Sergei Karnovich-Valua

October Days

Historical drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary.

A Star In The Night

Ahmad Donish, a scholar and educator, an outstanding Tajik writer and thinker of the 19th century, envoy of the Bukhara Emirate to Russia, who did much to bring the Russian and Tajik peoples closer together and to introduce progressive democratic ideas to Central Asia—the authors dedicate this film to him.

Koriolan

The noble patrician Gaius Marcius became famous for his military exploits and victories over the enemies of the Romans, the Volscians. However, his hatred of the plebeians and thirst for power led to Coriolanus being condemned to eternal exile from Rome. Then he decided to betray his homeland and take command of the Volscian army.

Nose

A fantasy about an official whose nose has escaped.

One-Two… And King Me!

Based on the pamphlet "They Don't Talk About It" by Finnish writer Martti Lärni.

Iriston's Son

After getting expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for his free-thinking ideas, young artist Kosta Khetagurov returns to his homeland of Iriston, known in Russian as Ossetia. Despite financial troubles and governmental persecution, he tirelessly advocates for the Ossetian people while honing his craft as a poet, playwright, and artist.

Boys

Two stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first years after WWII.

First Trials

The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

October Days

Historical drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary.

A Star In The Night

Ahmad Donish, a scholar and educator, an outstanding Tajik writer and thinker of the 19th century, envoy of the Bukhara Emirate to Russia, who did much to bring the Russian and Tajik peoples closer together and to introduce progressive democratic ideas to Central Asia—the authors dedicate this film to him.

Koriolan

The noble patrician Gaius Marcius became famous for his military exploits and victories over the enemies of the Romans, the Volscians. However, his hatred of the plebeians and thirst for power led to Coriolanus being condemned to eternal exile from Rome. Then he decided to betray his homeland and take command of the Volscian army.

Nose

A fantasy about an official whose nose has escaped.

One-Two… And King Me!

Based on the pamphlet "They Don't Talk About It" by Finnish writer Martti Lärni.

Iriston's Son

After getting expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for his free-thinking ideas, young artist Kosta Khetagurov returns to his homeland of Iriston, known in Russian as Ossetia. Despite financial troubles and governmental persecution, he tirelessly advocates for the Ossetian people while honing his craft as a poet, playwright, and artist.

Boys

Two stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first years after WWII.

First Trials

The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

The Turning Point

The film tells the story of those who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, which became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War. For five months, the city resisted the Nazi offensive. Surrendering Stalingrad to the enemy would have meant losing the war, but holding on to the city seemed almost impossible.

You!

The teleplay was based on V. Mayakovsky’s poems “You!”, “Listen!”, “Conversation with Comrade Lenin” and other works of the poet.

Lyubov Yarovaya

A performance by the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.

General and Daisies

A simple Polish man, Władek Lekowski, a former pilot, finds himself in exile after World War II due to a ridiculous accident. Poor and without a job or shelter, he sleeps on the beach. There, he meets and falls in love with Zosia, another Polish emigrant. Determined to get Zosia out of the bar where she works, performing “a little acrobatics and a little undressing,” Władek embarks on a mysterious mission as part of an airplane crew. During the flight, it becomes clear that he has fallen into the hands of militarists and the plane is supposed to drop a bomb on the Soviet Union. Realising that the fate of World War III now rests in his hands, Władek is forced to confront his own actions and the consequences of his choices.

Three Fat Men

A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are aided by the kind Dr. Gaspar and the brave acrobat girl Suok, who has to pretend to be a doll to sneak into the palace and free Prospero.

The Green Carriage

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.

The Death of Vazir Mukhtar

A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran.

Tracer Element

KGB agents are organizing the disinformation campaign for a western spy.

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination. When Rasputin, known to many as the 'Mad Monk', leads Nicholas to embrace an ill-conceived military strategy, a group of determined conspirators set down a plan to eliminate him.

The Gadfly

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...

Unfinished Story

The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She is lonely, although she is cared for by a confident and promising colleague. Yelizaveta Maksimovna has one patient, a manly, full-energy ship builder Yershov, chained to the bed with a paralysis of both legs. All doctors recommend him rest, and Elizaveta Maksimovna advises to work and not feel sorry for herself. Yershov with all his heart falls in love with his doctor, and she loves him, but she does not dare to say her feelings. Ershov thinks that he has no hopes, but...

31st Dept.

The Commissioner of Police has been tasked with conducting an investigation into the threat of a terrorist attack in the building of the press concern. During the investigation, he learns about the existence of the 31st department, created by the management of the concern with the aim of eliminating the opposition press.

The Garnet Bracelet

The story of a sublime unrequited love of a petty official for a young socialite.

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom

A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.

Fear and Despair in the Third Empire

Chronicle dramatic scenes of Germany under the rule of fascism.

The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!

About the trial of the October Revolution, which was organized in 1919 by the US Senate.

Open Book