Vladimir Basov

Vladimir Basov

Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (03.17.1964). People's Artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). People's Artist of the USSR (10/14/1983). Vladimir Basov went to the front in July 1941. First, the lieutenant of the quartermaster’s service, Basov served as the head of the club of the 4th Separate Rifle Brigade, for the excellent organization of amateur performances in combat conditions, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". And then his military fate makes a sharp turn and Vladimir Basov becomes a mortar man. A lot of feats were made by the mortar battery of senior lieutenant Basov, he was wounded on February 23, 1945, returned to service after being wounded. The war ended with the rank of captain and as deputy chief of the operational department of the 28th separate artillery division of the breakthrough of the reserve of the High Command. In 1947 he entered the directing department (workshop of Yutkevich and Romm). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1948. Since 1952 - director of the Mosfilm film studio. In 1952, after graduating from VGIK, as an assistant director, he participated in the filming of the film "Przhevalsky" (the director of the film was his teacher Sergei Yutkevich). The first directorial work was a film adaptation of the performance of the Theater Studio of the film actor "The Workman" (1953, together with Mstislav Korchagin). As a film actor he made his debut in his film School of Courage (1954). He starred in more than 80 films. Vladimir Basov is a brilliant character and comedian. One of the best directorial work of Vladimir Basov was the film "Shield and Sword" (1968). Vladimir Basov died on the morning of September 17, 1987 from a second stroke in his Moscow apartment. He was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow.

  • Title: Vladimir Basov
  • Popularity: 2.359
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1923-06-28
  • Place of Birth: Urazovo, Kurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
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  • Also Known As: Vladimir Basov, Владимир Басов, V.P. Basov, V. Basov, V.Basov
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Vladimir Basov Movies

  • 1965
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    Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

    Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

    7.623 1965 HD

    The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik...

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  • 1976
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    Afonya

    Afonya

    7.9 1976 HD

    The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his...

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  • 1975
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    The Adventures of Buratino

    The Adventures of Buratino

    6.7 1975 HD

    A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the...

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  • 1977
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    About the Little Red Riding Hood

    About the Little Red Riding Hood

    6.3 1977 HD

    A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his...

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  • 1980
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    Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

    7.6 1980 HD

    This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...

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  • 1982
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    Суббота и воскресенье

    Суббота и воскресенье

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1964
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    Walking the Streets of Moscow

    Walking the Streets of Moscow

    7.2 1964 HD

    On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home from a hard night shift. Just as Kolya is about to...

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-three

    Thirty-three

    6 1965 HD

    The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient’s...

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  • 1977
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    Mimino

    Mimino

    7.6 1977 HD

    Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he...

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  • 1973
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    Hopelessly Lost

    Hopelessly Lost

    5.1 1973 HD

    Soviet adventure comedy film based on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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  • 1977
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    The Miracle Voice of Gelsomino

    The Miracle Voice of Gelsomino

    5.7 1977 HD

    Gelsomino finds himself in a topsy-turvy "land of liars," where red is green, bread is ink, and dogs meow.

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  • 1979
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    The Adventures of Prince Florisel

    The Adventures of Prince Florisel

    6.2 1979 HD

    A mostly comical tale of all-powerful and wealthy Bavarian prince adventures that started when prince was seeking to deal with the boredom. Joining...

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  • 1977
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    Domestic Circumstances

    Domestic Circumstances

    7.4 1977 HD

    Multiply love stories are going around the young family including the newlyweds parnts and even... a grandmother.

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  • 1980
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    The Adventures of the Electronic

    The Adventures of the Electronic

    7 1980 HD

    Professor Gromov constructs a robot called Electronic, which looks exactly like Sergey Syroezhkibn, a 6-grader from one of Odessa (USSR) schools. The...

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  • 1983
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    The Trust That Has Burst

    The Trust That Has Burst

    6.1 1983 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    6.1 1970 HD

    Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above...

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  • 1973
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    Cipollino

    Cipollino

    5.3 1973 HD

    In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, Cipollino fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince...

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  • 1982
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    Vacation at Your Own Expense

    Vacation at Your Own Expense

    5 1982 HD

    A young girl from the Siberian province arrives in Moscow for her beloved, whom she met during his business trip. He is a test designer for buses and...

