Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international more
Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. close
The animated film “Dragonfly and the Ant”, among the creators of which should be mentioned the outstanding Soviet animator Ivan Ivanov-Vano, is based more
The animated film “Dragonfly and the Ant”, among the creators of which should be mentioned the outstanding Soviet animator Ivan Ivanov-Vano, is based on the fable of the same name by Ivan Krylov. A year later, in 1936, a color version of the film was released.
The plot, set out in verse, dates back to ancient times and is contained in the famous fables of Aesop. While the dragonfly jumps carelessly and dances all summer, laughing at the ant, he carefully prepares for the winter, collecting supplies. But when it gets cold, the jumper comes to the ant to warm up and ask for food. close
The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput more
The story, a Communist re-telling of Gulliver's Travels, is about a young boy who dreams of himself as a version of Gulliver who has landed in Lilliput suffering under capitalist inequality and exploitation. close
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume more
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex. close
The Soviet motor ship "Albanov", running into a submarine rock, crashes in North sea. Passengers and command on boats head for off-shore rocks and find more
The Soviet motor ship "Albanov", running into a submarine rock, crashes in North sea. Passengers and command on boats head for off-shore rocks and find temporal shelter. Getting a signal about the calamity of motor ship, detachment of divers-rescuers at the head with the chief of party - commissar Petrov - begin works on getting up "Albanov". close
The life was cruel with Ivas. The landlord sent him at war, and his girlfriend – in the house of ill fame. In the troops an ordinary peasant gets acquainted more
The life was cruel with Ivas. The landlord sent him at war, and his girlfriend – in the house of ill fame. In the troops an ordinary peasant gets acquainted with an ideological revolutionary and becomes inspired with the feeling of inequity to the existing social structure. And when the time comes to return to the native village, he will make the sir pays by his blood for all wrong-doings against the peasants. A film based on works and biography of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814 - 1861). close
A squad of rebels attacks a peaceful caravan, and the old guide Sho-Murad and his granddaughter Pery find themselves in captivity of the bandits. Border more
A squad of rebels attacks a peaceful caravan, and the old guide Sho-Murad and his granddaughter Pery find themselves in captivity of the bandits. Border guards and a sheepdog Dzhulbars repulse prisoners and neutralize enemies. close
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, more
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. close
Six polar explorers arrives to a remote island in Arctic for a year-long scientific expedition. When their ship departs, they unpack only to find a young more
Six polar explorers arrives to a remote island in Arctic for a year-long scientific expedition. When their ship departs, they unpack only to find a young stowaway, who romanticized Arctic heroes, and tried to join them on multiple occasions finally succeeding. That's how six became seven. Life of polar explorers is tough, and full of danger. During one year they are largely isolated from the mainland, and should survive using their resourcefulness, smarts, knowledge, and existing supplies with occasional unreliable radio communications. The Seven are resilient, cheerful, they forged a true friendship. Now they are ready to face the unforgiving Arctic. close
Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.
Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen. close
The only work of Ilf and Petrov in the cinema is a comedy about the adventures of two passionate motorists during a rally. On the way to Moscow in a car more
The only work of Ilf and Petrov in the cinema is a comedy about the adventures of two passionate motorists during a rally. On the way to Moscow in a car assembled from junk materials. They meet a charlatan - a "professor" with a pretty niece. Making sure that the "professor" - an elementary crook - friends hand him over to the threat, and themselves together with the girl continue their journey and first get to one of the squares of Moscow - the finish of the rally.
The script of the film "One Summer" Ilf and Petrov wrote in 1932 (according to other sources - in 1928). The work resembles the plot of the “Golden calf” of their own authorship. close
Ahead of the events of the military forties, the film, dedicated to Soviet pilots and the success of aviation, tells about the heroic exploits of the more
Ahead of the events of the military forties, the film, dedicated to Soviet pilots and the success of aviation, tells about the heroic exploits of the former civil war soldier, test pilot Sergei Novikov, who won the first battle with the Nazis. close
An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the more
An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR. close
The events in the film take place in pre-revolutionary Russia. A riot of workers of a large porcelain factory is taking place. After the burning of one more
The events in the film take place in pre-revolutionary Russia. A riot of workers of a large porcelain factory is taking place. After the burning of one of the shops, Grunya's father dies in the fire. The owner of the factory caused the fire in order to obtain a fine from the workers. Grunya urgers the workers to fight, but is injured, yet she still urges the people not to give up. close
The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures more
The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures in Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand... Based on Jules Verne novel. close
Boris Shchukin (“Pilots”), Nikolai Plotnikov (“White Fang”), Vera Maretskaya (“She Defends the Motherland”), Osip Abdulov (“Seahawk”) in the film “Generation more
Boris Shchukin (“Pilots”), Nikolai Plotnikov (“White Fang”), Vera Maretskaya (“She Defends the Motherland”), Osip Abdulov (“Seahawk”) in the film “Generation of Winners”. The film covers the events of 1896-1905 - from the first revolutionary gatherings to the armed Moscow uprising of workers on Krasnaya Presnya, later called Bloody Sunday. St. Petersburg students Alexander Mikhailov and Evgeny Svetlov, a peasant girl Varvara Postnikova, come to Moscow, go through a difficult path of revolutionaries-underground. close
This film is the first adaptation of an operetta written by Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko. It follows the trials and tribulations of Natalka and Peter more
This film is the first adaptation of an operetta written by Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko. It follows the trials and tribulations of Natalka and Peter (Petro). The sweethearts planned to get married; however, Natalka's father does not approve of the marriage because Petro was not affluent enough to keep Natalka in the manner he thought that she should be kept. Petro goes off to earn the required fortune. close
The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how more
The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how deftly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football. And he decides to follow the advice. On the way to the glory of the goalkeeper and waiting for his victory and disappointment. close