Plus Electrification, 1972, directed by Ivan Aksenchuk. Soyuzmultfilm. Executed with Disney-like animation by one of Soyuzmultfilm's leading directors more
Plus Electrification, 1972, directed by Ivan Aksenchuk. Soyuzmultfilm. Executed with Disney-like animation by one of Soyuzmultfilm's leading directors of films for children. "Plus Electrification" triumphs the USSR's drive to bring electricity to every town and village. It was a tenet of Vladimir Lenin that electrification plus Soviet power [vlast] would lead to Communism. Electricity is shown dramatically uniting the economies of USSR and the Eastern bloc countries through production of consumer goods like Czech crystal and Hungarian buses. close
Short animated film "How wives of husbands sold" (USSR, 1972) - animated folklore created by directors Irina Gurvich and Ivan Mazepa based on joke Ukrainian more
Short animated film "How wives of husbands sold" (USSR, 1972) - animated folklore created by directors Irina Gurvich and Ivan Mazepa based on joke Ukrainian folk songs. Ukrainian humor is the same component of the national character as cunning and greed, reflected in folk art. And about the Ukrainian woman in general, the conversation is separate. The descendants of the steppe Amazons are famously in charge of families and do not get into their pockets for a word. Of course, the economic wife will think, as well as with her own bad husband to get the maximum benefit. Why not sell it?
In 1974, this brilliant animated masterpiece received a special award for the original use of folk music in combination with the visual solution of the film at the International Festival in Zagreb (Yugoslavia) and the Diploma of Honor (III place) at the Animated Film Festival in New York. close
Eighteen-year-old tram conductor Nyura, during a trip to the south, meets Stepan, suffering from an injury sustained during the war. Family happiness of heroes does not last long.
Eighteen-year-old tram conductor Nyura, during a trip to the south, meets Stepan, suffering from an injury sustained during the war. Family happiness of heroes does not last long. close
In 1939, a small detachment of special purpose under the command of Burov was sent to Mongolia in order to distract the Japanese invaders from the places more
In 1939, a small detachment of special purpose under the command of Burov was sent to Mongolia in order to distract the Japanese invaders from the places of real hostilities in the area of the Khalkhin Gol River. This operation was carried out with the help of powerful repeaters reproducing the noise of moving tanks and hawks. In addition, the detachment of Burov (officer Geleg translator Osipenko chauffeurs Glushkov and Zaitsev) had to conduct agitation work among the local population. Every departure of the detachment was in mortal danger: after all, a noise attack is a call of enemy fire on yourself. . close
Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards more
Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself. close
According to the novel by Oleg Smirnov “Barkhans”.
The action of the picture unfolds as if in two plans. Scenes showing the disturbing, restless everyday more
According to the novel by Oleg Smirnov “Barkhans”.
The action of the picture unfolds as if in two plans. Scenes showing the disturbing, restless everyday life of the border, where the young hero of the film Ata serves, appear next to the less disturbing, but also quite disturbing scenes from the life of the young beauty Laylie, the bride of the hero, who remained faithful to him, despite the fact that she was proposed by a very lucky young graduate student.
At the end of the film, Ata and Layley walk again through the very streets they roamed before separation and where Layley vowed to wait for a soldier. And although Ata returned from the border with a serious wound, the heroes are still happy.
They love each other. Their love has withstood all the tests. close
Oksana (played by Sofia Rotaru) is a young and beautiful Carpathian girl. On the "Donetsk-Verkhovyna" train she becomes acquainted with a young miner more
Oksana (played by Sofia Rotaru) is a young and beautiful Carpathian girl. On the "Donetsk-Verkhovyna" train she becomes acquainted with a young miner from Donetsk called Boris. The travellers fall in love, but are parted when they arrive at their destination. In the Carpathian mountains their paths diverge, but Boris (played by Vasyl Zinkevych, soloist of the instrumental band "Smerichka") discovers where she is staying. The couple meet again and rekindle their love. Their friends invite them to perform in a concert for vacationers at a mountain resort, where they sing about their feelings for each other. close
The team elected a young worker Timur Gulyamov as a member of the Executive Committee. There were not very good reasons for this in the team — the guy more
The team elected a young worker Timur Gulyamov as a member of the Executive Committee. There were not very good reasons for this in the team — the guy inspired not so much trust as sympathy. However, he took the decision of his colleagues seriously and the assigned task helped him to rethink a lot and look at others in a new way... close
1919, Russian Civil War. Siberia was united under the rule of the White Guard General Kolchak. Unwilling to recognize his power, 32 common villages from more
1919, Russian Civil War. Siberia was united under the rule of the White Guard General Kolchak. Unwilling to recognize his power, 32 common villages from the Yenisei province declare themselves the independent Soviet Badja Republic. The Badja guerrillas, led by the hero of the WWI Pyotr Shchetinkin, quickly become a serious enemy for the White Guard. close
Pioneer Venya found the grave of a countryman missing during the war, helped to expose a war criminal and, having learned a lot of interesting things more
