Vladimir Bortko

Afghan Breakdown (1991)

During the main withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a company of hardened paratroopers under the command of Major Bandura are joined by Steklov, the son of a high-ranking officer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Mikhail Zhigalov  •  Filipp Yankovsky

During the main withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a company of hardened paratroopers under the command of Major Bandura are joined by Steklov, the son of a high-ranking officer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Mikhail Zhigalov  •  Filipp Yankovsky

The circus burned down and the clowns scattered (1998)

A film director Nikolai Khudokormov is on the brink of his 50th anniversary. He has the whole life rich in events under his belt: creative quests, several marriages and children. Now he has to live with an old insane Mother and seems to be indifferent to what is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Zinaida Sharko  •  Tanya Yu  •  Nina Ruslanova

A film director Nikolai Khudokormov is on the brink of his 50th anniversary. He has the whole life rich in events under his belt: creative quests, several marriages and children. Now he has to live with an old insane Mother and seems to be indifferent to what is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Zinaida Sharko  •  Tanya Yu  •  Nina Ruslanova

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba (2009)

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Magdalena Mielcarz  •  Bohdan Stupka  •  Vladimir Vdovichenkov  •  Igor Petrenko

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Magdalena Mielcarz  •  Bohdan Stupka  •  Vladimir Vdovichenkov  •  Igor Petrenko

Heart of a Dog (1988)

Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human's hypophysis into a dog's brain. A couple of weeks later, the dog became "human looking". The main question is "Is anybody who is looking like a man, A REAL MAN?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Evgeniy Evstigneev  •  Boris Plotnikov  •  Vladimir Tolokonnikov  •  Roman Kartsev

Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human's hypophysis into a dog's brain. A couple of weeks later, the dog became "human looking". The main question is "Is anybody who is looking like a man, A REAL MAN?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Evgeniy Evstigneev  •  Boris Plotnikov  •  Vladimir Tolokonnikov  •  Roman Kartsev

About Love (2017)

Beautiful Nina lives happily married, as she saw it, with intelligent Alexandr, professor of Sinology. But the debt for the mortgage begins to disturb the relationship of spouses. One day she meets Sergey, the head of the bank where her husband has debt, and so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Aleksey Chadov  •  Dmitriy Pevtsov  •  Aleksandr Lykov

Beautiful Nina lives happily married, as she saw it, with intelligent Alexandr, professor of Sinology. But the debt for the mortgage begins to disturb the relationship of spouses. One day she meets Sergey, the head of the bank where her husband has debt, and so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Aleksey Chadov  •  Dmitriy Pevtsov  •  Aleksandr Lykov

The Blonde Around the Corner (1983)

An unemployed astrophysicist finds a job of a docker at a grocery store, where he falls in love with a street-wise saleswoman in the produce department. But the groom runs away at the wedding reception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Andrey Mironov  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Yevgeniya Khanayeva

An unemployed astrophysicist finds a job of a docker at a grocery store, where he falls in love with a street-wise saleswoman in the produce department. But the groom runs away at the wedding reception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Andrey Mironov  •  Tatyana Dogileva  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Yevgeniya Khanayeva

Without Family (1984)

A story about an orphan boy, abandoned by his family. He was raised by his kind adopted mother, and was sold by his adopted father in hardship to a traveling man who eventually, became his teacher and a father-figure. With his teacher, he learned to play music and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Aleksandr Vasilyev  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Zinoviy Gerdt  •  Sos Sargsyan

A story about an orphan boy, abandoned by his family. He was raised by his kind adopted mother, and was sold by his adopted father in hardship to a traveling man who eventually, became his teacher and a father-figure. With his teacher, he learned to play music and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Aleksandr Vasilyev  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Zinoviy Gerdt  •  Sos Sargsyan

Having Lied Once... (1988)

Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Elena Popova  •  Yuri Belyayev  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Irina Skobtseva

Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bortko
CAST:  Elena Popova  •  Yuri Belyayev  •  Yelena Solovey  •  Irina Skobtseva