Mikhail Kononov

Mikhail Kononov

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04.17.1989). People's Artist of Russia (11/22/1999). In 1963 he graduated from the Shchepkin Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Maly Theater. From August 1, 1963 to April 16, 1968 - actor of the Academic Maly Theater. Since 1968 - actor of the Gorky film studio. The actor played his first role, while still a student, in 1961 he made his debut in the film by Ivan Pyryev "Our mutual friend", where Kononov got the role of Vitka. The type played by him for a long time determined the role of the actor - "a guy from the people", charming and unsophisticated. Kononov did not work out with the theater. After graduating from the Shchepkin College in 1963, Mikhail Kononov came to the Maly Theater. At first, he seemed to fit into the theatrical environment. However, in the future, the attitude of the leadership of the Maly Theater to the young actor changed - there were rumors that the masters did not like that Kononov was making a career in cinema. Five years later, the actor left the theatrical stage forever. In 1969, the actor married a girl named Natalya. The couple lived 38 years in marriage, they did not have children. Natalia passed away in 2011. In 1997, Mikhail Ivanovich had to sell an apartment in the center of Moscow in order to buy a house in the Istra district, in the village of Butyrki (near Mozhaisk). For eight years, the building was being renovated at the end of the 19th century. So the Kononovs lived all this time, one might say, at a construction site and for the money from the sale of vegetables grown in his garden. A year before the death of Mikhail Kononov, they returned to Moscow. Since the late 1980s, the actor has appeared less and less on the screen. Often refused offers, with the new generation in the cinema he was not fundamentally friendly and rarely appeared in public. After returning to Moscow, he worked as the head of the marketing department. He wrote scripts, and in his own words, "looked for himself." The actor did not like those works that brought him popularity among the audience - “The Head of Chukotka”, “Big Break” or “Guest from the Future”. “If we talk about recognition in professional circles,” said the actor, “then Thomas’s small role in the film“ Andrei Rublev ”brought me greater success. One of his last works is that of Gleb Panfilov’s film“ In the First Circle ”(2006). he was filming when he was already very sick. "Misha said there so that his every word pierced his heart, but, unfortunately, none of the film critics noticed or noted this," says Inna Churikova, of whom Kononov was a partner in such legendary films like “Beginning” and “There is no ford in the fire.” Before his death, he wrote a book that he had nothing to publish. Despite his grave condition, in the last days of his life, the popularly beloved actor tried not to lose his presence of spirit. Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov He died on July 16, 2007 at 10:10 in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit of Moscow Clinical Hospital No. 20. "My friends and I raised a small amount to buy medicine for Mikhail Ivanovich," Kononova’s neighbor in the ward says. But it was too late, we were unable to save him. "The actor was buried in the columbarium of the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow (plot No. 1).

  • Title: Mikhail Kononov
  • Popularity: 1.14
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1940-04-25
  • Place of Birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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  • Also Known As: Михаил Иванович Кононов, М. Кононов
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Mikhail Kononov Movies

  • 1966
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    Andrei Rublev

    Andrei Rublev

    8 1966 HD

    An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a...

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  • 1972
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    Красные пчёлы

    Красные пчёлы

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1982
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    Station for Two

    Station for Two

    7.4 1982 HD

    Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty...

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  • 1983
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    Burn, Burn Bright

    Burn, Burn Bright

    1 1983 HD

    Match factory repairman Parfen Loktionov is offered to become a shift foreman. The new position, on the one hand, is associated with increased...

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  • 2000
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    Витрина

    Витрина

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1984
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    Guest from the Future

    Guest from the Future

    7.66 1984 HD

    6-grader Kolya Gerasimov discovers a time machine in a basement of an old house in Moscow and gets transferred into the 21st century. There he is...

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  • 1979
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    Siberiade

    Siberiade

    7.2 1979 HD

    The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s....

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  • 1987
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    First Encounter - Last Encounter

    First Encounter - Last Encounter

    5.3 1987 HD

    The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detective Petya Chukhontsev, a law student who has not...

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  • 1984
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    Alone and Unarmed

    Alone and Unarmed

    3 1984 HD

    1927. A retired Red Army commander Constantine Vorontsov is appointed a Criminal Investigation Department head in a principal city of province. An...

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  • 1967
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    No Path Through Fire

    No Path Through Fire

    5.8 1967 HD

    A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.

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  • 1970
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    The Beginning

    The Beginning

    6.4 1970 HD

    A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur...