Pioneer Venya found the grave of a countryman missing during the war, helped to expose a war criminal and, having learned a lot of interesting things about the combat past of his fellow villagers, re-evaluated those who previously seemed to him the most ordinary. close
According to the will of the rich gentleman, Tikhon Ivanovich Nedopyuskin gets into the eternal and hereditary possession of the village of Besselendeevka more
According to the will of the rich gentleman, Tikhon Ivanovich Nedopyuskin gets into the eternal and hereditary possession of the village of Besselendeevka with 22 souls. Present at the announcement of the will relatives and neighbors of the deceased begin to mock the confused Tikhon Ivanovich. The quadruple nephew of the deceased, the impoverished column nobleman Pantelei Yeremeyevich Chertopkhanov stands up for the poor fellow and challenges his main offender to a duel. close
1943. Captain Ian Nalepke, Chief of Staff of the Slovak regiment, bearing protection of military facilities in the small town of Belarus contacts the more
1943. Captain Ian Nalepke, Chief of Staff of the Slovak regiment, bearing protection of military facilities in the small town of Belarus contacts the partisansand passes to them the obtained information about upcoming operations of the German forces. close
Schoolchildren Nikita and Romka dream of making a heroic act. Once in the newspaper they saw a photo of a “criminal” and a concise “message” about the more
Schoolchildren Nikita and Romka dream of making a heroic act. Once in the newspaper they saw a photo of a “criminal” and a concise “message” about the “crime” he had committed. The guys are going to find him. close
About a poor little man who, without expecting it, became a traveler. But he does not buy expensive tickets, does not rent rooms in luxury hotels, but more
About a poor little man who, without expecting it, became a traveler. But he does not buy expensive tickets, does not rent rooms in luxury hotels, but just gets where fate takes him. Sleeping in the cannon, our hero could not even think that together with the projectile will go to distant countries. close
The young worker Boris learned a lot in his profession, but the development of technology and meetings with people who have received special education more
The young worker Boris learned a lot in his profession, but the development of technology and meetings with people who have received special education convince him of the need to continue his studies. close
In the old estate of the landlord Reneva, who has long lived abroad, the manager Vasilkov and his only daughter settled. Olga is blindly in love with more
In the old estate of the landlord Reneva, who has long lived abroad, the manager Vasilkov and his only daughter settled. Olga is blindly in love with the neighbor’s landowner Robachev, who reciprocates. Lovers enjoy happiness until Reneva herself returns to the estate. One day, a bored widow accidentally sees an intimate scene between Robachev and Oley, and decides to “fall in love” with the young man. She manages to attract the attention of Robachev, who with pleasure begins to take care of Reneva. Olga is quietly suffering and seems to have no hope. She sees a cheerful couple go boating and witness a love scene. In front of the astonished Reneva and Robachev, the unfortunate rushes into the river. close
A man rides on a train and looks out the window and remembers his life, his work at the factory. He had just left to look for the place where his son more
A man rides on a train and looks out the window and remembers his life, his work at the factory. He had just left to look for the place where his son died and was buried. The old woman on the train told him that she saw a fight on the outskirts of the city. He got off the train and went looking for his son’s grave. He settled nearby and decided to make a monument to the soldier who died here. But one day the military arrived, and it turned out that this was not the grave of his son, but someone's father. He went looking again. The military enlistment office pointed him to the village of Berezhki, where a Komsomol ticket pierced by a bullet was found. The name and patronymic matched, and only three letters remained from the surname. He came across this new grave with a woman, and again it turned out that the name of the one who lies there is only a stranger. He placed a monument on someone else’s grave and moved on. Passing some railway station, he met with a colleague of his son, and he stunned him - they say, a traitor your son, surrendered. For a long time they found out what and how, until they came to the conclusion that another person covered himself with his name. My father cried with joy and went on the road again. So he travels around the earth, looking for the grave of his son, and puts monuments to the dead. close
A Bolshevik army officer and Uzbek who has been nursed back to health by a young Uzbek woman to whom he is now married, gains responsibility for the local more
A Bolshevik army officer and Uzbek who has been nursed back to health by a young Uzbek woman to whom he is now married, gains responsibility for the local village in 1929. He is urged by comrades in Tashkent to have the local women drop their chadors and veils but he is also told that he should not force this on anyone. His wife declines to take off her veil, so a 14 year old girl steps forward to set the example, over the objections of the local Muslim clergy and most of the village men. After the girl is killed, and the commissar is shot, his wife takes him to the hills to nurse him back to health once again. She begs her husband to leave the village. Instead when he decides to return, she is pressured by her father to continue to wear the veil. close