Galina Polskikh is a Soviet film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1962. In 1979 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, and in 1999 - Order of Honour (fourth degree). The lead roles in Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964) and The Journalist (1967) directed by her teacher Sergei Gerasimov made Polskikh one of the most outstanding film stars in the Soviet Union. The distinctive feature of Polskikh's acting was convincing depiction of subtle emotions of female personages in affecting scenes. Polskikh became famous after playing lead roles in such Soviet films as The Wild Dingo Dog (1962), There Was an Old Couple (1965) and Faithfulness (1965).
Pavel and Natalya did not know each other, although they had been successfully working in the same field for a long time. They worked only with the richest clients and served them in the first place. Both were top class frauds. And while their paths did not cross, they lived quite happily. But everything changed when their next clients turned out to be husband and wife, and the unlucky thief Marina took away the million at stake right from under the noses of the professionals, without realizing...
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The Alaska Kid is a 1991 German / Russian / Polish television miniseries, based on Jack London's 1912 short story anthology, Smoke Bellew. First broadcast on the German ZDF network in December 1993, the series stars Mark Pillow as "The Alaska Kid" Jack Bellew, a newspaper reporter on his beat during the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska....
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Russia is at the dawn of great changes and the fate of a young man, Pyotr Cherkasov, who was forced to sacrifice his personal happiness to save the Motherland. In the center of events are bright and interesting characters, whose personal life history is woven into the history of European life. The interweaving of love lines, betrayal, jealousy, intrigue, exposing the enemies of Russia and the world order. Napoleon Bonaparte hatches plans to take over all of Europe. One of the most terrible war...
The heroes of the almanac's stories are students who studied at the same institute in the 90s and lived together in a dormitory. Then many people left, their paths diverged and their lives turned out differently, but they did not lose touch and still communicate, help each other and share common problems. Fellow students meet 20 years later on the anniversary of their favorite teacher. But how many things will happen before this meeting…...
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Eva is a talented dance teacher who has always stayed true to herself. For being independent and self-reliant she has paid her own price – she is single, without kids or a family. Her status means she is free to take on extra shifts and overtime at work and fill in for those away on maternity leave. However, this vicious circle has done no favors for Eva’s private life. To add to her burden, she discovers that her ex-boyfriend and "love of her life" quickly got married after they broke up, and r...
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A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday's intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together. Seven years later, Alina and Mark have a strong family. But one day, Mark goes on a business trip ...
Dr. Filatov, a first—class gynecologist, a favorite of women, but at the same time a faithful family man, is suddenly abandoned by his wife. Trying to fill the void created by her departure, Filatov begins to look for a new love. But the more he gets to know the woman, the more he realizes that his wife is absolutely perfect and she must be returned at all costs....
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At a stop on demand (that is, where the bus stops, only if you really ask), on the outskirts of an ordinary Russian city, a humble man named Smirnov stands in the rain. I decided to go to my mother after a slight quarrel with my wife Natasha....
World-famous geneticist Professor Hülsenbeck is a man of integrity who refuses to mix science and political gain. When his findings are being used to harm humanity, he immigrates to the USA in 1933 in protest against Nazi racial politics....
Things take an interesting turn for Tanya and her mother when her father arrives with his foster son Kolya and new wife. This film is about Kolya and Tanya's bright, pure and bitter first love....
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On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home from a hard night shift. Just as Kolya is about to take a rest, he is met by his old friend Sasha, who wants help getting a deferral from military service so that he can get married....
Multiply love stories are going around the young family including the newlyweds parnts and even... a grandmother....
A fantasy story about five-grades - musician and engineer, their friend - the most beautiful girl in the world, her brother who dreams to turn all cats into monkeys, his dog Klyaksa and a lot more stuff…...
A New Year 2000 evening become vey strange for one family - thanks to the grandma....
Mr. Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph....
Very dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE (specifically high jumping) with a condition that he will not say lies; once he commits a smallest lie, his abilities are gone......
A funny comedy about a daily life of a three adventurous men: Lukov-Father, Lukov-Son and Lukov-Grandson....
