Vsevolod Safonov

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Fellows (1959)

A coming-of-age story about the three girl friends who had just graduated school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasili Ordynsky
CAST:  Lyudmila Krylova  •  Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina  •  Margarita Koshelyova  •  Vladimir Kostin

A coming-of-age story about the three girl friends who had just graduated school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasili Ordynsky
CAST:  Lyudmila Krylova  •  Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina  •  Margarita Koshelyova  •  Vladimir Kostin

An Easy Life (1964)

A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot". But when his old friend from the chemical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Venyamin Dorman
CAST:  Yuriy Yakovlev  •  Faina Ranevskaya  •  Nadezhda Rumyantseva  •  Ninel Myshkova

A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for his speculative "private enterprise," run in conjunction with "Queen Margot". But when his old friend from the chemical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Venyamin Dorman
CAST:  Yuriy Yakovlev  •  Faina Ranevskaya  •  Nadezhda Rumyantseva  •  Ninel Myshkova

Byelorussian Station (1971)

The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of 1945. A quarter-century, they meet at the funeral of comrade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Smirnov
CAST:  Evgeni Leonov  •  Anatoli Papanov  •  Nina Urgant  •  Aleksey Glazyrin

The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of 1945. A quarter-century, they meet at the funeral of comrade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Smirnov
CAST:  Evgeni Leonov  •  Anatoli Papanov  •  Nina Urgant  •  Aleksey Glazyrin

The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965)

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gintsburg
CAST:  Evgeniy Evstigneev  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Mikhail Astangov  •  Natalya Klimova

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gintsburg
CAST:  Evgeniy Evstigneev  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Mikhail Astangov  •  Natalya Klimova

Five Days, Five Nights (1961)

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Arnshtam  •  Anatolij Golowanow  •  Heinz Thiel
CAST:  Heinz-Dieter Knaup  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Vsevolod Sanayev  •  Annekathrin Bürger

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Arnshtam  •  Anatolij Golowanow  •  Heinz Thiel
CAST:  Heinz-Dieter Knaup  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Vsevolod Sanayev  •  Annekathrin Bürger

The Cossacks (1961)

Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasily Pronin
CAST:  Zinaida Kirienko  •  Boris Andreyev  •  Leonid Gubanov  •  Eduard Bredun

Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasily Pronin
CAST:  Zinaida Kirienko  •  Boris Andreyev  •  Leonid Gubanov  •  Eduard Bredun

An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samson Samsonov
CAST:  Margarita Volodina  •  Boris Andreyev  •  Vyacheslav Tikhonov  •  Vsevolod Sanayev

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to the Russian warship Gromoboi, which is ruled by anarchist sailors. The leader of the ship is the anarchist Vozhak. The Commissioner was instructed to reorganize the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samson Samsonov
CAST:  Margarita Volodina  •  Boris Andreyev  •  Vyacheslav Tikhonov  •  Vsevolod Sanayev

Déjà vu (1990)

The Prohibition years. Chicago bootleggers suffer losses due to their betrayal by one Mick Nich - Mikita Nichiporuk. The mob decides to execute the traitor, who escaped to Odesa, USSR, and organized his own bootleg business there. The hitman, Pollack, arrives in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliusz Machulski
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Galina Petrova  •  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Wojciech Wysocki

The Prohibition years. Chicago bootleggers suffer losses due to their betrayal by one Mick Nich - Mikita Nichiporuk. The mob decides to execute the traitor, who escaped to Odesa, USSR, and organized his own bootleg business there. The hitman, Pollack, arrives in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliusz Machulski
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Galina Petrova  •  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Wojciech Wysocki

Back in the USSR (1992)

During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Frank Whaley  •  Natalya Negoda  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrew Divoff

During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Frank Whaley  •  Natalya Negoda  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrew Divoff

Soldiers (1956)

