Valentin Ezhov

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front... (imdb)

A soldier of the Red Army named Sukhov has been fighting in the Russian Civil War in Russian Asia for many years. Just as he is about to return home to his wife, Sukhov is chosen to guard and protect the harem of a guerilla leader (Abdulla). Abdulla is wanted by the Red Army and left his harem behind because the women hindered him. Sukhov's task proves to be more difficult than he imagined... (imdb)

For her first feature after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography (VGIK), Larisa Shepitko trained her lens on the fascinating Russian character actress Maya Bulgakova, who gives a marvelous performance as a once heroic Russian fighter pilot now living a quiet, disappointingly ordinary life as a school principal... (criterion.com)

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. (imdb)

Ani and Boyan are in love. Ani's sister doesn't approve and tries to separate them. At the same time Ani is send from work to show a very important Russian pilot Bulgaria. On the road the old pilot sees that something is disturbing her and without her knowedge tries to get her and Boyan back together. At the end he sees nothing of the country, but he makes Ani happy.

The film concerns a well-meaning landowner, his adulterous wife, and the woman that he loves. Loenid Kulagin, Irina Kupchenko and Beata Tyskiewicz are the actors comprising this angst-ridden triangle. (allmovie.com)

In May 1945, in the little town of Blankenheim on the liberated territory of Germany, Soviet soldiers successfully carry out a two-day operation of rescuing German orphaned children from the attack of a group of wehrwolfs. Together with a woman working for a Berlin newspaper, they help organize a children's home, to which a baby, abandoned by the refugees, is brought, and the Soviet soldiers name him "Little Alexander". (ruscico.net)

A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century. (imdb)

The evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power himself but the real crown prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his homeland to avenge his parents as a masked vigilante 'Ajooba'.

In an unnamed Latin American country, after the coup, the military comes to power. The civilian population is subjected to harsh terror. (imdb)

A rough factory worker of a distant rural town of Russia becomes a national celebrity, when it's discovered that his mouth bears 33 teeth. He is brought to Moscow, where he discovers a new world for him.