Anna Aleksakhina

A young German, Werner Müller, turns out to be a volunteer in the neurological department of an ordinary St. Petersburg hospital. A foreigner, overwhelmed by the impulse to help all the sick and needy, has a long and eventful day ahead of him. Every now and then, finding himself in comical situations and making his way through misunderstandings, the volunteer discovers all the facets of the Russian national character.

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To save his classmate Lisa, the fragile, dreamy Lesha commits a crime - he steals her mother’s talisman, a brooch in the shape of a dragonfly, in order to sell it and buy Lisa a ticket to her mother, who married abroad, after which Lisa stopped growing altogether. Lesha goes through all the torments of punishment, changes, and as a result, both he and all his friends who participated in Operation Mukhadrakon have their most cherished dreams come true.

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Thoracic surgeon Evgenia Belyaeva has one month to prepare for a flight to the International Space Station, where she must operate on a crew member. Will she be up for the challenge? Can she overcome her fears and insecurities? Will she be able to perform the complicated surgery in zero gravity, and give the cosmonaut a chance to return to Earth alive?

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A story about twin brothers from a family of hereditary military sailors. Their father, a brave sea captain, dreams that his sons graduate from the legendary Nakhimov school and continue the family dynasty in the navy. However, the guys themselves do not think about the sea service at all. Like most teenagers today, all they want is fun and easy money. These desires lead the heroes to the gang of the local "leader" of youth, from which it will be extremely difficult for them to get out without the support of their native school.

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Parents lock their son at home for re-education. He is 38 years old. He is the mayor.

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The case brings two older women together. Lonely and embittered by the whole world, Zhenya is forced to unite with the eccentric and good-natured Mila in order to get out of the circumstances in which they found themselves thanks to a chance acquaintance with two young frivolous neighbors.

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The film is an attempt to recreate the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. We are not exploiting Chagall's images, but are attempting to create a dramatized projection of his creativity onto the movie screen, relying on both, facts and fantasy (as Chagall himself would).The story is based on real events which occurred at the time of Chagall's short-lived period in Vitebskin in 1917-18, during which time he creates the Academy of Modern Art, inspired by his dreams of a bright and beautiful future. Many pictures by Chagall and Malevich are used in the film.

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The action takes place in Victorian England in the last quarter of the 19th century. 27-year-old amateur detective Sherlock Holmes becomes a bystander to a crime along with Dr. John Watson, a military doctor who has just returned from the war in Afghanistan. During the investigation, Watson, not yet having an apartment in London, settles with Holmes in Mrs. Hudson's «half board», and then takes part in the affairs of his new friend. Watson gives Holmes boxing lessons. Watson himself is an experienced boxer, able to deal with several opponents with his bare hands. In addition, he is an excellent marksman. Considering Holmes a genius, the doctor decides to tell the whole world about his talent and the mysteries he revealed in his stories, where he often embellishes the events («the true story» of which the series presents). Watson is taught to embellish events by the editor-in-chief of the «Morning Chronicle».

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Following the tragic death of their parents 20 year old Kira has to look after her 11 yr old brother Danka who suffers from hysterical paralysis. Kira retreats into a world of illusion based on a happier past but suddenly she is faced with a dilemma should she save the life of a child in the street at the expense of her own? Danka has his own crisis and both make decisions which are final.

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The events unfold from 1924 to the present day. Almost the entire epoch is involved, with all the historical characters of our country. The picture is a drama of a Jewish family, which the viewer will follow for 100 years, with the change of epochs, the characters and everything that happens around will change.

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The body of one of the club members was found at an elite paintball base near St. Petersburg. He was executed the way traitors and apostates were executed in Ancient Russia. Similar incidents are occurring on the territory of several neighboring States. And their victims are people who violated the oath they once took.

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Varvara was born in Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century. And the first wedding she saw was her mother’s wedding. Years passed, the girl grew, matured, the world around changed ... Her generation had to go through many trials - revolution, military communism, NEP, war ... At the weddings that Varvara had a chance to visit, every era and love story was captured in snapshots a life.

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Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?

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In this dreamlike film, a nameless father and his son, Aleksei, live together in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Aleksei's mother has died and consequently the two have a very close relationship. When Aleksei acquires a girlfriend, she refuses to take a back seat to his bond with his dad, and breaks up with him. Aleksei is also experiencing nightmares, dreading separation from his father to be a part of the military as his father was.

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A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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Speeding cars. Rainy St. Petersburg. Nightclubs. The opera. Drugs. Shootouts. Leather coats. Fights. Hotel rooms. Tattoos. Death... The main stake in the game is the body of the deceased "Captain", who even in his death manages to cause a lot of trouble for those who knew him.

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A detective-dramatic chronicle of love adventures of the famous Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva, nicknamed by contemporaries Red Giselle. It was Giselle who immortalized her name in 1924. It was "Giselle" that caused the psychic catastrophe in 1942.

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An elderly patient claims to have had a dream about death. The doctor does everything possible to ease his death, and suddenly the phone rings - his wife reports from the stock exchange that the shares in which all the money was invested have fallen sharply, and they urgently need to be sold. Gradually, a strange metamorphosis occurs with the doctor... And now it is no longer clear for whom death came in the dream...

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Ivan Mazaev finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of The Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.

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He was betrayed by a friend and the woman he loved. His brilliant inventions were stolen through deceit. Thirty years later, he awoke from hypersleep. Both hatred and love were left in the distant past. But sometimes, those who never give up manage to find a 'door into summer.' Even if it means returning to their own past...

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Based on Hungarian fairytales.

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The Imp will tell two stories about the evil witch Grimella. The first one is about the cursed Princess Irene. And the second one is about her daughter, Catherine, 18 years after the events of the first part.

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The story of a woman returning from a labor camp. She is looking for a person, on whose denunciation she was arrested, in order to take revenge on him, but having completed her judgment, she realizes that revenge is meaningless.

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Based on French fairytales.

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Based on the fairytale of the same name by Marcel Aimé.

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The suzerain of Saint-Michel was cruel and merciless. He had already executed everyone he could, even the executioner himself. But he couldn't get rid of the only doctor in Saint-Michel, Dr. Loshar. And then the cunning abbot suggested to him a way to lure the doctor to the palace...

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The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music.

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Rare materials go missing from the archive. A conflict arises between two researchers—Ozerov and Rozhkin—over these missing materials.

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Based on Czech fairytales.

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Based on the stories of Ivan Bunin "Rusya", "When I first...", "Swing".

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Boris Zhadanovsky, a hereditary nobleman and officer who was predicted to have a brilliant military career, sides with the rebellious people. In 1905, Zhadanovsky is sentenced to death for his revolutionary activities. However, a powerful strike movement organized in response to the court's decision forces the tsarist government to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. After the revolution, Zhadanovsky joins the Red Army and dies fighting the White Army.

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Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...

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Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...

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