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  • 1972
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    The Long Recess

    The Long Recess

    7.5 1972 HD

    A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

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  • 1982
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    Look for a Woman

    Look for a Woman

    7.2 1982 HD

    The story begins when Alice Postique, who had to stay late at work, discovers her boss Roche with a knife in his back. When the police detective...

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  • 1976
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    Days of the Turbins

    Days of the Turbins

    5.9 1976 HD

    Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guard"), "Days of the Turbins".

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  • 1971
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    The Flight

    The Flight

    5.7 1971 HD

    The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But...

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  • 1982
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    Never Guessed and Didn't Expect

    Never Guessed and Didn't Expect

    1 1982 HD

    In an ordinary Soviet apartment, where an ordinary Soviet family lives, suddenly ... the donkey breaks in. All attempts to expel the animal end in...

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  • 1976
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    Slashing Fellow

    Slashing Fellow

    10 1976 HD

    A merry village guy meets a sorcerer's daughter in the forest and immediately proposes to her. But her father decides to challenge him to a game of...

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  • 1978
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    The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel

    The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel

    6.2 1978 HD

    The extraordinary adventures of schoolboy Vasya Lopotukhin aboard the yacht of the famous Captain Vrungel and his cheerful first mate Lom…The...

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  • 1975
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    Captain Nemo

    Captain Nemo

    6.3 1975 HD

    For several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships that managed to survive, in the sides were found...

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  • 1972
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    Dangerous Corner

    Dangerous Corner

    4.9 1972 HD

    Robert and Freda Caplan are entertaining guests at their country retreat. A chance remark by one of the guests ignites a series of devastating...

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  • 1977
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    Funny People!

    Funny People!

    4 1977 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Boatswain and The Parrot

    The Boatswain and The Parrot

    4.8 1982 HD

    Animated story about the adventures of boatswain and his parrot.

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  • 1982
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    The Circus Princess

    The Circus Princess

    5.7 1982 HD

    The whole city is rushing to the circus to see the deadly act of the famous masked artist, the mysterious Mr. X. Among the guests is a rich widow,...

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  • 1981
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    Silva

    Silva

    4.5 1981 HD

    Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her...

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  • 1983
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    The Story of the Voyages

    The Story of the Voyages

    6.4 1983 HD

    In this fantasy with dragons and flying machines, 10-year-old Marta is determined to find her brother who was kidnapped at Christmastime by a fake...

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  • 1975
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    Step Forward

    Step Forward

    5.9 1975 HD

    Five sad and funny romantic stories about love...

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  • 1975
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    Vassilissa Mikulishna

    Vassilissa Mikulishna

    7.7 1975 HD

    Adaptation of the epic "Tale about the beautiful Vassilissa Mikulishna". As Vassilissa with her intelligence and cunning freed her husband from...

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  • 1982
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    New Year's Song of Father Frost

    New Year's Song of Father Frost

    2 1982 HD

    "New Year's Song of Ded Moroz" - Soviet animated film produced by the creative association "Ekran", shot in 1982 by the director Aleksandr Tatarskiy...

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  • 1978
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    A Dog Was Walking on the Piano

    A Dog Was Walking on the Piano

    3.889 1978 HD

    The 16-year-old Tanya Canareykina decided to drastically change her life. For starters she fell in love with a pilot who played the trumpet and had...

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  • 1984
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    Comet

    Comet

    4.6 1984 HD

    In a small coastal town,in the middle of the summer,the beaches are overcrowded,every piece of land occupied by tents and the cars of the tourists.A...

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  • 1977
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    Ivan and Colombina

    Ivan and Colombina

    9 1977 HD

    After being demobilized, Ivan Cheprasov came to work in the motorcade. The chief assigns Ivan an ancient wreck that no one has bothered to repair....

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  • 1980
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    Punchy Man

    Punchy Man

    1 1980 HD

    The new young director of the car depot shows energy and the ability to come to an agreement with everyone for the common good, but his principle...

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  • 1981
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    Be My Husband

    Be My Husband

    6.9 1981 HD

    The children's doctor is sent on leave to the south where its services in quality "husband" were necessary for young and very beautiful woman.

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  • 1978
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    Live in Joy

    Live in Joy

    5.1 1978 HD

    A kolkhoz machine-operator is a local inventor who has tensions with his wife over his hobby. He invents a useful appendage for a grain harvester...

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  • 1977
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    Nose

    Nose

    5.7 1977 HD

    A fantasy about an official whose nose has escaped.

