Direction: Boris Barnet

Synopsis Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailor on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working as sailor and mechanic for the fishboats of the "Lights of the Communism" kolkhoz. Here the two friends will fall in love for...

7.3

188 votes

7.3

188 votes

The Patriots

1933 · Movie · 99 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

War Drama Comedy World War I

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Aleksandr Chistyakov · Sergei Komarov · Yelena Kuzmina · Nikolai Bogolyubov

Synopsis The Patriots is set in a Russian provincial village during World War I. Hans Klering plays a German prisoner of war, put to work in the village's cobbler shop.

7.2

130 votes

7.2

130 votes

The House on Trubnaya

1928 · Movie · 64 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Silent Film

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Vera Maretskaya · Vladimir Fogel · Yelena Tyapkina · Sergei Komarov

Synopsis This pointed comedy about the tensions of class in an emerging urban landscape follows the story of Parasha, a domestic servant girl, who finds romance and political consciousness upon moving to Moscow.

7.0

97 votes

7.0

97 votes

The Girl with the Hat Box

1927 · Movie · 66 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama Comedy Silent Film

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Anna Sten · Vladimir Mikhajlov · Vladimir Fogel · Ivan Koval-Samborsky

Synopsis A working girl is given a seemingly worthless lottery ticket instead of her wages by her unscrupulous employer. The ticket wins her a fortune and a madcap chase ensues to possess the ticket - and the girl's love.

6.9

175 votes

6.9

175 votes

The Small Railway Station

1963 · Movie · 70 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Elderly

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Vasiliy Merkurev · Yekaterina Mazurova · Nadezhda Rumyantseva · Boris Novikov

Synopsis Lonely aging city engineer and amateur artist Pavel Pavlovich on his doctors orders decides to holiday at a rural coastal farm collective, to paint and for much needed relaxation. Pavel is warmly greeted at the farm, and two charming children...

6.7

37 votes

6.7

37 votes

Generous Summer

1951 · Movie · 87 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Drama Musical

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Nina Arkhipova · Nikolay Kryuchkov · Viktor Dobrovolsky · Marina Bebutova

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The Poet

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Nikolay Kryuchkov · Izolda Izvitskaya · Sergei Dvorzhetsky · Iosif Kolin

Synopsis The Bolsheviks try to retake a Russian city from tsarist and French forces in the aftermath of the Revolution. A local poet helps the Bolsheviks with writing two poems, one for the May Day celebration and one for the celebration...

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The Adventures of the Three Reporters

1926 · Movie · 250 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Adventure Action Drama Silent Film

Direction Boris Barnet · Fyodor Otsep

Cast Natalya Glan · Igor Ilyinsky · Vladimir Fogel · Boris Barnet

Synopsis Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike by some powerful western business leaders against the USSR.

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Odnazhdy nochyu

1945 · Movie · 73 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama War World War II

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Boris Andreyev · Ivan Kuznetsov · Nikolai Dupak · Irina Radchenko

Synopsis A girl, working in a German commandant's office, saves two wounded Russian pilots sacrificing her own life.

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Secret Agent

1947 · Movie · 88 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Thriller War World War II Spy Film

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Pavel Kadochnikov · Amvrosi Buchma · Viktor Dobrovolsky · Dmitri Milyutenko

Synopsis Fedotov (Pavel Kadochnikov) is a WW II-era Russian spy chief whose mission is to steal a packet of valuable documents from a Nazi general. At sake is the future safety of the Ukraine.

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A Priceless Head

1942 · Movie · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama War Anthology Film World War II

Direction E. Aron · Boris Barnet

Cast Mikhail Astangov · Nikolai P. Cherkasov · Moisei Goldblat · Mikhail Kuznetsov

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Annushka

1959 · Movie · 71 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Irina Skobtseva · Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya · Boris Babochkin · Galina Tokaryeva

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Men of Novgorod

1943 · Movie · 67 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Musical War World War II

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Evgeniy Grigorev · Ekaterina Sipavina · Viktor Dobrovolsky · Olga Yakunina

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The Old Jockey

1941 · Movie · 96 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama Comedy Horses Horse Riding

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Ivan Skuratov · Anna Komolova · Aleksandra Salnikova · Aleksandra Denisova

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Moscow in October

1927 · Movie · 70 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama Historical 1910s Silent Film

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Boris Barnet · Ivan Bobrov · Aleksandr Gromov · Vassilli Nikandrov

Synopsis Dramatic reconstruction of the events in Moscow following the Bolshevik seizure of government in Petrograd in October 1917: tensions in the army between revolutionaries and White elements result in open street fighting.

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