At the Sword's Edge

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.

The Chernomorsk city is preparing to hold a holiday of laughter. Come here popular actors of theatre and cinema. Local cultural activist Alex Muromtsev brings guests into a luxurious country house that was once the dacha of Stalin, and has no idea that Stalin was already waiting in the chambers…

Dasha is thirty, disappointed in men, and wants to bring a child into the world from a very handsome guy with good genes. During the searches, Dasha meets a good fellow, a tv repair specialist. He falls in love with Dasha, but it seems that he does not fully conform to her requirements, so she goes on with her odyssey.

A funny story about four young men who are starting a band.

Post-revolutionary Odessa. A high school boy dreaming of a career as Sherlock Holmes joins the law enforcement agencies and quickly matures, encountering the brutal cynicism of criminals and examples of courage and self-sacrifice from his comrades.

The prince kidnaps the beautiful bride of the blacksmith Masheka. Masheka and his squad are trying to to take revenge.

It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.

The film is set in the United States in the early 20th century. Andy Tucker and Jefferson Peters are noble crooks. They do not engage in violent theft of valuables from citizens. Jeff's principle is to always give something in return for the money received, "be it a fake gold medallion, garden flower seeds, ointment for a gunshot wound, stock certificates, flea powder, or at least a slap." They devise scams to earn money and fulfill their dreams. Andy Tucker wants to open a library, and Jeff Peters wants to return to his home state of Utah and meet his first love.

A witty comedy, that has fun and philosophy in one. Inspired by short stories of O`Henry.

A young worker, Kukushkin, falls in love with the innkeeper's daughter and asks for her hand in marriage. Having been refused, Kukushkin begins to practice throwing rings. The day comes when the lover wins all the property of a nepman and becomes a wealthy fiancé for his beloved.

By chance the main character of the picture becomes invisible. This curiosity causes a chain of eccentric events that allow the authors to ridicule in a grotesque form such enduring vices as bureaucratism, swagger, careerism and familialism. Based on satirical works by I. Ilf and E. Petrov.

The first love of the young heroine of the film remains unrequited. An adult married man, a friend of her parents, does not believe that he has the right to respond to this feeling. They will meet in a few years other people — and broke out with a new force of love will turn their lives. They do not yet know that they will be separated again. However, their souls are destined to stay together forever…

During another attempt to build socialism in a single African country, a detachment of Soviet paratroopers rescues a black boy and takes him to the USSR. The Soviet Union collapsed, and the child grew up in an orphanage, knowing nothing of his origins. But before he left for the army, fate brings him down with a sweet girl who dreams of a musical career. It is through it is the key to unraveling the mystery of the birth of a black handsome man - a mystery of international significance!

In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odesa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.

A mischievous and cheerful employee of the textile mill, Dinka Balashova, becomes a true gift of fate for the commandant of the best women's dormitory in the region, Viktor Pavlovich, a strict guardian of instructions, schedules and schedules...