Villen Novak

The Wilderness (1991)

An adaptation of Jesus' life, the film mixes real and imaginary characters, biblical and historical references, to present two worlds condemned to coexist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kats
CAST:  Aleksandr Stanilov  •  Mais Sarkisyan  •  Sergey Russkin  •  Ihor Starykov

An adaptation of Jesus' life, the film mixes real and imaginary characters, biblical and historical references, to present two worlds condemned to coexist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kats
CAST:  Aleksandr Stanilov  •  Mais Sarkisyan  •  Sergey Russkin  •  Ihor Starykov

Soul (1981)

A famous singer is going through the dark period of her life...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Stefanovich
CAST:  Sofiya Rotaru  •  Rolan Bykov  •  Mikhail Boyarskiy  •  Ivars Kalniņš

A famous singer is going through the dark period of her life...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Stefanovich
CAST:  Sofiya Rotaru  •  Rolan Bykov  •  Mikhail Boyarskiy  •  Ivars Kalniņš

Вторжение (1980)

They fell in love and got married - border guard Pavel Glazkov and medical school student Liza. And now he must return to his duty station. They are sure that the separation will be short-lived. And in the morning the war began ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Natalya Vavilova  •  Viktor Fokin  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Marina Troshina

They fell in love and got married - border guard Pavel Glazkov and medical school student Liza. And now he must return to his duty station. They are sure that the separation will be short-lived. And in the morning the war began ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Natalya Vavilova  •  Viktor Fokin  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Marina Troshina

Gu-Ga (1989)

A story about the soldiers of Soviet punishment battalion during WWII. Month of service in a punishment battalion was equated to ten years in prison...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Aleksei Volkov  •  Oleksiy Horbunov  •  Andrei Tolubeyev  •  Vera Sotnikova

A story about the soldiers of Soviet punishment battalion during WWII. Month of service in a punishment battalion was equated to ten years in prison...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Aleksei Volkov  •  Oleksiy Horbunov  •  Andrei Tolubeyev  •  Vera Sotnikova

Wild Love (1993)

A dramatic love triangle between young boy and two girls from different worlds: cute American schoolgirl and painful, loveless student in Soviet boarding school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Vladimir Shchegolkov  •  Kseniya Kachalina  •  Kseniya Bogolepova  •  Larisa Udovichenko

A dramatic love triangle between young boy and two girls from different worlds: cute American schoolgirl and painful, loveless student in Soviet boarding school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Vladimir Shchegolkov  •  Kseniya Kachalina  •  Kseniya Bogolepova  •  Larisa Udovichenko

The Princess and the Beans (1997)

A wealthy businessman tries to change his not so good sounding last name by marrying the heir of aristocratic family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Elena Safonova  •  Sergey Zhigunov  •  Aleksandra Nazarova  •  Vladimir Konkin

A wealthy businessman tries to change his not so good sounding last name by marrying the heir of aristocratic family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Elena Safonova  •  Sergey Zhigunov  •  Aleksandra Nazarova  •  Vladimir Konkin

Red Diplomatic Couriers (1977)

Soviet spies are delivering top-secret mail to Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Igor Starygin  •  Natalya Vavilova  •  Leonid Nevedomsky  •  Ernst Romanov

Soviet spies are delivering top-secret mail to Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Igor Starygin  •  Natalya Vavilova  •  Leonid Nevedomsky  •  Ernst Romanov

Камертон (1979)

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DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Yelena Shanina  •  Boris Saburov  •  Andrei Tashkov  •  Irina Korytnikova

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DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Yelena Shanina  •  Boris Saburov  •  Andrei Tashkov  •  Irina Korytnikova

Why I'm Alive (2021)

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Viktor Zhdanov  •  Artem Wilbik  •  Maksym Horay  •  Iryna Melnyk

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Viktor Zhdanov  •  Artem Wilbik  •  Maksym Horay  •  Iryna Melnyk

Ring (1973)

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DIRECTION:  Villen Novak
CAST:  Zhanna Prokhorenko  •  Nikolay Olyalin  •  Igor Gorbachyov  •  Oleg Kulikovich