Soundtrack: Tikhon Khrennikov

Direction Vsevolod Pudovkin

Cast Vera Baranovskaya · Nikolai Batalov · Aleksandr Chistyakov · Ivan Koval-Samborsky

Synopsis This is one of the classic Soviet silent films. A young revolutionary dies fighting against the misery and poverty of Tsarist Russia in the pre-war revolution of 1905, and, in doing so, brings about the political awareness of his mother.

Direction Aleksandr Ptushko

Cast Valeri Kozinets · Natalya Petrova · Andrei Abrikosov · Vladimir Fyodorov

Synopsis The film is the story of the title two characters who are in love. Ludmila is kidnapped on her wedding night and the king, angry at the loss of his daughter vows that she will be the bride of who...

Direction Mikhail Kalatozov

Cast Vasiliy Merkurev · Boris Chirkov · Aleksandr Borisov · Aleksei Gribov

Direction Ivan Pyryev

Cast Marina Ladynina · Vladimir Zeldin · Nikolay Kryuchkov · Nasyr Kitayev

Synopsis Modest Glasha Novikova sent to Moscow to the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Here she meets with Dagestan shepherd Musaib Gatuevym. In parting, Glasha and Musaib promise to write to each other and meet at the show next year. But on their...

Direction Yuli Raizman

Cast Lidiya Dranovskaya · Leonid Gallis · Mariya Yarotskaya · Mikhail Vorobyov

Synopsis Lavrentev, a naval officer, and Zina, a gardener, met in the compartment of Moscow-Vladivostok train and didn’t like each other at once. Having fallen behind the train they travel the rest of the way together meeting people and studying the...

Direction Leonid Lukov

Cast Aleksei Gribov · A. Mansvetov · G. Pasechnik · Viktor Khokhryakov

Direction Ivan Pyryev

Cast Marina Ladynina · Yevgeni Samojlov · Ivan Lyubeznov · Ariadna Lysak

Synopsis Two artillery officers meeting an attractive girl in Moscow between battles. One falls in love with her and they vow to meet in Moscow on a bridge at Six P.M. when the war ends. The war puts them on diverse...

Direction Yuli Raizman

Cast Sergei Bondarchuk · Anatoli Chemodurov · Kira Kanaeva · Nikolai Komissarov

Synopsis Sergei Tutarinov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, returns to his native village to take an active part in its restoration. His initiatives are strongly supported by the local Secretary of the Communist Party. Tutarinov becomes chairman of the...

Direction Eldar Ryazanov

Cast Larisa Golubkina · Yuriy Yakovlev · Igor Ilyinsky · Nikolay Kryuchkov

Synopsis The story takes place in 1812, during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Shura Azarova, a young girl from a noble family, dresses herself as a Hussar officer and joins the Russian Army to fight against the invaders.