Anatoly Khropov

Ghoul (1997)

A Russian town is terrorized by a monstrous vampire, named Upyr. Upyr turns everyone into a slave, then kills. Even the Russian Mafia boss is killed, and others are in fear, because Upyr cannot be killed by a bullet. Only one fearless man brings hope to people. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Vinokurov
CAST:  Aleksey Serebryakov  •  Igor Shibanov  •  Nikolay Lavrov  •  Sergey Russkin

A Russian town is terrorized by a monstrous vampire, named Upyr. Upyr turns everyone into a slave, then kills. Even the Russian Mafia boss is killed, and others are in fear, because Upyr cannot be killed by a bullet. Only one fearless man brings hope to people. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Vinokurov
CAST:  Aleksey Serebryakov  •  Igor Shibanov  •  Nikolay Lavrov  •  Sergey Russkin

State of Emergency (2012)

The action of the film takes place in a small provincial town and is divided into four short stories connected with each other by storylines.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vsevolod Benigsen
CAST:  Vladislav Dunaev  •  Anatoly Khropov  •  Semyon Treskunov  •  Artem Manukian

The action of the film takes place in a small provincial town and is divided into four short stories connected with each other by storylines.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vsevolod Benigsen
CAST:  Vladislav Dunaev  •  Anatoly Khropov  •  Semyon Treskunov  •  Artem Manukian

Russian Symphony (1994)

The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantin Lopushansky
CAST:  Viktor Mikhaylov  •  Anatoly Khropov  •  Anna Aleksakhina  •  Andrey Krasko

The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantin Lopushansky
CAST:  Viktor Mikhaylov  •  Anatoly Khropov  •  Anna Aleksakhina  •  Andrey Krasko

The Icebreaker (2016)

The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolay Khomeriki
CAST:  Pyotr Fyodorov  •  Sergey Puskepalis  •  Anna Mikhalkova  •  Olga Smirnova

The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolay Khomeriki
CAST:  Pyotr Fyodorov  •  Sergey Puskepalis  •  Anna Mikhalkova  •  Olga Smirnova

Bullet Collector (2012)

A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the injustices of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ruslan Nazarenko  •  Alexandr Userdin  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Pyotr Ivanov

A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the injustices of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ruslan Nazarenko  •  Alexandr Userdin  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Pyotr Ivanov

Agitprop Team 'Kill the enemy!' (2007)

World War II is raging on the Eastern front but the soldier Nikanor has been sent to Siberia: bot as a prisoner, but as the leader of a motley group of entertainers who travel from village to village giving concerts. Still, Big Brother is watching and when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vitali Melnikov
CAST:  Viktor Sukhorukov  •  Kirill Pirogov  •  Natalya Tkachenko  •  Oksana Mysina

World War II is raging on the Eastern front but the soldier Nikanor has been sent to Siberia: bot as a prisoner, but as the leader of a motley group of entertainers who travel from village to village giving concerts. Still, Big Brother is watching and when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vitali Melnikov
CAST:  Viktor Sukhorukov  •  Kirill Pirogov  •  Natalya Tkachenko  •  Oksana Mysina

Blueberry Fields (2016)

After a chance meeting with a girl, a nameless boy becomes her lover and guardian angel. Together they avenge the girl’s rape, fleeing into the woods in an attempt to escape the modern world and civilization. They commit more crimes, killing encountered people at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ekaterina Steblina  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Arthur Beschastny  •  Anatoly Khropov

After a chance meeting with a girl, a nameless boy becomes her lover and guardian angel. Together they avenge the girl’s rape, fleeing into the woods in an attempt to escape the modern world and civilization. They commit more crimes, killing encountered people at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ekaterina Steblina  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Arthur Beschastny  •  Anatoly Khropov

Moscow Never Sleeps (2017)

The volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny O'Reilly
CAST:  Mikhail Efremov  •  Alena Babenko  •  Aleksey Serebryakov  •  Viktor Verzhbitskiy

The volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny O'Reilly
CAST:  Mikhail Efremov  •  Alena Babenko  •  Aleksey Serebryakov  •  Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Shizofreniya (1997)

Видный государственный деятель заказывает спецслужбам убийство некоего банкира, собирающегося баллотироваться в президенты. Идеальный киллер должен быть вынут из зоны, где сидит за убийство, и должен молчать. Голубчик отбывает 15 лет за случайную смерть пьяного ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Sergeev
CAST:  Armen Dzhigarkhanyan  •  Aleksandr Abdulov  •  Nikolay Trofimov  •  Kirill Lavrov

Видный государственный деятель заказывает спецслужбам убийство некоего банкира, собирающегося баллотироваться в президенты. Идеальный киллер должен быть вынут из зоны, где сидит за убийство, и должен молчать. Голубчик отбывает 15 лет за случайную смерть пьяного ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Sergeev
CAST:  Armen Dzhigarkhanyan  •  Aleksandr Abdulov  •  Nikolay Trofimov  •  Kirill Lavrov

Mama — Saint Sebastian (2016)

Mother is eighty, Seva - sixty.That's the whole family right there. Seva spent his life looking after his mother. While he was at her beck and call, he barely had any time for himself and ended up childless with no soul to turn to. The inevitable happens - mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mercury
CAST:  Anatoly Goryachev  •  Svetlana Kireeva  •  Sergey Yushkevich  •  Antonina Vvedenskaya

Mother is eighty, Seva - sixty.That's the whole family right there. Seva spent his life looking after his mother. While he was at her beck and call, he barely had any time for himself and ended up childless with no soul to turn to. The inevitable happens - mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mercury
CAST:  Anatoly Goryachev  •  Svetlana Kireeva  •  Sergey Yushkevich  •  Antonina Vvedenskaya