A comedy about a civil registry official whose job is to register newlyweds and who just discovered that her husband has been cheating on her for 3 months, her daughter met a guy she doesn't approve of, and her life has suddenly become a fuss of the fusses....
Уж пятый десяток пошел герою картины, а он все еще продолжает искать свое место в жизни и этой самой жизни смысл. Перепробовав с десяток профессий, работает сантехником — и считает, что тоже временно. Жена в сердцах называет его «отставной козы барабанщиком».Горожанин Гаврюшко Чупрун после очередной ссоры с женой решил начать "новую" жизнь. Взяв у соседа форму и выдав себя за капитана дальнего плавания, уехал в село, где родился и вырос. Но очень скоро истина стала для всех очевидной - и приехав...
A funny story about Fyodor - the oldest person in the village - and his three sons....
A story about a good doctor - surgeon Mishkin who works in a countryside hospital....
A resident of Magadan, Ukladova, was robbed in a Moscow alley. She claims that she was hit on the head with a hammer and robbed of a large amount of money by a taxi driver. The investigator finds a taxi driver who has already been imprisoned for hooliganism. All the facts are against the suspect, but he does not confess. People who knew him convince him that the guy is not capable of such a crime. Ukladova, however, recognizes the taxi driver in a confrontation....
Young girl is dreaming to become a cop - so she starts her own investigation into a group of car thieves....
The former director of a large deli Pavel Shorokhov, having returned from prison and not received the expected reception from his wife, who forbade him to see his son, temporarily settles with Kotov, the owner of the lists of participants in the unaccounted goods movement system. Kotov, who is near death, transfers lists to Shorokhov and thereby puts him at risk from former accomplices. But Shorokhov breaks the pledge circle......
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Georgy Burkov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Galina Polskikh in a sad comedy by Sergey Nikonenko based on Vasily Shukshin’s short stories “Touches on the Portrait”, “The Stubborn One”, “The Strong Go Further”. Nikolai Knyazev works in a TV repair shop. God has blessed him with golden hands and heart, yet the majority of his fellow-town folk think he’s a bit nutty. And for a good reason: he’s constructing a perpetual motion machine, for years has been writing a philosophical treatise, d...
Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task....
A lyrical and philosophical story about the lives of ordinary people: acquaintances and strangers, relatives and just met. Their lifelines are intertwined, but what at first seems random obeys the eternal laws of love…...
A six-grader Yura tries to convince the kids in his new school that he is a boxer and champion....
One Sunday in the life of little Alyosha and his divorced parents....
The new part will pay tribute to the very first film in the series: New Year's stories will again be connected by the theory of six handshakes, but in a new way. On New Year's Eve there is always a place for a miracle, even if you suddenly stopped believing in it. Gennadyich, who spends his life in a nursing home near St. Petersburg, will find his real family. Novice blogger Larisa from Tyumen will have to find out what her husband is ready to do for the sake of her loved ones. Marina from Tatar...
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An unbelievable story about love which survived the horrors of WWII and a time abyss of 67 years....
After serving in the army, working at BAM and earning himself the authority and fame of a pioneer, the hero took a leave of absence and came home to his friends and beloved. But at home he could not find anything to do and, without waiting for the end of his vacation, he left again for BAM......
A successful young journalist goes to a small industrial city in order to understand the written complaints of a certain girl. When he met the author of the letters and the girl whom she had slandered, he didn't immediately understand the complexity of the situation and the measure of responsibility to those whom he was obliged to protect......
Many people assume that life does not end after death. Not Dr. Tyrsa, practical and skeptical man, who never believed in this nonsense. However, thanks to the bowling accident, he finds himself in a desert land with people like him not belonging to this world yet not accepted into the other. Now Dr. Tyrsa realizes that the life he used to live was not so bad, and he's got something worth returning to....
A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal....
One day, a girl sits in the car of the director of a large plant, Pyotr Semenovich Polyakov, calls herself Varya and shows the found father a photo of her mother. And now, in search of the lost, the director comes to the city where he once loved Varina's mother, Zinaida......