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  • 1971
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    The Roundabout

    The Roundabout

    5.5 1971 HD

    Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco",...

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  • 1978
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    Legends of Peruvian Indians

    Legends of Peruvian Indians

    5.8 1978 HD

    The film is based myths of the ancient Peruvians, recreated Soviet ethnographers Yuri Beryozkin on drawings Indians Mochica. The action takes place...

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  • 1978
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    Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

    Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

    6.2 1978 HD

    An omnibus of comical shorts.

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  • 1969
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    In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night

    In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night

    7 1969 HD

    Various dwellers of the Russian forest: Leshiy (forest goblin), Vodyanoy (water spirit), Ovinni (barn spirit) Domovoy (house spirit), Anchutka...

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  • 1977
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    Chefs Came to Competition...

    Chefs Came to Competition...

    7 1977 HD

    Three wonderful chefs from Yerevan come to Moscow to participate in the contest of masters of culinary art. Despite all their efforts and skill, the...

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  • 1980
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    The Evening Labyrinth

    The Evening Labyrinth

    6 1980 HD

    A funny comedy about a group of inspectors preparing to build a labyrinth in a small town.

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  • 1968
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    The Magician

    The Magician

    4.6 1968 HD

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  • 1978
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    Poslednyaya nevesta Zmeya Gorynycha

    Poslednyaya nevesta Zmeya Gorynycha

    2 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Under the Roofs of Montmartre

    Under the Roofs of Montmartre

    5.7 1975 HD

    A story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, and a composer, living in a bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. They help a poor flower...

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  • 1976
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    Ау-у! (Киноальманах)

    Ау-у! (Киноальманах)

    7.5 1976 HD

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  • 1973
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    Country House

    Country House

    4.3 1973 HD

    Having saved money for a summer cottage and having chosen a suitable house, the couple of Petrovs decided without hesitation to enter into ownership...

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  • 1978
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    While the Dream is Mad

    While the Dream is Mad

    4 1978 HD

    Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace...

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  • 1973
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    Nylon 100%

    Nylon 100%

    5.8 1973 HD

    An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people.

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  • 1956
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    Первые радости

    Первые радости

    5.8 1956 HD

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  • 1979
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    Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow

    Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow

    4.8 1979 HD

    A literary teacher Antonina Sergeevna goes to work at an elite physical and mathematical lyceum from a regular school. She is surprised to see how...

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  • 1984
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    First Cavalry

    First Cavalry

    5.2 1984 HD

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  • 1979
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    Поездка через город

    Поездка через город

    6 1979 HD

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  • 1977
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    Domestic Circumstances

    Domestic Circumstances

    6 1977 HD

    After his mother death a sixteen years old Sergey suddenly finds out that his father is alive and well.

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  • 1982
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    Urgent... Secret... CheKa

    Urgent... Secret... CheKa

    5.5 1982 HD

    The Red Army squadron is trying to escape from the enemy while carrying a huge load of rare furs to be sold abroad.

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  • 1982
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    Premonition Of Love

    Premonition Of Love

    9 1982 HD

    An inventor called Sergey becomes smitten by a woman called Lena

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  • 1984
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    Time and the Conways

    Time and the Conways

    1 1984 HD

    Action takes place in England during the 20 years between the two wars. The film explores the relationship in the once wealthy bourgeois family,...

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  • 1976
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    The Sun, the Sun Again

    The Sun, the Sun Again

    1 1976 HD

    A young fisherman Sashka Taranets lives in a fishing village on the shore of the Sea of Azov. He loves Tonya, and for her sake he goes to the trick...

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  • 1982
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    The Imp N13

    The Imp N13

    6 1982 HD

    At school for devils, the theme of the lesson is "Love". Whom should the devil still love? Imp No. 13 has his own answer, which does not correspond...

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  • 1971
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    Любовь к трём апельсинам

    Любовь к трём апельсинам

    4.9 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    Back to life

    Back to life

    8 1972 HD

    crime drama

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  • 1979
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    The Grandmothers Told in Two...

    The Grandmothers Told in Two...

    1 1979 HD

    About the adventures of pop artists Boris Vladimirov and Vadim Tonkov, who met during the tour with their heroes, popular characters of the Soviet...

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  • 1981
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    The Woman in White

    The Woman in White

    8 1981 HD

    A detective-mystery film based on the novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, which takes place in the middle of the last century in Victorian...

