Cinematography: Boris Kotov

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Boris Kotov. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Man in the Frame (S)

1966 · Movie · 10 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Fyodor Khitruk

Plot A satire on the bureaucrats and their ideal of social mobility.

6.3

75 votes

6.3

75 votes

There Lived Kozyavin (S)

1966 · Movie · 10 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

6.2

74 votes

6.2

74 votes

Boniface's Holiday (S)

1965 · Movie · 20 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Fyodor Khitruk

Plot A circus lion goes on holiday to Africa, but his circus skills doesn't let him be.

5.6

29 votes

5.6

29 votes

Lesson Not Learned (S)

1971 · Movie · 5 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Valentin Karavaev

Plot This film was made in reaction to revanchism fear that Germany would reunite and seek revenge on Europe and the USSR for World War II. A disguised Nazi slips into...

4.7

68 votes

4.7

68 votes

Father Frost and Summer (S)

1969 · Movie · 20 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Valentin Karavaev · Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Plot Father Frost has never witnessed summer, so he decides to travel to the big city during the hottest of the seasons.

Not rated

Not rated

The return from the Olymp (S)

1969 · Movie · 19 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya

Cast Erast Garin · Aleksei Gribov · Aleksei Konsovsky · Natalya Kustinskaya

Plot It's funny how Snezhko-Blotskaya succeeds in weavinng class struggle themes into her classic Greek mythological themes. In this one, the first of a series, that is the strongest.

Not rated

Not rated

Molodilnye yabloki (TV) (S)

1974 · Movie · 19 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Ivan Aksenchuk

Not rated

Not rated