Yurii Mazhuha

Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka (2001)

In the remote Ukrainian village of Dykanka, handsome but poor Vakula loves the beautiful Oksana, but she's holding out for a wealthy prince, and her father doesn't think much of him either. On Christmas Eve she sends him on a ridiculous quest for dancing s ...

The Holy Family (1996)

A young actor's family is starring in a film about the "beautiful life". But the shooting is over, and we have to return to the bleak reality. ...

Istanbul Transit (1993)

Another shipment of drugs arrives in Ukraine from Istanbul in a cargo of expensive carpets. The drug traffickers are closely followed by Interpol officers, whose goal is to uncover the entire chain of the criminal business. But it soon turns out that the c ...

Hunt for the Cossack's Gold (1993)

Long time ago Ukrainian hetman sent his treasures to the British bank, hoping that later Ukraine will get rid of the Moscow yoke and then gold will help Ukrainian people. In modern times KGB agents and foreign spies hunt for hetman's descendant - Ivan Polu ...

In That Region of Heaven… (1992)

Genka is a schoolboy from Moscow. Having seen enough American action movies, he longs for adventure and the opportunity to try himself in a real man's business. His imagination is filled with visions of his idols - Schwarzenegger, Stallone, star humanoids ...

Fufel (1991)

Having been released from prison, where he was imprisoned for making "fufales" (copies of paintings), the guy decides to start an honest life. But the mafia does not want to lose a good specialist and introduces him to a dancer from a night cabaret... ...

Cossacks Approaching (1991)

Ukraine. The end of the XV century. All gunpowder made in factories suddenly disappears. The company of cossacks led by Maksym Trytuz comes together to find one of the transports that carries gunpowder to the Zaporozhian Sich. ...

Kill The Jackal (1991)

An armed gang carries out a daring raid on a jewelry store in Alushta, stealing a large amount of valuables. Shortly thereafter, a murder takes place on the Simferopol–Kyiv express train. Investigator Petrov must find the killer before the train arrives ...

Lessons at the End of Spring (1990)

A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime ...

Braking in the Heavens (1990)

The first secretary of the regional committee, Makhonin, sums up after the meeting of the party's general secretary with the regional economic and party activists. At the same time, he reports to those who allowed themselves critical speeches at this meeti ...

Ravines (1990)

Communist Ivan Platonov is actively involved in the collectivization of his native land, even the death of his wife does not stop him. One by one, rebellions of discontented peasants break out. Platonov's propaganda work takes on a different quality, the h ...

Coast Warning (1988)

A natural disaster is approaching the city—weather forecasters report that a hurricane is coming. In this extreme situation, the complete incompetence of the people who are duty-bound to do everything possible to save the city from destruction has become ...

Proceed to the investigation. Film 1: Version (1986)

The police received a statement about the disappearance of the collective farm procurer with a large amount of money. This served as the basis for the investigation of a complex criminal case related to major theft and murder. The case is being investigate ...

Can-Can in English Park (1985)

A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ...

Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants (1983)

Based on the works of Nikolai Gogol - 'The Old World Landowners', 'The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich', 'Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt'. ...

Rebirth (1981)

A good guy from a prosperous family Gena Rusanov studies at the institute, loves a girl and is ready to get married. The bride is happy and is also looking forward to the wedding. And suddenly something happens to Gena. He starts drinking vodka and very qu ...

A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers (1979)

A story of two delinquent boys at a boarding school, struggling to cope with fathers who abandoned them, and retreating into fantasy. ...

Soft-Boiled Boots (1978)

The film is based on the stories Anton Chekhov. It is a tribute to the actor Boris Andreyev. He plays a major role that keeps up for the duration of the film. Lively and intelligent Valery Spout largely mitigates underline the drama of the protagonist, whi ...

A Strange Woman (1978)

Irina Kupchenko stars in this psychological drama by the renowned director/writer team of Yuli Raizman and Yevgeny Gabrilovich. In the story, she is the entirely respectable wife of a career diplomat, with a teenaged son. Suddenly one day, she decides to l ...

The City from Morning till Midnight (1977)

A kind of film mosaic, composed of 13 separate short stories. All together they tell about one day in the life of people who are next to us in a large port city. ...

To Be a Brother (1976)

About workers whose fate is inextricably linked to the factory and the problems of factory life. ...

Tales of Keshka and His Friends (1974)

Fun-loving Keshka, fidgety Borka, romantic Sima, businesswoman Anechka and extremely serious Tolyan, suddenly taken up with sports, quite seriously take up the construction of the map. ...

To Dream and to Live (1974)

The script about loneliness, conformity and the impossibility of creative realization scared the editorial censorship at the studio, and then at Derzhkino. A lot of claims were made against him. The demands for amendments and endless additions and rewrites ...

Silent Shores (1973)

The fishery supervision employee is killed. During the investigation the public law enforcement official has looked out on the trace of the illegal grouping which has serious reasons for the commission of more considerable crimes than the illegal animals k ...

Responsible for Everything (1972)

Out of Boredom (1968)

An intimate drama set in a remote railway station that grows into a tragedy of the whole generation and epoch, based on a Gorki story. ...

A Spring for the Thirsty (1965)

A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories ...

Katya-Katyusha (1959)

Katya and Grisha lived in a big city. Grisha was older than Katya, but he respected her and did not hide his secrets from her. And I did not notice at all how the girl was growing up and how completely different feelings were born to her. ...

The City Turns the Lights On (1958)

Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has b ...

Born of the Storm (1958)

German troops leave a small town located on the border of Western Ukraine and Poland. The Pilsudians seize power in the city. Bolshevik, who returned from prison, heads the underground revolutionary committee. ...

The Truth (1957)

The February Revolution did not bring the desired peace to the trenches. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, deceived by Kerensky's government, are dying on the slopes of the Carpathians. But the words of Bolshevik truth penetrate the trenches, and the soldier ...

When Nightingales Sing (1957)

Mariana Kudel, the best milkmaid at the Trud collective farm, actively criticizes the conservative chairman, and as a result, she now works with the worst cows. She is clearly opposed by Katya Kvitko, the record holder for milk production, who is strongly ...