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  • 1979
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    Pani Mariya

    Pani Mariya

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Pena

    Pena

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    Чудный характер

    Чудный характер

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1981
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    Facts of the Past Day

    Facts of the Past Day

    1 1981 HD

    The action takes place in the early 1980s, in the Arctic, at a mining plant. The long-overdue issue of radical restructuring of production has caused...

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  • 1975
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    Войникът от обоза

    Войникът от обоза

    9.5 1975 HD

    In September 1944, the red army crosses the Danube. Private Ales together with his agricultural horses follows the victory march. A broken wheel of...

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  • 1960
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    Queen of Spades

    Queen of Spades

    1 1960 HD

    Screen adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera based on the Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name.

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  • 1977
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    100 grams for Bravery

    100 grams for Bravery

    5.9 1977 HD

    The movie consists of three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness. The stories are "Such an imprudence!,"...

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  • 1976
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    A Sentimental Romance

    A Sentimental Romance

    4.3 1976 HD

    The film is set in the 1920s. Shura Sevastyanov is an aspiring journalist in a small newspaper, with two-classes of a parochial school behind him. In...

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  • 1972
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    Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram

    Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram

    4 1972 HD

    The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers...

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  • 1981
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    Teheran '43

    Teheran '43

    6.2 1981 HD

    This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of...

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  • 1964
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    The Blizzard

    The Blizzard

    5.3 1964 HD

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  • 1976
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    Days of the Turbins

    Days of the Turbins

    5.9 1976 HD

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  • 1972
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    Dangerous Corner

    Dangerous Corner

    4.9 1972 HD

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  • 1976
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    Days of the Turbins

    Days of the Turbins

    5.9 1976 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Blizzard

    The Blizzard

    5.3 1964 HD

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  • 1961
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    Battle on the way

    Battle on the way

    6 1961 HD

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  • 1972
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    Dangerous Corner

    Dangerous Corner

    4.9 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Back to life

    Back to life

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

    Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

    6.2 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Aistyonok

    Aistyonok

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1990
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    Mousetrap

    Mousetrap

    5.1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    Mousetrap

    Mousetrap

    5.1 1990 HD

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  • 1973
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    Nylon 100%

    Nylon 100%

    5.8 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Nylon 100%

    Nylon 100%

    5.8 1973 HD

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  • 1957
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    An Unusual Summer

    An Unusual Summer

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1956
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    Первые радости

    Первые радости

    5.8 1956 HD

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  • 1986
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    Seven Screams Across the Sea

    Seven Screams Across the Sea

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Seven Screams Across the Sea

    Seven Screams Across the Sea

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1984
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    Time and the Conways

    Time and the Conways

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Time and the Conways

    Time and the Conways

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Parasite

    The Parasite

    3 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Wreck of the emirate

    Wreck of the emirate

    10 1955 HD

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  • 1972
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    Back to life

    Back to life

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1964
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    Silence

    Silence

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1954
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    Courage School

    Courage School

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1981
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    Facts of the Past Day

    Facts of the Past Day

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1964
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    Silence

    Silence

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Жизнь прошла мимо

    Жизнь прошла мимо

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Incident at Mine No. 8

    The Incident at Mine No. 8

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1981
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    Facts of the Past Day

    Facts of the Past Day

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1976
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    Captain Nemo

    Captain Nemo

    6.5 1976 HD

    A Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

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  • 2016
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    Легенды кино

    Легенды кино

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Days of the Turbins

    The Days of the Turbins

    8 1976 HD

    Kiev. Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins...

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  • 1980
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    The Adventures of the Electronic

    The Adventures of the Electronic

    7 1980 HD

    A Soviet scientist creates a brilliant robot. This is a boy who is able to solve any mathematical problems, he writes the best essays and sings...

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  • 1973
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    The Long Recess

    The Long Recess

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Shield and the Sword

    The Shield and the Sword

    6.8 1968 HD

    The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. ...

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  • 2005
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    Как уходили кумиры

    Как уходили кумиры

    8.5 2005 HD

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  • 1980
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    4.6 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    6.8 1970 HD

    The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. ...

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  • 1970
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    6.8 1970 HD

    The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. ...

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  • 1970
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    8 1970 HD

    Kiev. Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins...

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  • 1970
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    8 1970 HD

    Kiev. Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins...

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  • 1970
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    Open Book

    Open Book

    6.8 1970 HD

    The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. ...

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