Yevgeni Morgunov
1927 - 1999Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Leonid Gayday
Aleksandr Demyanenko, Mikhail Pugovkin
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Leonid Gayday
Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Varley
Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Самогонщики
Leonid Gayday
Yuriy Nikulin, Georgiy Vitsin
This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...
Bootleggers
Покровские ворота
Mikhail Kozakov
Oleg Menshikov, Leonid Bronevoy
Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
The Pokrovsky Gates
Fate of a Man
Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergey Bondarchuk, Zinaida Kirienko
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...
Fate of a Man
Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс
Eduard Abalov, Leonid Gayday
Georgiy Vitsin, Yuriy Nikulin
This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Eugénie Grandet
Sergei Alekseyev
Mikhail Kozakov, Semyon Mezhinsky
Eugénie Grandet is set in the town of Saumur. Eugénie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance (having inherited the estates of his mother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, and grandmother all in one year). However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter, and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wants Eugénie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wants Eugénie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix. The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get Felix's favour, and Felix in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage.
Eugénie Grandet
Little Bugger
Yevgeni Karelov
Vladimir Semyonov, Vladimir Gusev
Bolshevik Foma Korshunov returns to his village. Soon his son, seven-year old Mishka gets a new nickname - "little communist". When bandits come to the village Mishka, knowing that the reds are close, saddles his horse and hurry to warn them about the danger.
Little Bugger
Василий Суриков
Anatoly Rybakov
Larisa Kadochnikova, Leonid Gallis
О жизни и творческом пути знаменитого русского живописца-передвижника В. И. Сурикова (1848-1916гг.) Фильм расскажет о непростой судьбе Василия Сурикова, которого Александр Бенуа назвал одним из величайших русских художников. Его картины «Утро стрелецкой казни», «Переход Суворова через Альпы», «Меньшиков в Березове», «Боярыня Морозова», «Стенька Разин» стали хрестоматийными. Более того, именно через восприятие этих картин многие поколения вырабатывали свой взгляд на трагические или героические страницы русской истории. О мастерстве их создателя высказывались лучшие представители художественной элиты. Суриков в своих картинах запечатлел душу той вечной Руси, которая, видоизменяясь в столетиях, дошла и до наших дней в неистребимом русском характере.
Василий Суриков
Absolutely Seriously
Vladimir Semakov, Leonid Gayday
Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov
Сергей Филиппов проведет нас по коридорам киностудии, где снимается комедийный альманах. Там творится полный кавардак, но не меньше его в новеллах альманаха, самый известный из которых — «Пес Барбос и необычный кросс»…
Sovershenno seryozno
Scarlet Sails
Aleksandr Ptushko
Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasili Lanovoy
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be loved and happy." The neighbours told jokes about her, children teased her, but she waited for her prince. She trusted in the miracles and waited. Arthur Gray's rule was "if you can make a miracle, do it!". And he made a miracle for the wonderful romantic girl.
Scarlet Sails
Белые ночи
Ivan Pyryev
Lyudmila Marchenko, Oleg Strizhenov
Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Petersburg 40s of the XIX century. Summer, white nights. On the banks of the Neva, the Dreamer meets Nastenka. Five nights, walking around the city, young people talk about themselves. Having lost faith in the feelings of the person whom she loves, Nastenka promises the Dreamer in love with her to marry him, but... the other appears, Nastenka is happy again, and the Dreamer is alone again.
White Nights
Когда казаки плачут
Yevgeni Morgunov
Nikolay Gorlov, Irina Murzayeva
В основе сюжета один из ранних рассказов М. Шолохова «О Колчаке, крапиве и прочем». Середина 1920-х годов. В родной хутор из города возвращается активистка Настя. С удивлением слушают сельчанки её рассказ о новом быте, пришедшем на смену привычной патриархальной жизни. В начале казаки только посмеивались, но потом стали замечать, что с каждым днём у них остаётся всё меньше власти в собственном доме. А вскоре их жёны окончательно взбунтовались и перебрались на другую сторону Дона в бывшие панские конюшни. Старые рубаки, не привыкшие к обыденной женской работе, не умеющие стирать и готовить, послали к беглянкам парламентёра. Те посчитали его речь недостаточно уважительной и отхлестали незадачливого посланца крапивой.
Когда казаки плачут