Set in Russia during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. The war is shown through the eyes of simple soldiers, who are dreaming about love and being loved in a peaceful life, which most of them will never have.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Ivanov
CAST:  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Tamara Loginova  •  Leonid Kmit  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Set in Russia during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. The war is shown through the eyes of simple soldiers, who are dreaming about love and being loved in a peaceful life, which most of them will never have.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Ivanov
CAST:  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Tamara Loginova  •  Leonid Kmit  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Anna Pavlova (1983)

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil Loteanu
CAST:  Galina Belyaeva  •  James Fox  •  Vsevolod Larionov  •  Sergey Shakurov

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emil Loteanu
CAST:  Galina Belyaeva  •  James Fox  •  Vsevolod Larionov  •  Sergey Shakurov

Silence (1964)

Screen adaptation of the novel by Yuri Bondarev. The demobilized Sergei Vokhmintsev returns to Moscow and enters the institute. Suddenly, according to the neighbor’s slanderous denunciation, his father is arrested — and Sergei, as the son of an “enemy of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov
CAST:  Georgiy Martynyuk  •  Vitaliy Konyaev  •  Larisa Luzhina  •  Natalya Velichko

Screen adaptation of the novel by Yuri Bondarev. The demobilized Sergei Vokhmintsev returns to Moscow and enters the institute. Suddenly, according to the neighbor’s slanderous denunciation, his father is arrested — and Sergei, as the son of an “enemy of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov
CAST:  Georgiy Martynyuk  •  Vitaliy Konyaev  •  Larisa Luzhina  •  Natalya Velichko

Spanish Version (1980)

Soviet spy works in Spain during the second half of Thirties. Based on Yulian Semyonov novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ēriks Lācis
CAST:  Janis Plesums  •  Mirdza Martinsone  •  Romualdas Ramanauskas  •  Vsevolod Safonov

Soviet spy works in Spain during the second half of Thirties. Based on Yulian Semyonov novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ēriks Lācis
CAST:  Janis Plesums  •  Mirdza Martinsone  •  Romualdas Ramanauskas  •  Vsevolod Safonov

Deer Hunting (1982)

Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves in the occupied territory in the area of operations of the Belarusian partisan detachment. To find the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Boretsky
CAST:  Aleksandr Yakovlev  •  Nikolay Grinko  •  Mihai Volontir  •  Vsevolod Safonov

Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves in the occupied territory in the area of operations of the Belarusian partisan detachment. To find the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Boretsky
CAST:  Aleksandr Yakovlev  •  Nikolay Grinko  •  Mihai Volontir  •  Vsevolod Safonov

Nezhnost K Revushemu Zveryu (1982)

По мотивам одноименного романа А. Бахвалова. В основе сюжета рассказ-интервью об испытаниях нового стратегического ракетаносца Ту-22K и Ту-22М2/М3 (по известным причинам в крупных планах вместо них в фильме снят менее секретный тогда Ту-134 УБЛ — учебно-боевая ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanislav Tretyakov  •  Vladimir Popkov
CAST:  Yuri Vizbor  •  Igor Ledogorov  •  Gennadi Shkuratov  •  Nikolai Denisov

По мотивам одноименного романа А. Бахвалова. В основе сюжета рассказ-интервью об испытаниях нового стратегического ракетаносца Ту-22K и Ту-22М2/М3 (по известным причинам в крупных планах вместо них в фильме снят менее секретный тогда Ту-134 УБЛ — учебно-боевая ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanislav Tretyakov  •  Vladimir Popkov
CAST:  Yuri Vizbor  •  Igor Ledogorov  •  Gennadi Shkuratov  •  Nikolai Denisov

Seven Screams Across the Sea (1986)

A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov
CAST:  Anatoliy Romashin  •  Vladimir Basov Jr.  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Venyamin Smekhov

A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov
CAST:  Anatoliy Romashin  •  Vladimir Basov Jr.  •  Vsevolod Safonov  •  Venyamin Smekhov
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