Cast: Pyotr Merkurev

Direction Aleksey German

Cast Leonid Yarmolnik · Yuriy Tsurilo · Evgeniy Gerchakov · Aleksandr Chutko

Synopsis Hard to Be a God (2013) follows a team of researchers dispatched to the distant world of Arkanar, where the inhabitants are stuck in a medieval era. Their mission is to subtly guide this society towards enlightenment without resorting to...

Direction Mark Donskoy

Cast Anatoliy Semyonov · Nina Ruslanova · Yuri Kamornyj · Pyotr Merkurev

Direction Evgeniy Tsymbal

Cast Vladimir Ilyin · Albina Matveyeva · Tamara Chernova · Tatyana Rogozina

Direction Iosif Kheifits

Cast Valeri Zolotukhin · Yelena Proklova · Lyudmila Gladunko · Vlasimir Vysotskiy

Synopsis The Only One (1976) follows the tumultuous journey of a young man who, upon returning from his military service, finds his marriage in ruins. His growing jealousy towards his wife, who is known for her cheerful and open-minded demeanor, strains...

Direction Eldar Ryazanov

Cast Leonid Filatov · Tatyana Dogileva · Irina Kupchenko · Valentin Gaft

Synopsis A Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987) follows the journey of a once-renowned musician who finds himself at a crossroads. Torn between the allure of a passionate affair with a mistress and the stability of his marriage, he grapples with...

Direction Karen Shakhnazarov

Cast Igor Sklyar · Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny · Nikolay Averyushkin · Pyotr Shcherbakov

Synopsis Jazzman (1983) follows the journey of a passionate music student who faces expulsion from his institution due to his deep affection for jazz, a genre deemed representative of American capitalism. Undeterred, he recruits two talented street musicians to form a...

Direction Alexey German Jr.

Cast Aleksei Devotchenko · Oleg Fyodorov · Aleksandr Karpukhov · Aleksandr Lenin

Direction Sergei Ursulyak

Cast Polina Agureeva · Andrei Schchennikov · Boris Kamorzin · Tatyana Lebedkova

Synopsis Long Farewell (2004) is a cinematic adaptation of a novel set in the grim and somber year of 1952, penned by Soviet writer Yuri Trifonov and brought to life on screen by director Sergey Ursulak. The story revolves around Lilia,...

Direction Richard Viktorov

Cast Innokenti Smoktunovsky · Misha Yershov · Aleksandr Grigoryev · Vasiliy Merkurev

Synopsis Moscow-Cassiopeia (1974) follows the extraordinary journey of a group of young adventurers who embark on an interstellar voyage to the constellation Cassiopeia. Driven by a shared desire to escape the mundane routines of school, these children find themselves on a...