
Viktor Perevalov
1949 - 2010The Republic of ShKID
Gennadi Poloka
Sergei Yursky, Yuliya Burygina
The film is based on the eponymous book, written by two former street gangsters - Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev. Film is set in the 1920s St. Petersburg, Russia. Streets of the city are full of the homeless boys. They are caught to be raised and educated at the correction school named after Dostoevsky. The boys are street smart and difficult. But the faculty stands up to the challenge. The teaches are being devoted and caring, and gradually win the respect of the most difficult kids. The school director Vicknixor is a refined intellectual, who becomes a role model for the boys.
The Republic of ShKID
Город зажигает огни
Vladimir Vengerov
Nikolay Pogodin, Yelena Dobronravova
Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
The City Turns the Lights On
Mermaid
Anna Melikyan
Mariya Shalaeva, Yevgeni Tsyganov
The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.
Mermaid
Балтийское небо
Vladimir Vengerov
Pyotr Glebov, Vsevolod Platov
Based on the novel of the same name by Nikolai Chukovsky. The end of August 1941. At night, a truck rushes along the last road not yet occupied by the enemy to Leningrad. In the back of two — civil aviation pilot Lunin and commissar of the air division Uvarov. Lunin, a man no longer young, experienced, but had not yet been in battle, was sent to the legendary squadron of fighter pilots under the command of Captain Rassokhin. This squadron fought from the first day of the war and has already lost most of its composition. The story of the harsh everyday life of the defenders of Leningrad, full of heroism and tragedy; about the heavy share of city residents who fell into the ring of an enemy blockade. In the center of the story is the fate of military pilots who had to fight in the sky over Leningrad and the Baltic.
Baltic Skies
Трактир на Пятницкой
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Gennadi Korolkov, Tamara Syomina
A tavern on Pyatnitskaya street is a meeting place for all kind of criminals. The only way for police to infiltrate the criminals is to send an undercover agent to the tavern.
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
Граффити
Igor Apasyan
Andrei Novikov, Viktor Perevalov
A young artist gets into a scuffle with bikers after dabbling in graffiti on the subway. This altercation costs him a trip to Italy, and he is sent to rural Russia instead. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn.
Graffiti
Die Russen kommen
Heiner Carow
Rolf Ludwig, Peter Bause
It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.
The Russians Are Coming
Земля отцов
Shaken Aimanov
Yeleubai Umurzakov, Murat Akhmadiev
An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...
The Land of Our Fathers
Годен к нестроевой
Vladimir Rogovoy
Viktor Perevalov, Mikhail Pugovkin
Володя Данилин, новобранец с вердиктом медкомиссии «годен к нестроевой службе» (вероятно, потому, что носил очки), попадает на фронт и поступает в распоряжение Качуры, старшины отделения связи. Старшина назначает его в гужевой транспортный цех. С не имевшим до этого момента опыта обращения с лошадьми Володей начинают происходить курьёзные происшествия, но постепенно он становится настоящим профессионалом и хорошим солдатом…
Fit for Non-Combatant