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  • 1997
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    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    6 1997 HD

    "The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikhailova at the studio "AnimaFilm" of the Moscow...

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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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  • 1989
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    The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

    The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

    3.6 1989 HD

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

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  • 2007
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    1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

    1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

    5 2007 HD

    The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of...

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  • 1981
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    Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov

    Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov

    7.5 1981 HD

    A comic mystery about Vasia Kurolesov who is trying to become a detective.

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  • 1966
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    The Chief of Chukotka

    The Chief of Chukotka

    5.7 1966 HD

    Young patriotic young man ends up in the on Chukotka right after the civil war, where he intends to spread ideas of justice and equality among the...

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  • 1969
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    At War as at War

    At War as at War

    6.3 1969 HD

    The film tells about the fighting everyday life of the crew of self-propelled guns during the liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine. Junior Lieutenant...

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  • 1975
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    Finest, the Brave Falcon

    Finest, the Brave Falcon

    5.7 1975 HD

    This fairy tale film is dedicated to the memory of the great film director Alexander Row, the founder of the genre. Once upon a time there lived a...

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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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    Hello and Goodbye

    Hello and Goodbye

    4.8 1972 HD

    A love story between a country policeman and a recently separated from her husband woman with three kids.

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  • 1992
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    The Inner Circle

    The Inner Circle

    5.7 1992 HD

    Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.

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  • 1964
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    Goodbye, Boys!

    Goodbye, Boys!

    5.6 1964 HD

    Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main...

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  • 1963
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    The First Trolleybus

    The First Trolleybus

    5.7 1963 HD

    Svetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her permanent passengers are at least a little bit in love...

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  • 1990
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    The Royal Hunt

    The Royal Hunt

    3.3 1990 HD

    Russian general have to find and bring back to St. Petersburg girl claiming her right to the throne...

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  • 1986
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    Over the Rainbow

    Over the Rainbow

    5 1986 HD

    Very dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE (specifically high jumping) with a condition that he...

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  • 2022
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    The Film That Went Wrong

    The Film That Went Wrong

    1 2022 HD

    In 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov made a feature film “Remembering Chekhov”. After the footage was edited, he realized that the film went wrong....

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  • 1963
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    Pavlik Morozov

    Pavlik Morozov

    1 1963 HD

    The film was based on the story of the same name by A. Yakovlev about the most famous pioneer of the thirties of the last century, who was inscribed...

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  • 1976
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    Twenty Days Without War

    Twenty Days Without War

    6.9 1976 HD

    War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the...

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  • 1964
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    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    1 1964 HD

    Based on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR.

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  • 1974
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    Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    7.3 1974 HD

    In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were...

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  • 1976
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    72 Degrees Below Zero

    72 Degrees Below Zero

    3 1976 HD

    Antarctic station "Vostok" threatens conservation due to lack of fuel. Volunteer squad is called to take fuel, but will soon begin "Polar autumn" in...

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  • 1991
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    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    1 1991 HD

    Teenagers whose company broke up after the absurd death of one of their friends are afraid to tell their parents about his death and want to bury...

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  • 1994
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    Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors

    Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors

    1 1994 HD

    The history of Rus' since inviting of the Varangians, led by Rurik, to converting of Princess Olga to Christianity.

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  • 1977
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    Vasilisa the Beautiful

    Vasilisa the Beautiful

    5.8 1977 HD

    Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and...

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  • 1969
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    The White Weathervane

    The White Weathervane

    1 1969 HD

    A story about the adventures of two teenage brothers helping ChK during twenties.

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  • 1979
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    Taiga Story

    Taiga Story

    6.1 1979 HD

    A hunter, returning to the Taiga forest, finds a dying girl in his cabin. He stoically nurses her back to life, but the differences between them may...

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  • 1996
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    Tsarevich Aleksey

    Tsarevich Aleksey

    6.5 1996 HD

    Tsarevich Alexei was one of the smartest people in the state. His father Peter hoped that he would take his place, but Alexei tried with all his...

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  • 1971
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    The Fifteenth Spring

    The Fifteenth Spring

    4.5 1971 HD

    Fifteen years old Sasha is dreaming about adventures, falling in love and doesn't know that WWII is approaching...

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  • 1987
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    She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat

    She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat

    5 1987 HD

    A Baba Yaga's grand-daughter gets into the argument with the young son of Kashchey and decides to leave the magic forest.

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  • 1987
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    Broken Circle

    Broken Circle

    8 1987 HD

    A group of "friends" are trying to solve a mysterious death of a factory director - and find the money he stole from them.

