Yuriy Sarantsev

A Story of the Spring Draft (2003)

A young student and his girlfriend are trying to escape the mobilization. ...

Антология приколов (2000)

Ermak (1997)

The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century. ...

Dunno on the Moon (1997)

They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do - inventors, artists, poets, mechanists, scientists and....just dreamers! These enthusiastic and creative folks e ...

Return of the "Battleship" (1996)

The naive hero, having read clever books, marries a prostitute with the aim of re-educating her and collides with the famous Sergei Eisenstein, ending in the most unexpected and fatal way... ...

Venture (1995)

On board the ocean liner, the agents of the special services of the three former union republics, are spying on agent Nikitin, who is instructed to withdraw money from the CPSU account in a Swiss bank ... ...

Fig to Kokui! (1993)

Russians once called Kokui a settlement inhabited by foreigners. It was believed that the customs prevailing in such settlements had nothing to do with Russian national customs. Such a "Kokui" was the base near Moscow, located in a corner of paradise, wher ...

Back in the USSR (1992)

A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase through Moscow. ...

Mannequin in Love (1991)

The beginning of numerous comic misunderstandings and adventures in this film was a telegram about the visit of a beauty contest finalist to the city. ...

The Ghosts of the Green Room (1991)

According to the story of JB Prestley "Jenny Villiers." Actors of the London Theater gathered in the Green Room of Barton Spa, a kind of theater museum. The playwright Martin Civerell expresses his doubts that the theater is able to regain its former charm ...

Night of the Sinners (1991)

Hiding from the police, a terrorist Aleksei accidentally gets into a brothel, where he meets a prostitute Lyubka. This just one night was worth two lives. ...

Rats, or Night Mafia (1991)

A former orphanage resident, having served time for a fight, returns to his hometown, terrorized by the local mafia. Not wanting to put up with their criminal laws, the hero courageously enters into battle... ...

Damn Drunk (1991)

A light and unassuming comedy based on an anecdote: once a bottle of vodka was found in a lathe... ...

Dog's Happiness (1991)

Dog's happiness is at it's highest, when this poodle named "Malysh" is together with his best friend Andryusha. ...

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 ...

Strollers (1989)

Pre-Petrine Russia, Semyon Lazarev, one of the instigators of the "Copper Riot", is forced to flee, as a result of which he ends up in the army of the leader of the peasant uprising Stepan Razin. ...

Svetik (1989)

Arriving in Moscow, the young, energetic provincial woman quickly joins the circle of booksellers. Having charmed her boss, Svetik got a job in the antiquarian literature department. But soon she herself fell in love, and the gullible bibliomaniac becomes ...

Two and One (1988)

Two men are united around a six years old daughter whose mother recently died. ...

With No Expiration Date (1987)

Leaving the seaside town at the end of the Great Patriotic War, the SS men hid lists of secret agents. A few years later, Sam Page, a former fascist mercenary Semyon Paygin, and two other agents come to the USSR in order to search for the archive. After al ...

Iron Field (1987)

Vladmir Bobylev goes on leave for his 60th anniversary. He takes his wife and son and heads for his native town Kholmy, where he stops with his family at his battle comrade, who suggests a trip to their battle places. The old man agrees almost without hesi ...

The Will (1986)

Ivan Yegorovich - a front-line soldier, secretary of the rural district party committee in Siberia - receives a directive on reclamation of the area, but he believes that irrigation work will disrupt the water balance and adversely affect crops. Not having ...

Who Will Enter the Last Carriage?.. (1986)

The lover of nurse Inna Sorokina must go on a long business trip abroad. The heroine, experiencing a severe mental crisis, goes to a sanatorium, hoping to make a serious acquaintance there and get rid of the impending loneliness. A holiday romance with Ada ...

Third Generation (1986)

The ship repair plant's director is appointed to the post of the regional executive committee's chairman. He has his own point of view on the prospects for the Far Eastern region's development, and he will have to defend the ecological experiment to protec ...

One Second for a Feat (1985)

The Favorite (1985)

A clown leaves the circus where he performed for many years. Accompanied by his nephew and white puddle Arto, he starts performing street shows to earn for living. ...

Расставания (1985)

The two KAMAZ drivers have different experiences and personalities, but together they have to deliver the vehicles to the construction of the power plant. ...

Mr. Student (1985)

The adventures of a high school student Igor who is helping Reds during the October Revolution in Russia. ...

