Leonid Bakshtayev

The Commissars (1971)

This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of Ukrainian liberation struggle and the occupation of the country by invading Bolshevik hordes. The Bolsheviks are good guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykola Mashchenko
CAST:  Kostiantyn Stepankov  •  Ivan Mykolaichuk  •  Fedir Panasenko  •  Boryslav Brondukov

This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of Ukrainian liberation struggle and the occupation of the country by invading Bolshevik hordes. The Bolsheviks are good guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykola Mashchenko
CAST:  Kostiantyn Stepankov  •  Ivan Mykolaichuk  •  Fedir Panasenko  •  Boryslav Brondukov

The Unforgettable (1967)

About hardships of the first years of War, which fell to the lot of ordinary people in Ukraine, who got under the yoke of fascist occupation, and heroic struggle against the invaders. A young Russian woman asks a Red Army soldier to spend the night with her in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Solntseva
CAST:  Yevhen Bondarenko  •  Yuri Fisenko  •  Irina Korotkova  •  Jānis Melderis

About hardships of the first years of War, which fell to the lot of ordinary people in Ukraine, who got under the yoke of fascist occupation, and heroic struggle against the invaders. A young Russian woman asks a Red Army soldier to spend the night with her in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Solntseva
CAST:  Yevhen Bondarenko  •  Yuri Fisenko  •  Irina Korotkova  •  Jānis Melderis

The White Bird Marked with Black (1972)

A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yurii Illienko
CAST:  Ivan Mykolaichuk  •  Yurii Mykolaichuk  •  Alexandr Plotnikov  •  Larysa Kadochnykova

A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yurii Illienko
CAST:  Ivan Mykolaichuk  •  Yurii Mykolaichuk  •  Alexandr Plotnikov  •  Larysa Kadochnykova

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... (1976)

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonid Bykov
CAST:  Leonid Bykov  •  Vladimir Konkin  •  Nikolay Grinko  •  Yelena Shanina

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonid Bykov
CAST:  Leonid Bykov  •  Vladimir Konkin  •  Nikolay Grinko  •  Yelena Shanina

The Orion Loop (1980)

A strange phenomenon has been noticed on the outskirts of our Solar system that quickly approaches the Earth. It's called "Orion's Loop." A spaceship with a crew of people and androids identical to them is sent to intercept the anomaly. But strange events start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasili Levin
CAST:  Leonid Bakshtayev  •  Gennadi Shkuratov  •  Anatoli Mateshko  •  Vitaliy Doroshenko

A strange phenomenon has been noticed on the outskirts of our Solar system that quickly approaches the Earth. It's called "Orion's Loop." A spaceship with a crew of people and androids identical to them is sent to intercept the anomaly. But strange events start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasili Levin
CAST:  Leonid Bakshtayev  •  Gennadi Shkuratov  •  Anatoli Mateshko  •  Vitaliy Doroshenko

Tethered to the Runway (1989)

When a man cannot get a health certificate from a veterinary, he leaves his dog at the airport. Abandoned, the dog waits for her master, hoping to meet him off of every plane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volodymyr Khmelnytskyi
CAST:  Tatyana Nazarova  •  Kostiantyn Shaforenko  •  Gennadi Bolotov  •  Elena Ilyenko

When a man cannot get a health certificate from a veterinary, he leaves his dog at the airport. Abandoned, the dog waits for her master, hoping to meet him off of every plane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volodymyr Khmelnytskyi
CAST:  Tatyana Nazarova  •  Kostiantyn Shaforenko  •  Gennadi Bolotov  •  Elena Ilyenko

Niagara (1991)

The main character works as a model and like many women who are related to art, she is keen with struggle for the women rights and other trends. But those are just attempts to compensate the lack of the personal life. However, fate gives her the chance and sends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Vizyr
CAST:  Evdokiya Germanova  •  Yurii Yevsiukov  •  Ernst Romanov  •  Marina Sakharova