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  • 1969
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    Boys

    Boys

    6 1969 HD

    Two stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first years after WWII.

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  • 1977
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    Almanzor's Rings

    Almanzor's Rings

    1 1977 HD

    The queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters...

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  • 1986
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    Old Times Pranks

    Old Times Pranks

    1 1986 HD

    A bride decides to check her fiancé feelings by staging the kidnapping of herself.

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  • 1978
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    Love and Fury

    Love and Fury

    8.5 1978 HD

    At the beginning of the First World War, Alexander Dragovich went to the front as a teenager. The October Revolution caught the hero in captivity in...

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  • 1978
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    Comedy of mistakes

    Comedy of mistakes

    6 1978 HD

    Two pairs of twins, once separated, find each other in the comedy finale. But before giving them the joy of this meeting, fate finally forces...

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  • 1971
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    Hold on to the Clouds

    Hold on to the Clouds

    5 1971 HD

    In 1919, in Petrograd, a pilot Sevastyanov was asked to help in training flight personnel for the young Hungarian republic, together with a Hungarian...

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  • 1990
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    Здравия желаю! или Бешеный дембель

    Здравия желаю! или Бешеный дембель

    2 1990 HD

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  • 1962
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    Наш общий друг

    Наш общий друг

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1979
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    Catch the Wind

    Catch the Wind

    7 1979 HD

    A family of a private stud-farm head takes cover from a Civil War in a forsaken estate in Urals steppe. Once an old family friend Victor, lieutenant...

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  • 1983
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    Streak of Luck

    Streak of Luck

    5.5 1983 HD

    Polosa vezeniya (literally) 'Streak of Luck' is the fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series and comprises three short stories. The first...

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  • 1976
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    Story of an Unknown Actor

    Story of an Unknown Actor

    6 1976 HD

    The of an actor in a provincial theatre.

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  • 1980
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    Investigation

    Investigation

    8.3 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    Andrey and Evil Wizard

    Andrey and Evil Wizard

    7 1981 HD

    Young guy Andrey tries to save the daughter of Sun from the evil wizard.

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  • 1981
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    Vasily and Vasilisa

    Vasily and Vasilisa

    4.5 1981 HD

    Was have Vasily and Vasilisa seven children. They lived together, the village respected the working family. But one day something happened to the...

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  • 1973
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    Discovery

    Discovery

    10 1973 HD

    This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied biochemistry. The events in it are developing in 20 years during...

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  • 1993
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    Beautiful stranger

    Beautiful stranger

    1 1993 HD

    Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his superiors' attention when he stands up to Rasputin...

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  • 1982
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    For No Apparent Reason

    For No Apparent Reason

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1983
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    Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov

    Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov

    2 1983 HD

    The protagonist of the film, engineer Barkasov, finds himself in ridiculous and anecdotal situations all day. He is a responsible worker, the head of...

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  • 1962
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    Come Tomorrow...

    Come Tomorrow...

    6.8 1962 HD

    "Come Tomorrow" (1963), directed by Yevgeny Tashkov, is a much-loved comedy about Frosya Burlakova, a talented young woman from a remote Siberian...

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  • 1971
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    Шутите?

    Шутите?

    3 1971 HD

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  • 1994
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    Ryaba, My Chicken

    Ryaba, My Chicken

    5.2 1994 HD

    In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees that she should share the wealth like a good citizen.

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  • 1980
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    Sea Voyage of Solnyshkin

    Sea Voyage of Solnyshkin

    1 1980 HD

    The red-haired boy dreams of becoming a cabin boy, but for now he performs feats in his sleep.

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  • 1983
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    Shell

    Shell

    1 1983 HD

    How the Jerboa gave the Porcupine a shell in which the sea roared.

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  • 1984
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    Underground Crossing

    Underground Crossing

    1 1984 HD

    About the funny adventures of a snake, a muskrat, a fox and a badger.

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  • 2005
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    Naked Pioneer

    Naked Pioneer

    1 2005 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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  • 1973
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    The Long Recess

    The Long Recess

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1994
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    Царская охота

    Царская охота

    7 1994 HD

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  • 1997
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    Dunno on the Moon

    Dunno on the Moon

    7.3 1997 HD

    They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do -...

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  • 1985
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    Guest from the Future

    Guest from the Future

    8.2 1985 HD

    Alice Seleznyova, a girl from the future, finds herself 1984. Following her are the space pirates Krys and Joker Y, with most nasty pirate's...

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