Igor Kvasha
1933 - 2012The Very Same Munchhausen
Mark Zakharov
Oleg Yankovskiy, Inna Churikova
A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from others. He becomes alienated from the society that failed to grasp his brilliance. In fact, his brilliance is what underlines the faults with the society itself. It's a beautiful yet tragic story that is filled with dense and intellectual dialogue.
The Very Same Munchhausen
Eye of God
Sergey Nurmamed, Ivan Skvortsov
Leonid Parfyonov, Oleg Tabakov
The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when it comes to comprehending the essence of beauty. Ivan Tsvetayev, a village priest's son, the founder of the museum, wanted the new generation of "Ivans" to understand that we are Europe, while Antiquity is our mutual cradle.
Eye of God
Ordinary story
Vladimir Khramov, Galina Volchek
Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Kozakov
The film is a play based on the novel “An Ordinary History” by Ivan Goncharov directed by the Sovremennik Moscow Theater. The main roles were played by Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Kozakov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Anastasia Vertinskaya and others.
Ordinary story
Любить…
Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan
Sergei Gurzo Ml., Lev Kruglyy
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
To Love
The Passport
Georgiy Daneliya
Gérard Darmon, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.
The Passport
Ребро Адама
Viacheslav Kryshtofovych
Inna Churikova, Yelena Bogdanova
The film is based on the story of Anatoly Kurchatkin "House of Women". A tragicomedy about four women of three generations who lives in a tiny Moscow apartment: a sick grandmother, constantly requiring attention; a mother, very peculiar woman, who still hoping to somehow arrange her personal life; and two daughters, each of whom has a lot of problems.
Adam's Rib
Перед экзаменом
Viacheslav Kryshtofovych
Olga Zhulina, Igor Kvasha
Поругавшись с мамой и подругой героиня бредет по улице и незнакомка отдает ей даром билет в театр. На спектакле рядом с героиней сидит тот (Иван), с кем не пошла на спектакль незнакомка. Юная Таня Гусакова на распутье: родители настаивают, чтобы она поступала в педагогический институт. Но когда тебе 18, кажется, что весь мир у твоих ног. Поэтому, в ночь перед экзаменом девушка принимает важное решение…
Перед экзаменом
The Property of Republic
Vladimir Bychkov
Oleg Tabakov, Andrey Mironov
Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.
The Property of Republic
Преждевременный человек
Abram Room
Igor Kvasha, Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Based on the unfinished play by Maxim Gorky "Yakov Bogomolov" about human dignity, that the main stimulus of life is creative work for the benefit of people. Engineer Yakov Bogomolov is a "workaholic" man. He gives himself all to his work, is carried away by it so much that he does not notice what is happening around him. Young wife Olga is cheating on him, friends betray, companions do not understand and deceive...
A Man Before His Time