A Small Favor (1984)

Once a famous singer Valentin Ozernikov, returning from another tour, thinks about his fast flowing life and tried to formulate his criteria for figs further existence. ...

A Special Unit (1984)

In May 1941, a young instructor of the Komsomol Regional Committee of Belovezhskaya Pushcha Andrei Dyomushkin was invited to the graduation party of the Moscow Theatre School to create a professional theatre in the city. The war has crossed out all plans. ...

No More Jokes! (1984)

Dima Manokhin dreams of becoming a clown. But he does not enter the school, but goes to a sanatorium to amuse Lena, who has fallen ill. The sick recover literally before his eyes - and Dima knows that he will be a clown. ...

The Kidnapping (1984)

A father takes he six years old son to the nature in order to make him a real man. ...

Ruthless Romance (1984)

In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an "open house", hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love. ...

Alarmstart (1984)

After the navigator's death, the border combat helicopter's captain receives the task of flying to the coast to guard the border. ...

Mystery of the Ship Clock (1983)

The chain of adventures of a young ten-year-old Baku boy Alik who ran away from home led him to Odesa. Here, the boy made friends with his peers and many other people, and learned his first life lessons. He returned home accompanied by his father and mothe ...

Auction (1983)

During the war, the Germans exported breeding horses from Russia, among which was Ermakov's favorite. After the war, he managed to find her and return her to Russia, but the tribal certificate was lost. And now, forty years later, the granddaughter of this ...

Tenderness for the Roaring Beast (1982)

Based on the novel of the same name by A. Bakhvalov. The plot is based on a story-interview about the testing of the new strategic missile carrier Tu-22K and Tu-22M2/M3 (for well-known reasons, in close-ups, instead of them, the film shot the then less sec ...

Married Bachelor (1982)

After meeting Tamara during the long trip on the train Sergey decided to pose as Tamara's husband in front of her parents. ...

It's Not Forbidden to Live Nicely (1982)

A textile factory worker tries to breathe life into women's fashion. ...

I'm Staying with You (1981)

The last years of writer Arkady Gaidar's life. ...

At the Beginning of the Game (1981)

A story about young football player Viktor Kruglov who is transferred from a small team to the on of the best teams in the country. ...

The Last Escape (1981)

The hero of the film Scrubs – a war veteran who works in a school for troubled teens. On the day of release from the special school his favorite pupil Viktor waited in vain for his mother – she did not come for her son, and went out to meet the swimmin ...

Falcons, Soar Up Like Eagles (1981)

Three short stories about three generations of a dynasty of circus performers — from 1913 to the 1970s. ...

A Mystery Known to All (1981)

Children from in a summer camp decided to invite a group of famous actors to visit them. ...

A Private Person (1980)

Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lukyanov, is going on vacation with his wife to a resort town, where his old friend, Major Alekseev, a local police officer, lives. When they meet, the old friends agree to catch up the next day, but Alekseev se ...

The Aquanauts (1980)

While doing their work on the deep underwater station two aquanauts discover strange mystery: it seems as if one of the aquanaut's girlfriend who recently died in a car crash had turned into a big manta fish. That manta writes words on the station's port-h ...

Shot In The Back (1980)

First, there was a visit by a famous writer to his old friend, who then, in order to get rid of a random witness, killed him. Envy and money. Isn't that a motive for a crime? The police opened a criminal case, and the search for the perpetrator began. It t ...

Flight with the Astronaut (1980)

The purposeful village guy is indifferent to entertainment, but strictly follows the daily schedule, studies languages and exact sciences. There are two goals in his life - to become an astronaut and win the heart of his former classmate. ...

Last Escape (1980)

Troublemaker (1979)

A graduate of the village school Pyotr Gorokhov from the village of Dyadkovo comes to Moscow to enter a prestigious economic university; he succeeds, albeit literally by a miracle. However, Petya was always helped out by chance and mysticism. Compared to ...

Right of First Signature (1978)

An employee of the foreign trade association Kazakov makes an offer to the American businessman Vikas to invest in the construction of a chemical plant. It was decided to build it on the site of a gasification station in Nizhne-Pechorsk. Vikas' decision to ...

Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (1978)

A third of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII. ...

Disappearance (1978)

Student Rodik Samarkin, grandson of the famous scientist-archaeologist, goes with friends to Kozary in search of ancient scythian graves. ...

