Mikhail Svetin
1930 - 2015
When You're Late for Wedding…
Vitaliy Makarov
Vladislav Demchenko, Irina Feofanova
Co-operator Konstantin, returning from a business trip, finds a stranger at home. As it turned out, his friend gave the keys to Kostya’s apartment to his fellow students who were supposed to get married. But the bride Svetlana was late in the registry office, and the jealous bridegroom parted with her without hearing any explanations. Kostya allows Svetlana to stay in the apartment for a few more days ...
When You're Late for Wedding…
Bezymyannaya Zvezda
Mikhail Kozakov
Igor Kostolevskiy, Anastasiya Vertinskaya
"Stars never leave their orbits". The poor astronomy teacher got one more demonstration of this law when he met HER. SHE was "from the another world". SHE was strange and inappropriate in his tiny calm town. Town with slough-like life and citizens who spent all their time gossiping. Once he almost started to believe that the miracle is possible... but "the stars never leave their orbits"
An Unnamed Star
Afonya
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
It Can't Be!
Leonid Gayday
Mikhail Pugovkin, Nina Grebeshkova
The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
It Can't Be!
Капитан Крокус и тайна маленьких заговорщиков
Volodymyr Onishchenko
Yuriy Nikulin, Konstantin Stepankov
Appearance of Coco the Clown and Peach the Pig in the circus is always a happy holiday for children and adults in a small town. But the terrible Chuchelische is ready to do whatever it takes for this celebration to not take place and make children's laughter turn to tears. At this time, the city government is in the hands of insidious Kibernator-General, which decides to close the circus, arrest Coco and make a stuffed out of Peach. Two friends, Kid and Slice, with a good and brave Captain Crocus decide to save Coco and Peach and return the children to the circus.
Captain Krokus
Silva
Yan Frid
Zhanna Glebova, Ivars Kalniņš
Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.
Silva
Magicians
Konstantin Bromberg
Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae
In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.
Magicians
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Elem Klimov
Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoli Romashin
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Женщины шутят всерьeз
Konstantin Ershov
Leonid Filatov, Michael Bitny-Schlachta
Лирическая комедия в трех новеллах, связанных закадровым монологом главного героя, рассказывающего о трех Женях — трех возлюбленных, в каждой из которых он искал мечту своего послевоенного детства. Одна из лучших актерских работ Леонида Филатова.
Женщины шутят всерьeз
