
Mykola Shutko
1927 - 2010They Fought for Their Motherland
Sergey Bondarchuk, Vladimir Dostal
Vasiliy Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
They Fought for Their Motherland
Первый парень
Sergei Parajanov
Lyudmila Sosyura, Yuri Satarov
A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colourful, convivial and dancing shots of the “Pabieda” (Victory) kolkhoz, where peasant women sing in the fields, and boys march with banners glorifying revolution. Against this backdrop, intense romantic feelings have reached a climactic stage; tailor Sidor Sidorovich, farmer Jushka and soldier Danila Petrovich all dote on the fair-haired Odarka. It is Jushka and Danila who engage in overt hostility; the initial “gentlemen’s” contest turns into an outright confrontation, resulting in miserable Jushka being increasingly more desperate and scorned by the villagers.
The First Lad
Воздушные пираты
Иван Горобец
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Igor Shavlak
The chief of the airline agency gives the command to the special team not to drink, not to stand in the drafts and not to have contact with the girls, as these guys will have to hijack their own plane ... In order to identify weaknesses in the aviation services. During its implementation, our heroes are faced with real terrorists - this was not taken into account.
Air pirates
Фараони
Исаак Шмарук
Nikolay Yakovchenko, Nikolay Shutko
Комедийный фильм-спектакль Театра им. Франко по пьесе Олексы Коломийца. Место действия - обычное село в период советской власти, где все руководящие посты заняты исключительно мужчинами. Но после одной бурной ночи с песнями и большим количеством самогона проснувшиеся мужики обнаруживают, что теперь всем заправляют женщины и ведут они себя точно так же, как мужчины.
Фараони
Прелюдія долі
Сергій Лисецький
Stepan Starchikov, Yevgeni Lebedev
The film tells the story of an opera singer whom fate brought together with a generous-hearted music teacher, about their joint selfless work - so that a magical voice sounded and music lived in people's hearts.
Prelude to Fate
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Алексей Мишурин
Roman Filippov, Nikolay Shutko
У народного артиста Остапчука первый раз за всю супружескую жизнь появилась возможность провести отпуск с любимой женой, киноактрисой, в Крыму. Но жену на пороге дома «похитил» нахал-кинорежиссёр. А Остапчук вместо Крыма попал в своё родное село Лебедянка, но уже без жены…
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