Masha is a spectacular blonde. But this is not enough for her lover's aristocratic family to accept her as their own. What can be done? Studying would take too long and it’s so boring. The resourceful Masha risks subjecting herself to an experiment: a chip is implanted in her body making her intellect shine with glory in any situation. However, her exquisite rival – her lover’s new fling – is not going to give up, and technology can fail at the most inappropriate moment....
A certain Kostyleva, who was fired (cut) from her job, threatens to commit suicide. Her colleague suggests cutting him. The self-sacrifice was misunderstood by the wife of this employee. Out of jealousy, she decides to leave her husband and leave home. And he suddenly finds out that a grandfather is coming from America to visit, whom (what if he is a millionaire!) must be greeted properly - it is not every day that relatives come from the USA. The grandfather arrives in an antediluvian car to "d...
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the R...
A second episode in the trilogy about the partisans fighting against the Nazis during the WWII on the territory of Russia. Film is set in the winter of 1943-1944. Major Mlynsky is the commander of the partisan group, that is fighting behind the Nazi's front-lines. Major Mlynsky is invited to the Chief of Staff, where he is promoted to Lt.-Colonel for his courage. Now Mlynsky is in charge of the new partisan's operation....
A year from the life of a first-grader and his parents....
Polosa vezeniya (literally) 'Streak of Luck' is the fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology series and comprises three short stories. The first story, 'Vizit' (The Visit) directed by film maker turned politician Yevgeni Gerasimov tells the story of a rural boy visiting his former village girlfriend, now living in Moscow. Next comes a short film by Aleksandr Majorov called 'Zolotye rybki' (Goldfishes) which is based on a story of a magical goldfish brought from a provincial pet store by the lat...
After discovering a dark window which appears on the wall every midnight two boys decide to investigate the mystery of a dark room behind the window....
"Horror" film about the harsh lives of the children living in an outwardly prosperous orphanage. When a young boy dies during a clandestine mutual drug-taking session, his accomplices unsuccessfully try to hide his corpse to evade punishment, and then the orphanage management tries to hush up the whole affair to keep up appearances....
A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him to confront the atrocities and lies he encounters along the way....
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A story of a first love between two recent high school graduates who meet one another evening before start of the WWII....
Vitya Glushakov is a perfect high school student. He even writes a novel about the Apache tribe. But suddenly he becomes friend with the old drinking man Arkady....
A story about funny adventures of the group of children during their summer vacations....
After her father dies Vera is forced to become a president of his company and continue the business....
A group of "friends" are trying to solve a mysterious death of a factory director - and find the money he stole from them....
A young and humble girl who works as a clerk suddenly inherits the huge and expensive art collection......
A story about the life of a high school and a physical education teacher....
Based on the novels and stories of Eduard Limonov....
A young French woman comes to St. Petersburg to find material for her dissertation, but falls in love with a handsome lawyer......
The characters of the movie — the plunderers of public wealth, the corrupt and the scammers are taking guests on a fishing trip Barber for auditor. The naive simpleton who refused bribes turned out to be a mystery for crooks more complicated than his keychain with a secret…...
The patients of the big hospital are fighting for their rights during Perestroyka times....
Marat meets a girl named Vika in St. Petersburg.The girl wants Marat to take her to Baku. Marat’s love for Vika is growing day by day. The movie is about relations between Marat, Vika and his friend Mikail....
In 1919, in Petrograd, a pilot Sevastyanov was asked to help in training flight personnel for the young Hungarian republic, together with a Hungarian journalist he makes a desperate, with many adventures, flight across the front to Hungary ......
In this provocative Soviet drama, an aged couple are left homeless after their farm burns down, and they head off to live with their impoverished daughter. When they arrive, they are appalled to learn that she has abandoned her child and husband to run away with a married man. The husband is now an alcoholic, so the grandparents stay on to support their son-in-law in his time of need and to help care for their grandson. Later, the errant daughter is dumped by her lover and returns. Many fights e...
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The shoe factory is undergoing production reform. Poor quality shoes no longer bring savings, the company began to suffer only losses. To get out of this crisis, the factory management decided to produce normal products designed for the wishes of the consumer. To do this, you must cope with new technologies....
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A handful of farmers protect their farm from bandits....
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A story about a process of building a huge car factory in USSR....
