Vasiliy Shukshin
1929 - 1974They 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
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
Yuri Ozerov
Mikhail Ulyanov, Fritz Diez
This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
When the Trees Were Tall
Lev Kulidzhanov
Inna Gulaya, Yuriy Nikulin
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
When the Trees Were Tall
The Red Snowball Tree
Vasiliy Shukshin
Vasiliy Shukshin, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
The Red Snowball Tree
Liberation: The Break Through
Yuri Ozerov
Fritz Diez, Nikolay Olyalin
A grandiose military film epic, which does not know analogues in world cinema: the history of the Great Patriotic War from the Battle of the Kursk Bulge to the installation of the Banner of Victory over the Reichstag - "Liberation".
Liberation: The Break Through
The Journalist
Sergei Gerasimov
Galina Polskikh, Yuri Vasilyev
A successful young journalist goes to a small industrial city in order to understand the written complaints of a certain girl. When he met the author of the letters and the girl whom she had slandered, he didn't immediately understand the complexity of the situation and the measure of responsibility to those whom he was obliged to protect...
The Journalist
Три дня Виктора Чернышёва
Mark Osepyan
Gennadi Korolkov, Valentina Vladimirova
Mid 20th century. Industry is developing rapidly and the need for workers in factories is growing. After graduating from the tenth year, Viktor Chernyshyov, now a city dweller, did not bother to continue his education and went to the plant as a turner. He considered it quite normal that the guys enthusiastically listened to the stories of his peer Kolya, a lounger who boasted of victories over women, and participated in his dubious amusements. Only one of them, Pyotr — a real worker, a doctor, tried to reason with Kolya and the others.
Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov
Liberation: The Fire Bulge
Yuri Ozerov
Mikhail Ulyanov, Vasiliy Shukshin
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
Liberation: The Fire Bulge
Your Son and Brother
Vasiliy Shukshin
Vsevolod Sanayev, Anastasiya Filippova
Based on short stories by Vasiliy Shukshin. About the life and people of the modern Soviet village. Old Yermolai lived all his life in one village. He has four sons, each with their own problems. The youngest foolishly ended up in jail and, three months before his release, greatly missing his family, escaped.
Your Son and Brother
Два Фёдора
Marlen Khutsiyev
Vasiliy Shukshin, Nikolai Chursin
At the end of the Second World War, Fedor is demobilized and returns home where he meets a homeless boy, small Fedor. They decide to live together. The adult works in the building trade and the boy goes to school and looks after the house. They get on very well until Natacha arrives in big Fedor's life. After marrying big Fedor, Natacha tries to win the child's love. But he remains hostile.
The Two Fedors
