Olga Antonova

Famous actors and ordinary people from all walks of life read stories from a book describing the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II.

A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their conversations it transpires that the patient is a kind of philosopher, not without a gift for suggestion. In a while the doctor himself falls under his patient’s influence: he tends to relive that fatal night of June 16-17, 1918 when, without any investigation or trial, Tsar Nicholas II, who had recently abdicated, was murdered, together with his wife, daughters and incurably ill heir. Soon the doctor realizes that the tragedy of the last Russian tsar is in part his own tragedy, too...

In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun.

Young girl Nina is falling in love with the orthodox priest with a criminal past.

The character of “Die Fledermaus”, Count Eisenstein, is quietly aging on his family estate. Every year he celebrates the birthday of Johann Strauss with great pomp. This time a luxurious ball will be given in honor of the great composer. Rumors are spreading that the great maestro himself will appear here, but incognito.

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.

In this whimsical television play based on a fairy-tale by Karel Čapek, an enterprising detective goes on a globe-trotting adventure to catch a mysterious wizard.

A story about the fate of several generations of an old Moscow family. The life of these people, full of drama, fatally intersects with the historical fate of Russia. The plot focuses on the love of a young officer and a girl against the background of Stalinist socialism.

The film takes place in Uzbekistan during the Great Patriotic War. Pulat and Bahor love each other, but the happiness of the heroes is prevented by a rich friend of the parents of a girl who sees her as her future wife.

Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.

Movie about inter-generation and inter-person relations

Two pairs of twins, once separated, find each other in the comedy finale. But before giving them the joy of this meeting, fate finally forces everyone to go through a series of adventures, sometimes funny, and sometimes dramatic ...

The younger of two sisters living together suddenly meets the love of her life...

A young man askes the neighbour to water the onion during his absence. The neighbour at first refuses to take the keys. Eventually, she agrees, however. When she's left, the young man takes out a rope and climbs up on the table ... The film based on the play by Ludmila Petrushevskaya, famous russian writer.