Cast: Galina Volchek

Direction Grigori Kozintsev · Iosif Shapiro

Cast Regimantas Adomaitis · Donatas Banionis · Juozas Budraitis · Oleg Dal

Synopsis King Lear (1971) is a somber, black-and-white Russian adaptation of Shakespeare's renowned tragedy, featuring a powerful performance by Juri Jarvet. The film delves into the profound and heart-wrenching themes of the original play, illustrating that strength of character does not...

Direction Grigori Kozintsev

Cast Nikolai Cherkasov · Yuri Tolubeyev · Serafima Birman · Lyudmila Kasyanova

Synopsis Don Kikhot (Don Quixote) (1957) is a celebrated adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel "Don Quijote de La Mancha." Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, this film is renowned for its striking visual style, which has drawn comparisons to the work...

Direction Georgi Daneliya

Cast Oleg Basilashvili · Natalya Gundareva · Evgeni Leonov · Marina Neyolova

Synopsis A Sad Comedy (1979) follows the life of Andrei Pavlovich Buzykin, an educator and translator of English literature, who finds himself in a complex web of deceit. Andrei's primary struggle is his gentle nature and lack of resolve, which leads...

Direction Vladimir Bychkov

Cast Galina Volchek · Viktoriya Novikova · Valentin Nikulin · Galina Artyomova

Synopsis The Little Mermaid (1976) is a captivating and ethereal film that draws inspiration from the Czech classic, "Three Nuts for Cinderella." This adaptation stays largely true to Hans Christian Andersen's original tale, "The Little Mermaid." In this version, the mermaid...

Direction Anatoli Karanovich · Sergei Yutkevich

Cast Leonid Bronevoy · Galina Volchek · Iya Savvina · Yuri Chernov