable mountain-dweller, a well-educated person in looks, the Palace of Culture di ...

The Dog in Boots (1981)

The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus. ...

I Want Him to Come (1981)

A young boy is experiencing a lot of problems in his life. But he also have one real friend. ...

The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1981)

The life of Mr. Kettle, an executive of a single bank in a small provincial English town Brickmill, is strictly organized: 7 a.m. stand up, then breakfast, at 9 a.m. work, at 13 p.m. diner, then work, at 18 p.m.- the end of a workday, then club, home, slee ...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1980)

In Closterham, Edwin Drood and Rose Button confront his uncle John Jasper, the church choir regent, and Edwin fights Neville Landles, who is in love with Rose, leading to his disappearance. ...

Fairfax's Millions (1980)

As the classic rightly noted, it is customary to treat the diseases of wealthy people with respect. Only a heart transplant can save the dying life of a millionaire Ferfax. In search of a suitable donor for his best client, Dr. Jones makes a series of kil ...

Our Friend Read'n'Write 3 (1980)

Kolya puts the words together incorrectly and calls Queen Typo. The third issue of the animated series about the basics of grammar. ...

The Adventures of the Electronic (1980)

Professor Gromov constructs a robot called Electronic, which looks exactly like Sergey Syroezhkibn, a 6-grader from one of Odessa (USSR) schools. The robot also acts a lot like a human, and its dream is to become a real man. Electronic escapes from the pro ...

Today and Tomorrow (1980)

The film raises environmental issues and examines the nature of the relationship between the manager and the team. ...

The Coward (1980)

A cowardly man is being scared by trolls underneath an old tree. ...

The Grandmothers Told in Two... (1979)

About the adventures of pop artists Boris Vladimirov and Vadim Tonkov, who met during the tour with their heroes, popular characters of the Soviet stage of the 70s — Veronika Mavrikievna and Avdotya Nikitichna. ...

Messrs. Golovlevs (1979)

Teleplay based on the novel of the same name by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, staged at the USSR State Academic Maly Theater. ...

Our Friend Read'n'Write 2 (1979)

Kolya and the book gnome go looking for the letters that make up the boy's name. Continuation of the fairy tale about the alphabet. ...

The Macropoulos Method (1979)

Based on the eponymous play by K. Čapek, directed by the State Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR. The Macropoulos Method — an elixir of immortality, the possibility of which becomes a test of the characters' human integrity in the play. ...

The Bat (1979)

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to ...

The Theme (1979)

In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else' ...

Our Friend Read'n'Write (1978)

The boy quarrels with the letter "K", which was given to him by the book dwarf. ...

Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... (1978)

An omnibus of comical shorts. ...

The Whole World In Your Eyes (1977)

After school, Victor is in no hurry to determine their future profession. So far, it works where it is necessary, nothing himself not particularly burdened. Unexpected acquaintance with Vera, a woman injured in a car accident that killed her mother, dramat ...

We Didn't Learn This (1976)

The heroes of the film are students of a pedagogical university, those who, after a year or two, have to carry knowledge to schoolchildren, "to sow the rational, good, eternal." In the meantime, student practice. True, the practice is not quite ordinary, b ...

Three Days in Moscow (1975)

A romantic comedy about young provincial policeman Ivan Fedotov's advenures in Moscow. ...

С бору по сосенке (1974)

The Strongest (1974)

Once upon a time, miles and miles away, there was an old man with an old woman. They spent with each other a long time but had no children. One day an old man made a dolly of dough, put her on the oven, and suddenly a baby was born out of a dolly, and he w ...

Smart Things (1973)

There is a noisy bazaar inconspicuous shop with a sign "Smart Things". And the goods in it completely wonderful no ordinary thing to find. Anyone who would go to the store, they can buy there thing and pay high seller does not require. That's just not ever ...

Nylon 100% (1973)

An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people. ...

The Very Last Day (1973)

A former front-line soldier, who worked at his post for a quarter of a century, local commissioner Lieutenant Semyon Mitrofanovich Kovalev, going to the department in the morning, was most sad that tomorrow he would no longer have to go to service: tomorro ...

The Boy from 5B (1972)

The fifth-grader Borya, a fidget and an inventor, was appointed a counselor in the first class. Not taking this at first seriously, the boy gradually became interested in new and unexpected duties for him. ...

Kolya, Olya and Archimedes (1972)

Children end up in Ancient Greece, where they learn the laws of physics from Archimedes. ...

The Green Grasshopper (1972)

The Pickwick Papers (1972)

A two-part television play based on the novel by Charles Dickens featuring songs by poet David Samoylov. ...

Officers (1971)

Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals. ...

Red Snowstorm (1971)

Taimyr Calls You (1971)

A few hotel guests are constantly getting into various funny situations. ...

The Canterville Ghost (1970)

Valerka, Remka + ... (1970)

A story about first love of two boys and a neighbor girl... ...

The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970)

Do you know that there are doctors who can prescribe you the medicine to be brave?.. ...

A Wilful Princess (1969)

The capricious princess mocks the grooms invited by her father, allowing her jester to humiliate their appearance. Angered by the behavior of his daughter, the king orders her to be married off to the first beggar who entered the city. By chance, the "begg ...

Ugryum-River (1969)

Story is set in deep Russia, on a wild river in woods called "Ugrum-reka" - the Moody river. Son of a dishonest trader, Prohor Gromov wants to become his own man. He takes his fathers order and goes trough the woods to deliver the furs to the byer in the n ...

