Ilya Alekseev

18 directors, 18 novels, 18 short stories about Moscow...

It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.

In a military town, lost in the woods it's own life goes on. The town is quite well-being, but it has everything - good and bad. The investigator comes to the town, he's conducting the case of the theft of the forest in the area surrounding the military unit. Bitter enemies - Apraksin and Bragin are faced with a choice - to solve their personal problems or to eliminate bandits. The duty is stronger - both come into the battle with the criminal gang.

On a college trip to remote Northern forests, one of the students - Marina - encounters a burial site of an ancient witch, and is possessed by the spirits of the past. Now Marina and her companions must take part in the millennia old fight between good and evil, involving lake witches, sorcerers, and ancient forces from the myths.

In a big city a grown-up girl lives in her tiny apartment. Every morning she sits beside her window, waiting around for her Prince Charming. Then, she goes to work, where she connects loving hearts together. Suddenly, one day, things start happening in an unusual way...

The beginning of the 1960s, a period of aggravation of the confrontation between the USSR and the USA. In the most difficult weather conditions and with malfunctions on board, the first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 sets off for a hike under the ice of the Arctic Ocean in order to surface exactly at the North Pole.

Victor Smolensky, the owner of a detective agency, instructs his assistants to find him the perfect wife. The fee for two is one million rubles. The task is difficult: the future spouse must have the appearance of Marilyn Monroe and the character of Natasha Rostova. However, fate will bring Smolensky to the exact opposite of his ideal.

Nothing holds Assia Demidova to her native village anymore: her mother, the last person who was dear to her, has recently died, leaving Assia completely alone.