Vasiliy Vekshin

An omnibus of comical shorts.

In the near future, a friendly exploratory mission to Earth from the planet Zenturia crashes on Mars's moon Phobos, and cosmonauts from the USSR are sent to the difficult and dangerous rescue.

Khrystia, a peasant woman from a provincial village, decided to leave for the city in search of a better life. But, having not found there either a better life or happiness, she perishes ...

Maxim Mezhe, a new manager, came to Zagotskotkontora. His arrival was marked by gifts from some subordinates - sycophants and swindlers. But Maxim turned out to be incorruptible, and then the swindlers began a war against him with the help of anonyms and denunciations....

Young steelworker Fyodor Shebalin raises questions with his superiors about the organization of production and puts forward a number of proposals. The naive young man is ordered to work as he should. The young man does not give up and involves the factory's youth in his experiments...

It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Volodya Kozachenko, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police.

A heroic story about Soviet sailors fighting Nazis during WWII.

Alexei hadn’t seen his father since he divorced his mother. Before enrolling in the literary institute, the son decided to visit his father—and regretted the time he’d lost. At the time, his father flatly refused to understand him. Disheartened, Alexei left and didn’t enroll in the institute until his fourth year. Before starting his studies, the son came to visit his father again...

A new shipyard director arrives in the city. New orders began at the factory, but, unfortunately, the new leader had flaws: there was something unusually tough, callous in his attitude to people ...

The eternal “housing question” in Russia is taken on by Serafimov, a young and principled city council deputy, who is determined to help his constituents. In the end, he manages not only to secure a new building for the veterans of the brick factory—made from the very bricks they once produced—but also to have them all housed under one roof, so they wouldn’t feel the pain of separation after leaving their crowded communal apartments.

A boy decides to stay in sixth grade for another year in order not to be separated form the girl he's in love with.

A wealthy businessman tries to change his not so good sounding last name by marrying the heir of aristocratic family.

Stefan Saturday, having emigrated to America, wandered for fifteen years in search of work. Having saved up money, the hero acquired a small farm and, with the arrival of spring, came to his native village in Ukraine, where Christina had been waiting for him all these years. Much has changed in the life of Transcarpathia - and no matter how much Christina loved him, she refused to go with him.

Based on real events. Vyacheslav Tikhonov, in the first of his spy roles, portrays a scout in an operation to free an Odessa water plant from the Nazis.

A story about an armored train, number 56, and its actions during WWII.

The talented artist entered a seminary, but, disappointed in the clergy, found the strength to leave the Church.

Sergei Voronov comes to the floodplains of the Dniester to hunt. He is here for the first time, and he is recommended by the huntsman Vasiliy, nicknamed "Newlywed". In the evening, by the fire, the men started talking about wives. Voronov's cynical views cause a protest from Vasiliy. He wants to go home. With irony, Voronov agrees to let the "Newlywed" go until morning. When Vasiliy returns, Voronov is surprised to learn that the huntsman has been married for over ten years. Over the years, Vasiliy did not lose his youthful enthusiasm, falling in love with his wife. Therefore, his fellow villagers called him "The Newlywed".

A story about high school students whose holidays were overshadowed by the outbreak of war. Enrolling in the militia, they not only staunchly assist the Soviet troops in the rear, but are also ready to defend their native city with weapons in their hands.

Soon after the father leaves for the front, the mother dies - and the children are left alone. And then fourteen-year-old Lyubasha takes care of her younger brothers and sisters.

A Soviet scientist creates a brilliant robot. This is a boy who is able to solve any mathematical problems, he writes the best essays and sings perfectly! And he is also an exact copy of schoolboy Seryozha Syroezhkin. A clever boy quickly shifts all his duties to an electronic double. He does his homework for him, goes to school and does household chores that his parents entrust to Syroezhkin...

In turbulent times for France and herself, the first minister of the Kingdom of France, Cardinal Mazarin, asked Queen Anne of Austria to give him the names of four friends who successfully helped her in the fight against Cardinal Richelieu. Under pressure from Mazarin, Queen Anne calls the name D'Artagnan, lieutenant of the royal musketeers. Mazarin calls D'Artagnan and orders him to find Athos, Porthos and Aramis in order to attract them to his service...