Maya Bulgakova
1932 - 1994The Cranes Are Flying
Mikhail Kalatozov
Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
The Cranes Are Flying
На всю оставшуюся жизнь
Pyotr Fomenko
Aleksey Eybozhenko, Ernst Romanov
По повести Веры Пановой «Спутники». Четыре года по дорогам войны курсирует поезд милосердия, эвакуируя с фронта раненых. Бомбежки, кровь, смерть, короткие минуты отдыха сближают людей, спасающих чужие жизни. Все они становятся одной большой семьей.
На всю оставшуюся жизнь
Trial on the Road
Aleksey German
Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
This distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He’s a Nazi defector and collaborator but now desires to switch back and fight with Russian partisans.
Trial on the Road
Wings
Larisa Shepitko
Maya Bulgakova, Zhanna Bolotova
The war ended a long time ago, but for the heroine of the film, the former pilot, only those years were filled with genuine meaning. She deeply feels discord with reality, lack of contact with her daughter. She doesn't manage to adapt to this peaceful, everyday life, she doesn't lose her piercing desire to fly...
Wings
Приключения Электроника
Konstantin Bromberg
Yuri Torsuyev, Vladimir Torsuyev
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 professor's lab and accidentally meets Sergey, his prototype. Meanwhile, a gang lead by Stump is trying to kidnap Electronic to make him steal pictures from museums. For this purpose they send their hitman Urrie.
The Adventures of the Electronic
Farewell
Elem Klimov
Stefaniya Stanyuta, Lev Durov
Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland.
Farewell
Хліб і сіль
Grigori Kokhan, Nikolai Makarenko
Lidiya Yaremchuk, Les Serdyuk
A group of peasant farmers in turn-of-the-century Ukraine leaves home in search of better luck in Siberia. The story follows those who stay behind and their dispute with the landowner, as well as a love triangle involving a local beauty and two young men.
Bread and Salt
Everybody Knows Kadkin
Natalya Troshchenko, Anatoli Vekhotko
Georgi Burkov, Lyudmila Zaytseva
The returning soldier Kuzma Kadkin on the train tells how well he lived before the war, and that everyone in the area knows him. An accidental fellow traveler, a young mother, leaves her child, a one and a half year old boy, Kadkin, to run away at the junction for water, but lags behind the train. Kuzma has no choice but to bring the baby home...
Everybody Knows Kadkin
Marriage
Vitali Melnikov
Svetlana Kryuchkova, Aleksey Petrenko
Based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Succumbing to the persuasion of his friend Kochkaryov, a middle-aged court adviser Podkolyosin wooed to the overripe girl Agafya Tikhonovna, a merchant's daughter. At the very last moment, having gone through a painful period of matchmaking, and bringing the matter to a wedding, indecisive grief — the groom escapes from under the crown, jumping into the window...
Marriage
Очарованный странник
Irina Poplavskaya
Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Andrei Rostotsky
Между пассажирами парохода возникает спор о том, что есть ли на Руси праведники? Никто не хочет рассказывать о своей жизни. И лишь один священник, хотя и предупреждает, что он «большой грешник», решается поведать свою историю.
The Charming Traveller
Men and Beasts
Sergei Gerasimov
Nikolay Eryomenko, Tamara Makarova
The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.
Men and Beasts
