Yuri Aroyan

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.

A famous artist strives to find the secret of eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

A funny story about two four graders who fall in love with a new girl in the class.

End of XVII century, Dagestan. A young outlaw named Khochbar accompanies the daughter of the nutsal of Khunzakh Khanate, Saadat, who was married for political reasons to the son of the Shamkhal of Tarki. During the long road, the young princess develops feelings towards Khochbar...

Ivan and Milton, excavator drivers, accidentally dig up a coffin with the remnants of a secret advisor. Wishing to bury him with honour, two friends go through different authorities but are met with refusal. They take the coffin to Milton's home where resurrected advisor easily integrates himself into their lives, taking away Milton's wife and making career at their company. Ivan and Milton decide to get rid of their new friend.

Alexey Veryaskin, a new employee, joins the team of concrete carpenters, who left his prosperous family to take an active part in the construction of a large hydroelectric power station.

A story about the adventures of a few young kids during the Russian Civil War.