Chefs Came to Competition... (1977)

Three wonderful chefs from Yerevan come to Moscow to participate in the contest of masters of culinary art. Despite all their efforts and skill, the prizewinning place from the Armenians floats away. The reason for this is a whole series of funny and amusi ...

Last Year of Berkut (1977)

1922 year. Khakassia. Fields. Former red partisan Fedor Polyntsev is taking his family to Minusinsk. On the way, a wounded Khakassia youth-herder comes across. Trying to give him first aid, Fedor is captured by the relatives of the herder, who considered h ...

You to Me, Me to You (1977)

Ivan Sergeevich Kashkin — the bath attendant of the most prestigious metropolitan bath. It's not easy to get to him: reputable diplomats, well-known footballers, and the heads of the ministry are seeking the honor to steam. But Kashkin himself does not n ...

The Liberation of Prague (1977)

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discuss ...

There, Beyond the Horizon (1976)

A young engineer Dmitriy Zherekhov who came to the aircraft plant is trying to prove to the director that it is necessary to switch to new methods of organizing production. He is supported by both experienced test engineer Aleksei Sedykh and test engineer ...

What the Stands Won't Know (1975)

Based on stories by Yuri Trifonov. The film consists of three novellas about sports life: "Alesha's Acquaintance," "The Telegram," and "Victory is Awarded... ...

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974)

Alexey Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Alexey always are his friends, they are all from different parts of ...

Comrade Brigade (1974)

The action takes place in one of the major port cities of the North. Young welder Mark Talalin and foreman Ilya Besedin cannot find the true reasons for their disagreements and conflicts. ...

Happy Journey, Jako! (1973)

Based on Nodar Dumbadze's novel "Don't Be Afraid, Mother", the film depicts the dangerous life of border guards. Avtandil Jakeli, doing his mandatory military service in a border village, often thinks of his parents, friends, and the girl next door, Daduna ...

Quiet One (1973)

Talents and Admirers (1973)

Negina, a popular but poor actress, receives lessons from her fiancé Meluzov. Prince Dulebov, intending to take advantage of the girl's dire circumstances, suggests sponsorship, gets refused and becomes spiteful. Despite the latter's intrigues, Negina's b ...

The Train Stops for Two Minutes (1972)

A doctor arrives from work in a provincial town from Moscow. At first, he yearns for the capital and friends. In addition, there are no patients. Igor decides to return to Moscow, but getting to know the locals, and even more the feeling that arose between ...

12 Chairs (1971)

A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bende ...

No Road Back (1971)

The Amazing Boy (1971)

After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention. ...

Four Men in a Boxcar (1970)

The partisan Welichko is given the task of rescuing four Russian prisoners of war who are in one of the freight cars of a German train. ...

The End of Ataman (1970)

A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang. ...

The Song of Manshuk (1969)

The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd shock army of the Kalinin Front, the guards sergeant in charge. The first woman awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for brave ...

Angel Wearing Tubeteika (1969)

Taylak is a kind teacher of geography. People call him "Angel in a tubeteika, a traditional Central Asian skull cap," for his kind caring personality and also because he never parts with his traditional skull cap. One day his mother comes to Almaty to visi ...

The House and the Host (1968)

Egor is a peasant by vocation, a family man. But in search of earnings, he leaves both his land and his family. Both breakups are hard for him, it's even hard to figure out which is bigger. ...

Give Me a Paw, My Friend! (1967)

A little girl takes in a German Shepherd puppy and the dog grows up to be her and her family's best friend. ...

This Solid Ground (1967)

The test pilot arrived in his native village disappointed, emotionally traumatized, and physically exhausted. Meeting with people dear to him, visiting places close to his heart, and touching his native soil revived him and restored his strength and self-c ...

The Little Runaway (1966)

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy continues ...

Someone Else's Name (1966)

Olga and Butkevich, the head of the convoy, meet at a roadside cafe. They hadn't seen each other since the beginning of the war. During the conversation, it turns out that a man with the surname of Olga's first husband, whom she considers dead, is working ...

Southern Cross is Above Us (1965)

In a small seaside town lived two friends—the feisty Fedka Boiko and the thoughtful, quiet Vovka. One day, the boys called a doctor to visit a sick person and began to visit him. That is how an extraordinary person entered their lives — polar pilot Pav ...

Everything for You (1965)

Masha Barashkina has extraordinary organizational skills. She helped open a children's hospital, a stadium, and an atelier. And now Barashkina is set to head the consumer services complex "Everything for You. ...

