Andrei Smirnov

A land surveyor comes to a snow-covered village dominated by a castle. Even though he has been ordered to come to do some work for the castle, the exact nature of his job seems to be lost in the intimidating bureaucracy governing the village's life. Based on the unfinished novel by Franz Kafka.

A young wife collapses to the kitchen floor and dies from a heart attack. Husband is confused until he finds out there exists a lover he never guess about.

Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile wife. They have met late in life and each one has children from previous marriages. Elena's son is unemployed, unable to support his own family and he is constantly asking Elena for money. Vladimir's daughter is a careless young woman who has a distant relationship with her father. (imdb)

An attempt to fathom the personal life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. (imdb)

At the beginning of the war, the Germans abandoned their saboteur in the USSR. The landing is unsuccessful - the spy is captured by the NKVD. When trying to escape, the saboteur, who turned out to be a Russian thief in law, accidentally remaining in the occupied territory, dies. To find the other spies participating in the operation, the Chekists have to turn to the twin brother of the criminal - the village teacher. (imdb)