Vladimir Solovyov
1909 - 1968Men 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
Пролог
Efim Dzigan
Nikolai Plotnikov, Maria Pastukhova
После жестокой расправы с мирной демонстрацией трудового народа, направлявшейся к царю, В.И. Ленин и другие члены партии, ноходящиеся в эмиграции, призывают рабочих к вооруженному восстанию. На Пресне строят баррикады. Народ вооружается. Но героическое вооруженное восстание рабочих Пресни жестоко подавлено царскими войсками. Однако борьба рабочих под руководством В.И. Ленина продолжалась.
Пролог
Вихри враждебные
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kondratyev, Vladimir Yemelyanov
About the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1925. The film covers the most important episodes of his biography. In July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, the German ambassador Mirbach was killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky alone goes to the headquarters of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, he manages to persuade ordinary soldiers and sailors, participants in the rebellion, who are now cracking down on their leaders. In 1921, Dzerzhinsky was aimed at combating homelessness, as a result of which, by 1925, former homeless children, having completed their studies, were sent to the construction of Yugostal, the largest industrial plant in Ukraine.
Hostile Whirlwinds
Большая земля
Sergei Gerasimov
Viktor Dobrovolsky, Tamara Makarova
August 1941. Residents of the Ural town escorted to the front of men. Left alone, women take on the most difficult cases, showing outstanding organizational skills and will. Together with the evacuated plant, refugees arrive in the town. The heroine of the Film Anna takes to her house a woman with children — her example is followed by the rest…
The Ural Front
Павлуха
Semyon Tumanov, Georgi Shchukin
Nikolai Kozlov, Raisa Kurkina
Twelve-year-old Pavlukha lives on a fishing farm with his mother. His father left his family long ago, in which, apart from Paulukha, he has two other children. To help his mother somehow, the boy goes to town to earn money...
Pavlukha
Илья Муромец
Aleksandr Ptushko
Boris Andreyev, Ninel Myshkova
Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic elixir that restores him to full health, Ilya begins an adventure to protect the village and the royal family from harm.
The Sword and the Dragon
Мичурин
Alexander Dovzhenko
Vladimir Solovyov, Grigori Belov
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.
Life in Bloom
Ровесник века
Samson Samsonov
Nikolai Lebedev, Vladimir Solovyov
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 Automobile Plant (ZiL).
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