Anatoli Zhuravlyov

Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill ...  (more)

The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living ...  (more)

A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is ...  (more)

A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.  (more)

In Russia, there has long been a society of billiards, whose members are scattered throughout the country. Many of them have long become millionaires. And they should thank the old school teachers for this. Most of these old people live starving and lonely. In ...  (more)

Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and numerous mercenaries and clandestine agents tries to steal a new Russian stealth fighter. Murdock is foiled by the ...  (more)

Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed. There is one minor detail: the only problem-solving technique they are familiar with is a shot in the head.  (more)

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A single mother Vera Volina has an adult daughter. Masha is 15 years old, and she is of interest to men. Mother is aware of this, that's why she is jealous of her young lover Sergei. On the background of prolonged stress Vera develops delusions that somebody wants ...  (more)

Konservy (2007) (Tins, Russian: Консервы) is a film about a journalist who possesses information on uranium sales and is set up by his enemies and sent to prison. Initially the film was planned as a political thriller, but along the way it gained features of action ...  (more)

Autobiographical movie about soviet prison camp GULAG  (more)

The film tells about the engineer Gorelikov, who, together with his disabled friend, opens a salon with computers for children and students. And suddenly they are attacked by a gang of racketeers.  (more)

Two friends leave the police, thereby expressing their protest against the corruption of the authorities. Realizing that law enforcement agencies are inactive in the fight against the mafia, they decide to act independently. Unfortunately, the forces are not equal, ...  (more)

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This charming comedy tracks the lives of several romantic pairs through trials and tribulations. The main focus of the story is a young soldier with a good heart but little ambition and his fiancée, who feels torn when a charming and sophisticated intellectual ...  (more)

Three astronauts (two Russians and American) find a very Soviet-alike small town on the fourth planet from Sun.  (more)

The actor of the provincial puppet theater comes to try his luck in Leningrad. He stops at his longtime friend - an imitation actor and a big joker. Willingly leaving a friend in his apartment for the night, a friend invites a “call girl” for the guest.  (more)

Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema.  (more)

A young girl wants to rob her mother's bank in order to have her to leave work and come home for a New Year Eve.  (more)

The sea, August, interesting and simple people. They tan, swim, play volleyball, basketball, drink, dance and then find someone to spend the night with. Many grew out of their student phase and can afford a more comfortable holiday but when July comes they grab a ...  (more)