Yelena Shanina

Legends of Cinema

Self

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The Twelve Chairs

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Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.

Anna Karamazoff

The story of a woman returning from a labor camp. She is looking for a person, on whose denunciation she was arrested, in order to take revenge on him, but having completed her judgment, she realizes that revenge is meaningless.

Juno and Avos

Conchitta

The story how he will never see her and she will never forget him.

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...

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The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.

And the Wind Returns...

The director's story about his life in the Soviet Union before his departure to Israel in 1971. The movie interweaves chronicle-documentary footage and fragments of Mikhail Kalik's films.

The Circus Princess

Marie

The whole city is rushing to the circus to see the deadly act of the famous masked artist, the mysterious Mr. X. Among the guests is a rich widow, Countess Palinskaya, for whom any man is ready to perform a feat. But only the mysterious X is able to ignite the flame of love in the heart of the inflexible Countess...

Memorial Prayer

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The action takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia, during the period when persecution of Jews began. Tevye's already difficult life is further complicated by a series of events that test his faith. Will he be able to withstand all of these difficult blows? It is difficult to say how much a person can endure, but it becomes clear that faith helps a person not to break down in the most difficult moments of life.

Concerto for Two Violins

Sandi

The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, he meets a girl who works as a clown, and immediately decides to stay in the circus. The creative successes of the heroes do not immediately and not simply take shape. Their will, their conviction of a calling, are severely tested. And yet both come to understand what happiness music can give and how much it demands from a musician...

Death in Cinema

Lena

Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.

The Pocket Theater

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According to the Criminal Investigation Service...

Zoya

German intelligence is sending a terrorist group to the Soviet Union in the beginning of WWII.

Our Calling

Варя Кушиш

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Action Scene

Petr Konstantinovich is the powerful Director of Petrochemical Industry, which is being built from scratch in a small Siberian town.

The Name of the Earth and the Sun

The teacher of the village school Horia, trying to instill in students a love for their land, tells them the legends associated with the ancient belfry. This displeases the headmaster, who did not understand the real motives of the teacher's behavior. The belfry burns down during the fire, leaves the village of Horia. But all that is good and useful that I did Horia is not lost. Remain his students.

Rapana

After a conflict with a young director, actor Yuri leaves the theater, taking the buffoon's costume of his hero from the play King Lear. The stage character becomes part of the play of Yuri's real life. A drunken mother, a great actress in the past; wife, with a chill in a relationship; and the passengers of his taxi take part in this action.