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Elena Shanina
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The Twelve Chairs
Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.
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Дороги судоку
One morning, Yana discovers that her domineering grandmother has transferred money to scammers and a colleague has framed her in front of her boss. To make matters worse, her grandmother continues to trust the scammers more than her own granddaughter. In a single day, Yana must find a way to save her job and her sense of self without destroying her relationship with her grandmother.
The Circus Princess
The whole city is rushing to the circus to see the deadly act of the famous masked artist, the mysterious Mr. X. Among the guests is a rich widow, Countess Palinskaya, for whom any man is ready to perform a feat. But only the mysterious X is able to ignite the flame of love in the heart of the inflexible Countess...
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...
The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.
According to the Criminal Investigation Service...
German intelligence is sending a terrorist group to the Soviet Union in the beginning of WWII.
Our Calling
Anna Karamazoff
The story of a woman returning from a labor camp. She is looking for a person, on whose denunciation she was arrested, in order to take revenge on him, but having completed her judgment, she realizes that revenge is meaningless.
Tuning Fork
Film-makers come to a Soviet secondary school to shoot the advanced 9 "A" class. 9 "A" class under the leadership of a young teacher Klavdia Sergeevna on all indicators came out on top. But this well-being was based on showmanship and snitching. Gradually, the conflict between the class teacher and students grew into a real war. So who is the tuning fork for whom?...
Rapana
After a conflict with a young director, actor Yuri leaves the theater, taking the buffoon's costume of his hero from the play King Lear. The stage character becomes part of the play of Yuri's real life. A drunken mother, a great actress in the past; wife, with a chill in a relationship; and the passengers of his taxi take part in this action.
And the Wind Returns...
The director's story about his life in the Soviet Union before his departure to Israel in 1971. The movie interweaves chronicle-documentary footage and fragments of Mikhail Kalik's films.
Concerto for Two Violins
The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, he meets a girl who works as a clown, and immediately decides to stay in the circus. The creative successes of the heroes do not immediately and not simply take shape. Their will, their conviction of a calling, are severely tested. And yet both come to understand what happiness music can give and how much it demands from a musician...