Fyodor Bogdanov

Катерина Измайлова

Cheslav Sabinsky

Yelena Yegorova, Nikolai Simonov

Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman.

Петр Первый

Vladimir Petrov

Nikolai Simonov, Mikhail Zharov

This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.

Петр Первый II

Vladimir Petrov

Nikolai Simonov, Alla Tarasova

Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First's conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey's plot to overthrow him.

Валерий Чкалов

Mikhail Kalatozov

Vladimir Belokurov, Mikhail Gelovani

The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 Chkalov set the world record, covering 12000 kilometers in 63 hours of non-stop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.

А почему так?

Nikolay Dirin

Leonid Ivanov-Rayev, Vladimir Romashkov