Vladimir Menshov
1939 (85 лет)
Love and Pigeons
Vladimir Menshov
Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Nina Doroshina
One of the most favorite Soviet comedies, a screen version of the play of the same name by Vladimir Gurkin. Each of us knows the story of Vasily, who went to the resort, succumbed to the charms of a femme fatale Raisa Zakharovna, but could not withstand two weeks of urban life, and returned to his family, where he waited for love and pigeons.
Love and Pigeons
Courier
Karen Shakhnazarov
Fyodor Dunayevsky, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Courier
Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding
Aleksandr Mitta
Vladimir Vysotsky, Aleksey Petrenko
Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.
Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding
What a Mess!
Vladimir Menshov
Valeriy Garkalin, Vera Alentova
The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a notorious thief, Vasia, ruins their plans. Mafia and militia begin chasing him, but soon Vasia learns that he has brothers as between the chase he runs into well known Jewish conductor and a gypsy baron who are triplet brothers.
What a Mess!
Абдулладжан, или Посвящается Стивену Спилбергу
Zulfikar Musakov
Rudzhab Adashev, Tuychi Aripov
Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.
Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
Practical Joke
Vladimir Menshov
Dmitriy Kharatyan, Yevgeniya Khanayeva
At high school, some pupils decide to play a 'practical joke' on their teacher. On the day of midterm exam all of them say they she had told them the wrong date for the exam. She almost believed them, but then asked a girl known for her honesty and the girl could not lie. As a result everyone in the class gets an F for that midterm. That's a real problem for some of them - with an F they cannot have perfect GPA and will not enter prestige Universities. They want revenge...
Practical Joke
Течет река Волга
Alexei Borisov
Nikolai Dobrynin, Vladimir Menshov
В заброшенный поселок на берегу Волги приезжает молодой археолог Андрей, он занимается раскопками. В поселке остались только дед Роман, у которого Андрей останавливается, и семья Сергея, который живет тем, что тайком глушит рыбу и продает икру. Андрей сначала относится скептически к стараниям деда восстановить затопленную церковь. Он начинает ухаживать за женой Сергея — Людой, пытаясь легкой интрижкой скрасить свое времяпрепровождение. Но постепенно с Андреем начинают происходить изменения. Он начинает помогать деду восстанавливать церковь, и его ухаживания за Людой перерастают в серьезное чувство. Но Люда не одна, ее муж готов на все, чтобы расправиться с Андреем, да и сама Люда испытывает угрызения совести, ведь сын Сергея — Миша привязался к ней, как к родной матери…
Volga River Flows
Перехват
Sergei Tarasov
Andrei Rostotsky, Vladimir Menshov
A top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several U-boats in the sea of Vladivostok, however they need the soviet surveillance satellite to stay 'blind' for a couple of hours, so this spy is sent to damage the antenna for the satellite. Everything was planned accurately. But the CIA never counted on the relentless pursuit of a frontier guard who sees the spy's parachute on landing.
Interception
Магистраль
Viktor Tregubovich
Kirill Lavrov, Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Действие фильма происходит в течение одних суток работы железнодорожной магистрали, пропускная способность которой оказывается ниже необходимой. Происходит катастрофа: пассажирский поезд врезается в состав с цистернами, гибнет помощник машиниста, задерживается движение на участке. Фильм исследует закономерности, приведшие к аварии.
Магистраль
