Valentin Gaft

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, ...

A night become real “fun” for a family with the visit from very strange person.

Monsieur Perrichon, a rich coachbuilder by profession, is an honest but vain member of the bourgeoisie who decides to take a pleasure trip in the ...

As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop looking for a job. However, the prospect of ...

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and ...

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she’s old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she ...

A savvy aeronautical engineer, unable to find a use for his talent in the design bureau, finds a job in a private workshop fixing ...

This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their ‘dons’ (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. ...

She’s not so young, not so pretty and has a weird name – but she still believes in founding her happiness.

The detective story is based on the search for Antonio Stradivari’s missing violin. This is one storyline of the film, but there is also a ...

A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell ...

A good tale about the inhabitants of a magical city who were shamelessly robbed by the villain Miraclus. He stole their smiles – sly, ...

The musical based on the famous “Puss in the Boots”.

Nothing like this has ever happened and could not happen in any of the airports. However, according to the authors of the film-parable, this ...

The young energetic Lyudmila Petrovna Nikitina, who worked as a milkmaid on the farm, decided to radically change her life. Settling the head of ...

The conceit is that Sherlock Holmes is, as in reality, a fictional creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that the place where his office would be ...

Prima-ballerina Elena Knyazeva prepares for her performance on the anniversary jubilee for the theater Swan Lake on the eve of her fiftieth ...

Vasily Muravin, 50, a teacher at the Moscow Institute of Management, is experiencing a crisis. At work, the place of the head of the department ...

In order to negotiate with West German financiers about the construction of the gas pipeline between Siberia and Western Europe, a delegation of ...

After Monsieur Lenoir commits a terrible crime, his family members gather together to discuss their damage control options.

This TV version of the world-famous play by William Shakespeare stands out for its unusual production design and mise-en-scene.

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov ...

A story about one of the big battles of WWII.

When vigilant Soviet customs officers find smuggled gold on a ship named Amur, they conduct an investigation to find the culprit and learn about ...

A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal.

The story about an enamored singing dog who isn’t thoroughbred – that’s a minus, but honorable – that’s a plus.

At a St. Petersburg boarding school, a new life began for the ten-year-old Alyosha, who was accustomed parental attention. Missing his home, ...

This is a story about Greek slave Esop, who contributed a lot to the world of literature, and about his silly owner, who had the power and money, ...