Vladimir Motyl
1927 - 2010The White Sun of the Desert
Vladimir Motyl
Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...
The White Sun of the Desert
Eugene, Little Eugene and Katyusha
Vladimir Motyl
Oleg Dal, Galina Figlovskaya
Touching story about love of a young romantic man (Zhenia), who is a soldier of Guard Mortar Division (Division of "Katusha" Reactive Mortars) and a girl-telegraphist (Little Zhenia) at the last months of WW II.
Eugene, Little Eugene and Katyusha
Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago
Vladimir Motyl
Boris Plotnikov, Aleksey Petrenko
A young student and a rich banker make a bet for two million rubles. On the condition of the wager, the student was to spend 15 years in solitary confinement.
Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago
The Captivating Star of Happiness
Vladimir Motyl
Oleg Strizhenov, Aleksey Batalov
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
The Captivating Star of Happiness
Несут меня кони
Vladimir Motyl
Vladimir Kachan, Valentina Kosobutskaya
Student Ivan falls in love with Nadia, the wife of a rich businessman. The passion that has engulfed them prompts Nadia to leave her husband, and Ivan to give up his prestigious lawyer job in Moscow.
Gone with the Horses
Лес
Vladimir Motyl
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Boris Plotnikov
Героиня фильма госпожа Гурмыжская – бывшая красавица, доживающая свои годы в глухой провинции. К ней в поместье приезжает племянник, недоучившийся гимназист, и хозяйка, скуки ради, решает завести с ним интрижку… Тот охотно отвечает богатой тетушке «взаимностью». По мотивам пьесы А. Н. Островского. «Лес» принадлежит к числу наиболее популярных пьес А.Н.Островского - только с 1875 по 1917 год пьеса прошла 5106 раз.
Лес
