Vladimir Legoshin

Since director Sergei Yutkevich was a longtime lover of American slapstick, his first films were imbued with a playfulness and cheeriness not typical of Russian cinema. And Kruzheva is a good example of that as he illustrates the friendly rivalries between the youths on village in both a very rough and clowning way.

The Great Patriotic War is over, but Major Sorokin and Colonel Dobrygin still have a lot to do for their homeland. They must go to West Germany in order to find and return the children who were taken out of the Soviet Union by the Nazis and are now kept in atrocious conditions under the supervision of British intelligence. Former allies want to grow real spies out of their children.

The Second World War. A new L-2 heavy duty gun is being supplied to the Soviet Army. German intelligence needs to seize a new secret weapon.

The fate of a simple railroad machinist Gavrilov, who under the influence of the events of the Civil War finds his place in the new era.

Two young boys strive to save the life of an officer trapped by the White Russians. Their efforts are both comic and dramatic

A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.

Soviet documentary film, widely regarded as the first Soviet sound film. The film's soundtrack was composed by Arseny Avraamov, who also acted as sound designer and sound editor.