Vasili Merkuryev
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 06, 1904
Deathday: May 12, 1978
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Moscow-Cassiopeia
1974-09-23
Moscow-Cassiopeia
Overview: Start of interstellar expedition equipped by "pioneers"(soviet scouts).
Genres: Science Fiction Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-09-23
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Naval Battalion
1946-01-01
Naval Battalion
Overview: Soviet sailors boldly defend Leningrad from the German fascists.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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Abyss
1960-05-04
Abyss
Overview: Family troubles, reproaches from acquaintances for stupidity and inability to live, illness of children, death of his wife brought Kirill Kiselnikov down. Flattered by a bribe, he commits a forgery. Betrayal of ideals is costly: the unfortunate person loses his mind. And that is not all…
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-05-04
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Новогодний календарь
1966-01-01
Новогодний календарь
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Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Exam for Rank
1969-01-01
Exam for Rank
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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A Summer to Remember
1960-08-12
A Summer to Remember
Overview: Based on the Vera Panova book about a complicated relationship between an 8-year-old boy and his new stepfather.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-08-12
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Twelfth Night
1955-11-21
Twelfth Night
Overview: Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1955-11-21
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Be Happy, Ani!
1963-01-07
Be Happy, Ani!
Overview: Ani, a charming young girl, is a driver at Sofia Airport. She sends a letter to her boyfriend Boyan, a worker at a large construction site. The letter contains a single word "yes". Boyan starts preparing for a wedding. The Soviet pilot Andrey will soon return home after several years spent working with his Bulgarian colleagues. They arrange a farewell tour of Bulgaria for him on which Ani has to drive him. Because of mistaken jealousy, Boyan tears up his sweetheart's letter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1963-01-07
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Cinderella
1947-05-16
Cinderella
Overview: In the fairy kingdom live stepmother, her evil daughters — Anna and Maryana, a limp husband-forester and his daughter from his first marriage — Cinderella. The stepmother exploits the poor girl as a housekeeper. With the help of her godmother-fairy, Cinderella gets to the royal ball, where a beautiful and very kind prince falls in love with her. At midnight, the magic ends, and poor Cinderella has to return to her former life. But on the crystal shoe that Cinderella lost while fleeing the palace to the battle of the palace chimes, the prince searches for the bride.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1947-05-16
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The Cranes Are Flying
1957-10-12
The Cranes Are Flying
Overview: Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1957-10-12
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The Sky Slow-Mover
1946-12-28
The Sky Slow-Mover
Overview: Three pilots are best friends and good fighters. During the WWII they are taking an oath to refrain from love until the end of the War. But soon they meet three women-pilots. One by one they give up the oath, and all three fall in love.
Genres: War Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1946-12-28
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Did We Meet Somewhere Before
1954-08-17
Did We Meet Somewhere Before
Overview: Maximov and his wife Larisa Levkoyeva going to vacation, but in last minutes Levkoyeva were called back to theater. And Maximov goes all alone to the Crimea on the train. On the one of station he miss his train and must check the city and make a concert to reach the point of destination. But he is so popular that people just didn't let him rest like he want...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1954-08-17
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The Miners of Donetsk
1951-05-16
The Miners of Donetsk
Overview: A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1951-05-16
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The Great Glinka
1946-06-06
The Great Glinka
Overview: About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
Genres: Music History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1946-06-06
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True Friends
1954-04-20
True Friends
Overview: Story about 3 childhood friends who found each other later in life and decided to rafting on one of the Moscovian rivers.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1954-04-20
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The Star
1949-06-06
The Star
Overview: Command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent into the enemy's rear to refine the data returned. A new group of seven scouts, called "The Star", headed by Lieutenant lieutenant. Returning after a job, the group suddenly found with the German squad. After sending one of the scouts with a report, the lieutenant lieutenant with his friends enter into mortal combat with the enemy ...