Black Business (1965)

An experienced intelligence officer arrives in the USSR as a tourist. The staff of the State Security Committee manages to find out the real reason for Miss Luster's visit, to reveal all her numerous connections with agents of foreign intelligence, to expo ...

Thirty-three (1965)

The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient's oral cavity, Ivan Sergeyevich Travkin. Travkin, exhausted from pain, was taken to Moscow. Ivan Sergeyevich first b ...

The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965)

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this ...

Game Without Rules (1965)

The Second World War is over. The post-war Germany is divided into several responsibility zones. Still many Russian people languish in camps located in the American zone. Though former allies are in no hurry to let them off to the motherland, and even try ...

On Duty (1964)

A story of two arctic aviation pilots in the Soviet post-war times. The younger one is a son of a man repressed and killed by the Stalin regime, who also was a friend of the captain. ...

Captains of the Blue Lagoon (1962)

Three young boys living in the little coastal town are helping border guards to catch a network of smugglers. ...

Planet of Storms (1962)

Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous. ...

Contemporary of the Century (1960)

About the fate of a communist, who has come a long and difficult life from a simple worker to the director of the largest automobile plant. The prototype of the main character was the image of I. A. Likhachov (1896-1956) - the director of the Moscow Autom ...

Thrice Resurrected (1960)

In 1919, on the tow boat Komsomol went to beat the whites. ...

A Snow Fairy Tale (1960)

New Year's Eve. The boy Mitya, who loves to fantasize, jokingly tells his comrades at school that his children's toy watch with painted hands is magical and can stop all the clocks in the world, stop time, or even revive a snowman. ...

Vanka (1960)

9-year-old boy complains about his hard life in a letter to his grandfather. ...

On This Festive Evening (1959)

A musical film review. On the festive evening of May Day 1959, viewers will join the film's creators on a tour of Moscow, its streets and squares, meeting their favorite artists. And they will see how joyfully Muscovites celebrate the holiday of Spring! ...

Life Has Passed By (1959)

Proffesional thief called "Sharks" escapes from the prison and tries to continue his thieving craft. But for this he needs the help of old friends. However, time has passed and none of them wants to remember the past and once again embark on a slippery slo ...

Happiness Must Be Protected (1958)

Returning to his native village at the end of his military service, Victor (Yuri Sarantsev) brought his bride into the house - and soon they got married. Victor works on the collective farm with great enthusiasm, he is appointed a foreman, but the happines ...

Six O'Clock at the Airport (1958)

The nine-year-old Prague boy Pepiček flies to Moscow as an involuntary stowaway on an airplane. Together with the Soviet pioneer Mischa, he pursues an alleged agent in the hustle and bustle of the World Festival and is flown back to Prague in the evening. ...

The Incident at Mine No. 8 (1958)

After graduating from the institute in Leningrad, the young geologist Volodya Batanin arrives to work for distribution to a coal plant in the Arctic. ...

Vanya (1958)

Pursuing Fame (1957)

Captain of the «Old Turtle» (1956)

. About the struggle against the counterrevolutionary underground in the south of tcountry in the early years of Soviet power. Based on the novel of the same name by Lev Linkov. ...

Different Fortunes (1956)

Young Leningraders, yesterday's schoolchildren, are entering adulthood. Sonya is in love with Styopa, but he loves Tanya, and Tanya prefers Fedya. Rejected, Styopa leaves for a distant Siberian city and starts working at the factory, studying at the evenin ...

Roads and Destinies (1956)

Rural doctor Ivan Boyko receives an invitation to a clinic in the capital. Here the hero meets an institute friend, Dmitry Kostenko, a successful associate professor. Very soon Ivan becomes convinced of the moral dishonesty of Dmitry, who appropriated the ...

Road to Life (1955)

In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern themselves. ...

Good Morning (1955)

A quiet and shy girl Katya is assigned to the construction of a highway. The young workers accept the young trainee very warmly and help her in everything. In time Katya falls in love with one of them - the foremost excavator worker Vasya Plotnikov. He is ...

True Friends (1954)

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens ...

Steppe Dawns (1953)

A young girl gets a job at the advanced Komsomol field brigade. ...

On the Steppe (1951)

Pioneer Seryozha Emelyanov, who had never been to the steppe before, comes with his father, a chauffeur, for the harvest. The boy's preconceived ideas about farm life being terribly boring, change into love for nature. ...