An action-packed film about the investigation of a crime in which corrupt layers from the top KGB are involved....
A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace....
A corner of Hell hasn't been meeting its quota of damned souls, so Lila, a beautiful female demon, is sent to corrupt a moral man by making him irresistible to women. But Lila hadn't counted on falling for him herself....
There were three sisters — Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Vera, having survived unhappy love, goes to the monastery, where she gives birth to a child. The child dies, Vera commits suicide. Lyuba and grandmother attend church and maintain relations with priest Aleksandr. To Nadezhda that condemns their religiosity, it seems that Lyuba is in love with father Aleksandr. She comes home to him and demands that he stop dating Lyuba. However, it turns out that Aleksandr is in love with Nadezhda. Knowing hi...
The film built a classic love square: two pairs of MSU students are living vicissitudes. Everyone has their own destiny. It all depends on the choice of path. Some neglect the principles and norms, sweeping away the barriers of morality. Others remain true to their love and duty. The ending of the film is completely unpredictable…...
Valentine's day can fulfill our dreams, and then the perfect woman will appear in front of a man in the form of an unexpected trio of Housewives, sex bombs and a business lady, and a modest Secretary will forever win the heart of the notorious don Juan. All the characters of the film suddenly find themselves in a modern fairy tale and get a unique chance to see the world in a new way — through the eyes of lovers…...
In an abandoned apartment there are former spouses. Barricaded, the husband, thus, trying to escape from the criminals who hunt for compromising photos. But the ex-wife is there not by chance — she is the mistress of one of the kidnappers. But with an unusual date, the former feelings take over, the lovers decide to deceive the bandits and go on the run....
Before the demolition of the orphanage, almost all the children were transferred to other boarding schools, but six girls and their teacher remained. Olga, one of the pupils, receives an invitation to act in films and agrees. Filming and getting to know the other world harden her - and she already perceives the problems of her friends in a completely different way and almost hates her teacher ......
Thirty years old Katya has a tragedy. Favorite man appeared to be a womanizer. During 6 years Katya was expecting marriage, which came to nothing. Her friends decide to help her to find a profitable groom on the Internet, and certainly abroad. At the same time they make Katya to improve her appearance - to effectively lose weight and get well dressed....
Caring Svetlana wants to give her close friend Natalia and secretly sends her data to the dating bureau. After some time, on the threshold of the apartment of unsuspecting Svetlana, two men appear in full bloom ......
A large government official from Moscow, having come to rest at home, falls into a trap organized for him by two sisters working in the former state house. Sincerely falling in love with one of them, he does not suspect that he is becoming the object of blackmail ......
A wealthy pharmaceutical business owner, Edik is used to managing and controlling. But fate brings him an unexpected surprise. The unemployed artist Petrovich, who decided to say goodbye to life, falls from the roof of a skyscraper onto a brand new expensive businessman’s car. Is the miserable life of a loser worth that kind of money? Moreover, he will never be able to return them. But debt must be received at all costs, for Edik it is a matter of principle, forgiving others is not in his rules....
Far East. 70th years. A small garrison on the border with China. Here, as everywhere, there are men and women. Everyone has his own story, his own destiny, his own love. The common thing is that they all came here once on duty and stayed for a long time. Marina Goloshchekina is nice, kind, right. Galya The tourniquet is intelligent, passionate, determined. Albina Raven - extravagant, unpredictable, thin. Three friends, three sisters in happiness and misfortune, officers' wives. They help each ...
For student Masha Matushkina, everything in life could be fine, if not for one big problem: her father who raised her alone is in command of the military registration and enlistment office. Because of this, not a single guy near Masha lingers for a long time - one after another they leave to undergo military service by conscription to the farthest corners of Russia. And although Masha sincerely loves her stubborn dad, the final clash of characters is inevitable. And so it turns out that this epi...
In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected......
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After being wounded in Afghanistan, Alexey returned home. While he was at war, his mother married an official of the highest state authority. Having become a casual witness to the preparation of a coup d'etat, Alexey decides to join someone else's game......
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The story of an eccentric but dedicated clown named Vovchik and an ordinary woman named Gali, who accidentally joined the circus and stayed there as a so-called "decoy."...