Father Frost and the Summer (1969)

A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer. ...

The Experiment of Dr. Abst (1968)

During WWII Red Army sailor suddenly gets to German underwater swimmers secret base... ...

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968)

The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave "elusive" knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret repor ...

Trembita (1968)

Summer 1947. The World War II has just died down. Unexpectedly and incognito a stranger shows up in a small village in Transcarpathia, situated near the very frontier. For some purpose he gets into a well in an oldmans Atanas yard, and when Atanas comes ou ...

Seven Old Men and One Girl (1968)

Lara Velichko is a young coach who's dreaming about coaching world champions but suddenly she's forced to train a group of a very grumpy old men. ...

Puss in Boots (1968)

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful. ...

Strong with Spirit (1967)

The true story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who, behind enemy lines in Ukraine, infiltrated Hitler's headquarters, kidnapped the commander of the punitive troops and executed the imperial adviser. ...

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 ...

I Loved You... (1967)

First love is always not simple. Especially when you are outcast and she is ballet dancer in the beginning of her carrier. ...

One, Two, Altogether! (1967)

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare ...

The Blacksmith-Sorcerer (1967)

When one blacksmith voices suspicious that there might be sorcery involved in his colleague's work, things get out of hand. Based on the fairy tale by French writer Luda Schnitzer. ...

12 graves of Khoja Nasreddin (1967)

Soviet film following Nasreddin ...

The Boundary (1967)

An animated film based on a folk tale about a clever soldier who saved his fellow countrymen from a foolish tsar and a robber named Zmey. ...

A Little Time Machine (1967)

This film tells about the discovery achieved at the intersection of many sciences: cybernetics, astrophysics, telepathy and veterinary medicine. Soviet scientists made a sensational invention - the device "TV-1" (a transistor of time) was designed. Trial s ...

We Are Men (1967)

A film-play based on three stories by Australian writers John Morrison and F. Hardy. ...

Londre (1966)

This touching comedy follows a poor soldier who is mistaken for Jesus Christ in a poor village. The film tells the story of a quick-witted and resourceful soldier who uses this misidentification to outsmart rich merchants, the mayor, and finally Father Amb ...

When the Harpsichord Plays (1966)

A student falls in love with a girl detained on a false suspicion of speculation. ...

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 .. ...

A Foreign Woman (1965)

Hoping to receive compensation for the house belonging to her before the revolution, Madame Joubert comes to Odessa with her granddaughter Madeleine. While Madame is at war with enterprising Odessa citizens, her granddaughter meets Soviet peers and realize ...

Light of a Distant Star (1965)

The war separated the young heroes, but could not destroy their memory of happy times of love. A few years after the victory, the hero, having seen her picture in a magazine, goes in search of his beloved. ...

Footprint in the Ocean (1965)

Ordinary Wonder (1964)

In a romantic and philosophical tale of magic and love, a mischievous Sorcerer turns a bear into a young man. Unhappy in his new state, the former bear, with the help of the magician and his beautiful wife, is looking for a princess to kiss in order for hi ...

The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin (1964)

An adventures of a young boy after taking a wrong turn on his road to home... ...

Country Roads (1963)

Roman Kalinka, a dreamer and inventor at heart, ended up with the not-so-prestigious job of accountant. And although in his native village both his uncle, the village chairman, and the old accountant Kalistrat are sympathetic to him, and a romantic relatio ...

Heirs of Rabourdin (1962)

1870s in France. Bourgeois Rabourdin squandered his fortune, and his relatives, unaware of this, divided up a non-existent inheritance. ...

Business Trip (1962)

Agricultural machinery design engineer Mikhail Shcherbakov goes to the countryside instead of taking a vacation. The tractor designed by him does not work in one of the collective farms. Circumstances force him to stay much longer than he expected. Here he ...

The Marvelous Garden (1962)

Bone of Contention (1962)

Ilya Rudenko, chairman of the prosperous collective farm, prepared for the solemn welcome of his famous countryman, retired Colonel Koval. Arriving to relax in the Lull, the former colonel was surprised by Ilya's strange approach to collective well-being. ...

Jump at Dawn (1961)

About the everyday life of soldiers in the airborne units of the Soviet Army. ...

The Adventures of Buratino (1959)

A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the ...

Nude with a Violin (1959)

The Boy from Napoli (1958)

The tale of the poor boy Ciccio, the magic globe and the Blue Fairy, who defeated the wicked witch and returned the globe to people that fulfills good wishes. ...

The First Violin (1958)

Old Man Khottabych (1957)

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wi ...

Case No. 306 (1956)

While investigating a regular traffic accidents detectives find evidence of foreign intelligence involvement. ...

Othello (1955)

Othello, a celebrated Moorish general, secretly marries Desdemona, angering her noble father and inciting the envious Iago's hatred. Sent to Cyprus, Othello's victories are overshadowed by Iago's manipulations: he frames Desdemona as unfaithful with Othell ...

The Lesson of Life (1955)

On falling in love with Sergey, Natasha gives up studies at a pedagogical institute and accompanies him to a construction site. In a course of time she realizes that her husband is interested only in his work. She leaves him, graduates from the institute a ...

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. ...

Scapin the Schemer (1980)

Messrs. Golovlevs (1979)

Teleplay based on the novel of the same name by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, staged at the USSR State Academic Maly Theater. ...

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 ...

Heirs of Rabourdin (1962)

1870s in France. Bourgeois Rabourdin squandered his fortune, and his relatives, unaware of this, divided up a non-existent inheritance. ...