Igor Bogolyubov
1930 - 1989Afonya
Georgiy Daneliya
Leonid Kuravlyov, Yevgeniya Simonova
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.
Afonya
My Sister Lucy
Yermek Shinarbayev
Khamar Adambayeva, Olga Ostroumova
The film is a recollection of an adult about the unforgettable days of the first post-war year. Klava, who lost her husband at the front, with her 12-year-old daughter Lyusya sheltered Aygul with a seven-year-old boy in her house. Aygul's son - the main character, now became a pilot, recalls his childhood in a small Kazakh city, which fell on a difficult post-war time. Flying high above the Earth, he thinks of the Russian girl Lyusya, from his distant past.
My Sister Lucy
Балтийское небо
Vladimir Vengerov
Pyotr Glebov, Vsevolod Platov
Based on the novel of the same name by Nikolai Chukovsky. The end of August 1941. At night, a truck rushes along the last road not yet occupied by the enemy to Leningrad. In the back of two — civil aviation pilot Lunin and commissar of the air division Uvarov. Lunin, a man no longer young, experienced, but had not yet been in battle, was sent to the legendary squadron of fighter pilots under the command of Captain Rassokhin. This squadron fought from the first day of the war and has already lost most of its composition. The story of the harsh everyday life of the defenders of Leningrad, full of heroism and tragedy; about the heavy share of city residents who fell into the ring of an enemy blockade. In the center of the story is the fate of military pilots who had to fight in the sky over Leningrad and the Baltic.
Baltic Skies
Улица полна неожиданностей
Sergei Sidelyov
Leonid Kharitonov, Vsevolod Larionov
Chief accountant Porfiry Petrovich Smirnov-Alyansky, who took a good walk on the anniversary of his colleague cashier Ivan Zakharovich Vodnev, climbs into the traffic controller's booth and disrupts traffic on one of the streets of Leningrad. However, the guard Vasiliy Shaneshkin mistakenly delivers to the police station not an escaped offender, but a quite decent cashier. In addition, Vodnev, offended by the police, turns out to be the father of the bride Shaneshkin — Katya. Vasiliy admits his guilt, but, not daring to explain himself, leaves the angry Ivan Zakharovich with bad thoughts about the Soviet police. Fortunately, the young sergeant will soon have an opportunity to prove to others the responsibility and conscientiousness of the police officers.
Street Is Full of Surprises
Вторая весна
Vladimir Vengerov
Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Natalya Yegorova
The front-line friends during the heavy battle swore to each other that the one who would survive would continue the work of the deceased. Mikhail Nesterov remained alive and the main business of his life was the search for a deposit of valuable clay. These searches began his friend before the war, in remote taiga places. Yevdokiya Perevalova — the widow of a deceased friend decides to help Nesterov get to those deaf places...
A Second Spring
Спасённое поколение
Yuri Pobedonostsev
Raisa Kurkina, Kira Zharkova
Antonina Vasilyevna, as a member of the bureau of the district committee of the party, was instructed to save the Leningrad children, whom the war overtook in the suburban camps. She took them to the Kirov region. After twelve days of hard travel, the children arrived in the village of Supryadki...
The Rescued Generation
Человек с будущим
Nikolai Rozantsev
Izolda Izvitskaya, Gennadi Nilov
К Ивану Кондакову, молодому изобретателю, вначале все относились с иронией. Но шахта — есть шахта. И поэтому его рассеяность, опоздания и прочие легкомысленные поступки стали часто высмеивать в шахтерской многотиражке. Школьная подруга Леля, окончившая мединститут, перестала понимать фанатика. Только одна Нина, совсем новый на шахте человек, поддерживала и защищала Кондакова...
Человек с будущим