The main character works as a model and like many women who are related to art, she is keen with struggle for the women rights and other trends. But those are just attempts to compensate the lack of the personal life. However, fate gives her the chance and sends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Vizyr
CAST:  Evdokiya Germanova  •  Yurii Yevsiukov  •  Ernst Romanov  •  Marina Sakharova

Assassination: An October Murder in Munich (1995)

The film covers the period from 1947, when UPA troops broke with fights abroad, and to autumn of 1959, when in Munich KGB agent Bohdan Stashynskyi killed Stepan Bandera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oles Yanchuk
CAST:  Leonid Bakshtayev  •  Mykola Boklan  •  Valerii Lehin  •  Marina Mogilevskaya

The film covers the period from 1947, when UPA troops broke with fights abroad, and to autumn of 1959, when in Munich KGB agent Bohdan Stashynskyi killed Stepan Bandera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oles Yanchuk
CAST:  Leonid Bakshtayev  •  Mykola Boklan  •  Valerii Lehin  •  Marina Mogilevskaya

I'm Going To You (1970)

The main motive of the film - a tragic love of Lesya Ukrainka to Marxist revolutionary Sergei Merzhinskiy. The film is about the poetess' trip to her beloved, in the literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykola Mashchenko
CAST:  Alla Demidova  •  Nikolay Olyalin  •  Olga Mateshko  •  Klara Luchko

The main motive of the film - a tragic love of Lesya Ukrainka to Marxist revolutionary Sergei Merzhinskiy. The film is about the poetess' trip to her beloved, in the literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykola Mashchenko
CAST:  Alla Demidova  •  Nikolay Olyalin  •  Olga Mateshko  •  Klara Luchko

Nina (1971)

There is a war. In occupied Ukraine, the fascists fiercely suppress any centers of resistance among the civilian population, but now young people are joining the fight against the invaders. In the town of Malin, Zhytomyr Region, Nina Sosnina and her friends create ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexey Shvachko  •  Vitaly Kondratov
CAST:  Irina Zavadskaya  •  Valeri Zubarev  •  Ivan Dmitriev  •  Leonid Bakshtayev

There is a war. In occupied Ukraine, the fascists fiercely suppress any centers of resistance among the civilian population, but now young people are joining the fight against the invaders. In the town of Malin, Zhytomyr Region, Nina Sosnina and her friends create ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexey Shvachko  •  Vitaly Kondratov
CAST:  Irina Zavadskaya  •  Valeri Zubarev  •  Ivan Dmitriev  •  Leonid Bakshtayev

Wedding (1973)

Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radomir Šaranović
CAST:  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Vladimir Popović  •  Zurab Kapianidze  •  Valentin Nikulin

Beginning in 1943. year. The tragic story of the prisoners... partisans and others who were found in a prison in Montenegro at the time when the Chetniks and the occupiers at all costs they want to crush the uprising in Yugoslavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radomir Šaranović
CAST:  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Vladimir Popović  •  Zurab Kapianidze  •  Valentin Nikulin

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DIRECTION:  Yevhen Khrynyuk
CAST:  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Les Serdyuk  •  Aleksandr Yanvaryov  •  Valeriy Nosik

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DIRECTION:  Isaak Shmaruk
CAST:  Yuri Fisenko  •  Boris Saburov  •  Efim Kopelyan  •  Leonid Bakshtayev

Zapysky Kyrpatoho Mefistofelia (1994)

The film takes place in 1905. The main character is a lawyer Mykhalyuk, a social revolutionary, an intellectual. He is the bearer of destructive power aimed at loved ones. Peace of mind leaves everyone who falls under its influence. He tries to compensate for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Lyashenko
CAST:  Albina Sotnykova  •  Serhii Romaniuk  •  Olga Sumskaya  •  Leonid Bakshtayev

The film takes place in 1905. The main character is a lawyer Mykhalyuk, a social revolutionary, an intellectual. He is the bearer of destructive power aimed at loved ones. Peace of mind leaves everyone who falls under its influence. He tries to compensate for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Lyashenko
CAST:  Albina Sotnykova  •  Serhii Romaniuk  •  Olga Sumskaya  •  Leonid Bakshtayev