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1949-06-06
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The Battle of Stalingrad
1949-11-11
The Battle of Stalingrad
Overview: A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1949-11-11
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The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951-06-06
The Unforgettable Year 1919
Overview: Soviet propaganda film in two episodes about Stalin's strong and cruel suppression of the 1919 anti-communist uprising in St. Petersburg, Russia. Stalin and Lenin are shown as heroes who destroyed the efforts of anti-communists led by White Russians with support from "bad" British capitalists headed by Sir Winston Churchill and Lloyd George.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1951-06-06
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Story of a Real Man
1948-10-21
Story of a Real Man
Overview: Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1948-10-21
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Surgery
1939-06-06
Surgery
Overview: A short movie based on Anton Chekhov novels.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-06-06
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The Return of Maxim
1937-04-01
The Return of Maxim
Overview: The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma. Maksim, who just returned from exile, calls the workers to strike as a protest against the firing of six of their colleagues. The traitor Platon Dymba assaults Maksim, wounding him severely. When the strike unfolds the workers demonstrate by the thousands, the news of the outbreak of World War I suddenly arrives. Maksim gets drafted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1937-04-01
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Behind the Footlights
1956-06-28
Behind the Footlights
Overview: Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1956-06-28
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Patriot
1939-12-29
Patriot
Overview: A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-12-29
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Here Is Our House
1974-02-04
Here Is Our House
Overview: A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-02-04
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Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife
1974-12-23
Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife
Overview: Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pregnant, the characters will finally begin a new life and become a full-fledged family. Fyodor is convinced that his calling is to provide for his family. He works hard and rarely sees his family. Kseniya lacks his attention. The couple began to move away from each other.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-12-23
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A Nest of Gentry
1969-08-25
A Nest of Gentry
Overview: A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-08-25
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An Ordinary Man
1957-03-08
An Ordinary Man
Overview: Based on the play of the same name by Leonid Leonov. The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, comes to Ladygin. Realizing that for Ladygin, ranks and titles are more valuable than human qualities, Svekolkin tells his friend that he works as a simple cashier. This leads to a number of misunderstandings and comic situations...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1957-03-08
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Our Friend Maxim
1973-01-01
Our Friend Maxim
Overview: The film Our Friend Maxim is devoted to the life and work of actor and National Artist of the USSR Boris Petrovich Chirkov. This film includes excerpts from his Maxim trilogy, and significant focus is placed on Chirkov’s role as a pedagogue and mentor to young actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Faithful Friend Sancho
1974-11-26
Faithful Friend Sancho
Overview: Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1974-11-26
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The Miners of Donetsk
1951-05-16
The Miners of Donetsk
Overview: A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1951-05-16
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The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
1971-05-17
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Overview: After a photo of Konstantin Zbruyev got published in the magazine he got a lot of letters. So now it's a time for travel across the country in order to find a bride.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-05-17
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In a Quiet Marina
1958-01-20
In a Quiet Marina
Overview: Two old friends remain socially active even after their retirement...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1958-01-20
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The Girl With Whom I Was Friends
1961-01-30
The Girl With Whom I Was Friends
Overview: A first feeling starts to develop between a boy and a girl living in the same building but her family suddenly must move.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-01-30
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The Encounter of a Lifetime
1952-09-03
The Encounter of a Lifetime
Overview: In a professional school a girls and boys brigades are competing to finish the big order in time.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1952-09-03
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The Honor of Comrade
1953-12-30
The Honor of Comrade
Overview: A story about training and educating of a future Red Army officers.
Genres: Drama Family Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1953-12-30
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The Vow
1946-07-29
The Vow
Overview: The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.
Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1946-07-29
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Chronicle of Flaming Years
1961-02-23
Chronicle of Flaming Years
Overview: Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-02-23
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Hot Soul
1960-02-09
Hot Soul
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-02-09
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People on the Bridge
1960-01-09
People on the Bridge
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-01-09
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Late Child
1971-02-11
Late Child
Overview: A boy suffers from excessive care of his family, cause he wants them to reckon with him as an adult, just like his older sister's groom.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-02-11
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Member of the Government
1940-03-08
Member of the Government
Overview: In the 1930s, during Collectivization, we follow Alexandra Sokolova, who having joined a kolkhoz, is promoted by the Party to the management of the farm: she becomes chairman of the kolkhoz, courageously coping with the difficulties of collectivization, the distrust of some fellow villagers, and family conflict.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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Sons
1946-05-31
Sons
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1946-05-31
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Whistle Stop
1963-11-24
Whistle Stop
Overview: Moscow academician Pavel Pavlovich comes to a picturesque village on the seashore to calmly spend his vacation here. Whiling away the time for sketches, he manages to get acquainted with the local guys, the restless Grishka and the daughter of the foreman Nyuska. Together they build a stove, repair a sewing machine, and reconstruct a telephone switchboard. When Pavel Pavlovich suddenly falls ill, all the villagers take care of him. When the time comes to leave, Pavel Pavlovich understands that in this village far from the capital, he leaves a piece of his heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1963-11-24
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Professor Mamlock
1938-09-04
Professor Mamlock
Overview: Made in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1938-09-04
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Cherry Town
1962-10-25
Cherry Town
Overview: Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1962-10-25
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Roll call
1966-04-04
Roll call
Overview: General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1966-04-04
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I Accept the War
1963-07-01
I Accept the War
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1963-07-01
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Farewell to Sankt Petersburg
1971-12-25
Farewell to Sankt Petersburg
Overview: A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-12-25
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The Great Tamer
1974-12-25
The Great Tamer
Overview: In one small provincial town lives Savva Kulikov. In ordinary life, he is an exemplary Soviet citizen and an up-and-coming economist, but Kulikov has an unusual hobby — he trains his own pets, teaching them many amusing stunts. Among the "pupils" Savva already have a dog, a cat and even a parrot. One day the chimpanzee gets into Savva's hands. The animal was easy to train, with dexterity performing all the tricks of Kulikov, and he decided that his hobby should go to a new, more serious stage - performance in public. Circus friends help Savva break into the circus arena. The main character performs with his monkey in a local circus and the show was an incredible success, breaking a storm of applause from a grateful public.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-12-25
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Tanker "Derbent"
1941-06-09
Tanker "Derbent"
Overview: One night, the crew of the Derbent tanker receives a signal about oil ignition on the Agamali tanker. Despite the fire threatening to spill onto the ship, Derbent is in a hurry to help ...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1941-06-09
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Гвоздь программы
1955-01-01
Гвоздь программы
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Guest
1939-12-01
Guest
Overview: A young Nenets hunter exposes a saboteur who has infiltrated the territory of the USSR, who at first poses as a doctor who has gone astray, and then makes the hunter his hostage.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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Komsomolsk
1938-10-26
Komsomolsk
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1938-10-26
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Танкисты
1939-01-01
Танкисты
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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Fedka
1936-01-01
Fedka
Overview: During the Russian Civil War, orphan Fyodor (Fedka) Trofimov, whose father was killed by Whites, is adopted by a Red cavalry unit.
Genres: War Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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The Forest
1953-05-04
The Forest
Overview: Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Two poor actors, Neschastlivtsev and Schastlivtsev, — no money, no work, no tobacco and that, having put on fake orders, armed with a pistol and a guitar, decide to visit the rich Neschastlivtsev's aunt — the landowner Gurmyzhskaya...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1953-05-04
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The Girlfriends
1936-02-19
The Girlfriends
Overview: Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from the advance of the whites.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1936-02-19
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Song about Friendship
1941-01-01
Song about Friendship
Overview: Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to the city from Zaraysk to the amateur olympiad. Fedya meets an old friend Ryhor Shemet and also allows him to live in his room, not knowing that Lara did the same with her friend. Living under the same roof, Alesya and Rygor begin to feel sympathy for each other...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: be
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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A Sleepless Night
1960-05-23
A Sleepless Night
Overview: AYoung engineer Pavel Kaurov goes to his first destination — to the port city of Sibirsk. He is appointed to lead a group of cranes: gantry and floating. After several troubles Pavel mastered the port work and received a serious assignment. Meanwhile, his fiancee Nina, an architect by profession, is arriving in Siberia. However, besides Pavel, fellow students came to the station to meet her — Petunin's brother and sister, in whose house she is staying. Soon Annushka, who has long loved Pavel, arrives. From that day on, he had trouble after trouble. After a crane accident, which happened through his fault, the hero pulls himself together and does everything to regain the confidence of the brigade...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-05-23
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Happy Birthday
1962-09-17
Happy Birthday
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1962-09-17
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World Champion
1955-02-16
World Champion
Overview: The young blacksmith Ilya Gromov from the White Keys collective farm wins the title of world wrestling champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1955-02-16
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А.П.Чехов - Дорогая собака, Злоумышленник, Жених и папенька...
А.П.Чехов - Дорогая собака, Злоумышленник, Жених и папенька...
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
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