The Great Samoyed

Follows the present and past, and in a surreal environment where the motifs of Kazakov’s stories intersect. The hero can easily meet with Stalin or drink vodka with a homeless person in the basement.

A story of a little boy nicknamed Travka who got lost for a whole day.

A movie novel about academician Kostromin, whose prototype was Ukrainian scientist V. I. Vernadsky (1863-1945).

This little-seen and little-discussed film combines animation with self-reflexive, live action segments to embody the anarchic, satiric spirit of the poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). The film also showcases Sergei Yuktevich's fondness for formal experimentation. It is nominally adapted from Mayakovsky's play "The Bedbug" and his screenplay "Forget All About the Fireplace."

The action takes place in our time: an exciting criminal intrigue unfolds in one of the major regional cities. In the center of it is the investigator of the prosecutor's office Paphnutiev, forced by the nature of his service to face not only the criminal elements of the city, but also the entire official city leadership.