Aleksey Dolinin

Volga - Volga (1938)

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Aleksandrov
CAST:  Lyubov Orlova  •  Igor Ilyinsky  •  Vladimir Volodin  •  Pavel Olenev

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Aleksandrov
CAST:  Lyubov Orlova  •  Igor Ilyinsky  •  Vladimir Volodin  •  Pavel Olenev

The Thirteen (1937)

The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm
CAST:  Ivan Novoseltsev  •  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Aleksey Dolinin  •  Aleksandr Chistyakov

The film tells about a band of demobilized Red Army men and two civilians who cross a Middle Asian desert. They are forced to do battle with superior forces of Basmachi rebels for the dry draw-well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm
CAST:  Ivan Novoseltsev  •  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Aleksey Dolinin  •  Aleksandr Chistyakov

By the Bluest of Seas (1936)

Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailors on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working as sailor and mechanic for the fishing boats of the "Lights of the Communism" kolkhoz. Here the two friends will fall in love with the beautiful Masha.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Barnet
CAST:  Aleksey Dolinin  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Lyalya Sateyeva

Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailors on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working as sailor and mechanic for the fishing boats of the "Lights of the Communism" kolkhoz. Here the two friends will fall in love with the beautiful Masha.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Barnet
CAST:  Aleksey Dolinin  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Lyalya Sateyeva

Tractor Drivers (1939)

The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Pyryev
CAST:  Marina Ladynina  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Stepan Kayukov  •  Pyotr Aleynikov

The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Pyryev
CAST:  Marina Ladynina  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Stepan Kayukov  •  Pyotr Aleynikov

Four Hearts (1941)

The plot is built around two charming sisters — a strict, wayward Galina, an assistant professor of mathematics, and a windy, frivolous student Shurochka. Despite the fact that the girls are so different, they are looking, of course, for one thing — love. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantin Yudin
CAST:  Valentina Serova  •  Evgeniy Samoylov  •  Lyudmila Tselikovskaya  •  Pavel Shpringfeld

The plot is built around two charming sisters — a strict, wayward Galina, an assistant professor of mathematics, and a windy, frivolous student Shurochka. Despite the fact that the girls are so different, they are looking, of course, for one thing — love. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantin Yudin
CAST:  Valentina Serova  •  Evgeniy Samoylov  •  Lyudmila Tselikovskaya  •  Pavel Shpringfeld