Leonid Satanovskiy

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1744. Russian Empire. Being childless, but at the same time wanting to finally consolidate on the Russian throne of his - "Peter's" line of the Romanov dynasty, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna decides to marry his nephew Karl Peter Ulrich, brought from Prussia, called in Russia "Peter Fyodorovich" to some noble, but preferably not very rich and not very willful European "princess". Elizabeth is intrigued by the brave young guardsman and his intercession for Yaguzhinskaya, and she gives Belov "an assignment of national importance" - to secretly bring his important guests to Russia from Prussia. The ubiquitous vice-chancellor Bestuzhev learns about it. He summons Alexei Korsak, Belov's friend who will keep Alexander company on his trip to Prussia, and instructs him to become a spy on Belov, threatening Korsak with "exile to the galleys" and "Siberia" for his wife and young son if he refuses.

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Aristarkh Petrovich Kuzkin, the manager of a store, finds himself in big trouble. His wife Vera, having discovered a letter from a woman named Sonya addressed to her husband, decides to take revenge by writing to the prosecutor about his fraudulent activities. Despite all attempts to convince Vera that Sonya's letter was nothing more than a joke, Aristarkh Petrovich and his accomplices are unable to avoid arrest...

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The action takes place in Odessa in the 1970s. Rosa, an Odessa woman, a mother and the head of the household, says goodbye to the Courtyard where her entire life unfolded, because her sons have decided to emigrate to Israel and take the elderly parents — her mother and father — with them. A staunch patriot and war veteran, Semen Margolin is ready to curse his children for such a betrayal, but with the help of his mother Rosa, he is somehow persuaded to make the move.

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Dr. Jekyll has made a sensational discovery: he has managed to separate good from evil in himself. This discovery he must keep secret, because the bearer of evil, Mr. Hyde, has become uncontrollable.

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Propaganda film about Soviet inventor Igor Krymov and his entrapment by foreign spies.

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A young Congressman finds himself working against a group of old-time politicians whose dishonesty prompts him to try some unconventional methods. Based on the play "Both Your Houses" by Maxwell Anderson.

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One day from the social and personal life of the chief engineer of the plant.

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The noblest impulse turned into a conspiracy when a former actress's granddaughter decided to organize the grandmother’s comeback to the theater.

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Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes

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Political pamphlet based on the story of the Finnish writer Martti Larni "Socrates in Helsinki". Spring of 1944. In the paradise, which has long been settled by the philosopher Socrates, a fired soldier Vittori Virten arrives. The philosopher respected the newcomer with great respect, and they even became friends. Once having distinguished himself before God, the heroes get a vacation on Earth and go on a journey: the soldier decides to visit his family in Laconia, and the sage just wanted to see the world — did he think it once, and decided to join the soldier...

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A wise and 'humane' fable-parable, in which the most important things are spoken of simply and deeply: friendship and love, duty and loyalty, beauty and intolerance of evil.

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Follows the service of Lieutenant Colonel Lubentsov as commandant of the German city of Lauterburg in the first days after the end of the Great Patriotic War.

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The Civil War. In order to capture Siberia, the White Guards decided to take Yakutia first and captured Jan Krasts's reconnaissance unit. However, the Red Army unit managed to escape. They blocked General Pelov's path and kept Yakutsk under their control until the arrival of the Red Army units...

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The 1950s. The construction of the Karakum Canal is underway in Turkmenistan. The fate of this large construction site is closely linked to the fate of many of the film's characters: correspondent Koryshev, who reveals the lies of his colleague Zurabov's ostentatious, slanderous articles; talented young engineer Karabash, whose advanced construction methods are supported by the construction site chief Ermasov; embittered old engineer Khorev, who, out of envy for Karabash, writes denunciations to the Central Committee of the party against him and Ermasov..

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Dr. Lyakhov lived in a small village in the desert for many years. After his wife's death, he decides to leave, but realizes that he has no right to leave the people who need him.

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Television crews arrive in a fishing area to film a report about fishermen and the advanced farm of Chairman Kalach. On the way, they are intercepted by Senka Lapin and his friends. Their goal is to show the beauty of the amazing Lake Baikal and the monstrous working and living conditions of the fishermen...

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The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but in reality does nothing to help him. Oleg has been following the girl he likes for a whole year and is unable to force himself to get to know her. It is becoming more and more difficult for two Lebedevs to get along in one person ...

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After graduating high school Ira Yegorova starts working in the construction...

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Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

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Young Leningraders, yesterday’s schoolchildren, are entering adulthood. Sonya is in love with Styopa, but he loves Tanya, and Tanya prefers Fedya. Rejected, Styopa leaves for a distant Siberian city and starts working at the factory, studying at the evening institute. Sonya leaves after him and gets a job at the same factory. Tanya and Fedya, having married, go to college, and the young husband has to earn some money as a driver to support his family. The selfish nature of Tanya refuses to put up with the modest position in which the newlyweds are forced to be, and she starts an affair with an elderly composer...

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