Boris Galanter

Several short stories in the spirit of classic neorealism of the 60s about people and cities.

Rodion Shchedrin's ballet based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov, staged by the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. The inimitable Maya Plisetskaya in the on-screen version of the theatrical ballet, which is an original production, solved by means of a television movie.

A film about outstanding athletes of the USSR.

In the center of the plot is the record holder of bench shooting, three-time world champion Yu.F.Tsuranov.

Musical fantasy on the themes of Russian folk nursery rhymes and songs.

The film tells a story of Kosynka, a pregnant mare, and her owner, a battered old man. Kosynka leads the “horse walker,” designed to train young horse to walk steadily and at a pace. Set to a soundtrack of Bach and Russian folk music, this film is another example of a parable-like narrative, which became more popular in Soviet documentary in the early 1970s.

A biographical film about the life and work of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

A television film based on vaudeville and early short stories by Anton Chekhov, "The Proposal", "The Wedding", "The Anniversary", etc. The scene is a provincial ball.

Civil aviation pilots undergo a medical examination. They are no longer young, some have gray hair, and doctors decide who will stay in aviation and who should retire. Those of the pilots who, according to the decision of the commission, can no longer fly an airplane, enter into disputes with doctors and demand that they be allowed to continue their business on any possible terms.

The second part of a trilogy of films based on Pushkin's drawings, poems and letters.

The film illustrates individual episodes showing the life of Alexander Pushkin. The script is based on the testimonies of contemporaries, as well as on poems, drawings, and letters of the poet.

A simple story about the creative crisis of a group of circus clowns who, after great success, are forgotten and recall the past, living in an old attic.