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Alisa moves into a spacious apartment in St. Petersburg, where the mirror starts to malfunction, showing the young lodger a parallel reality of the same apartment. Only it is not Alisa who lives in this parallel reality, but the party animal Ivan. Will the young people be able to recognize true love and will they be able to unite their worlds in order to meet in reality and simply touch each other?
Oct 2025
The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.
Apr 2021
Beautiful Nina lives happily married, as she saw it, with intelligent Alexandr, professor of Sinology. But the debt for the mortgage begins to disturb the relationship of spouses. One day she meets Sergey, the head of the bank where her husband has debt, and so begins their passionate relationships. The story of the relationship with married Sergey hardly promises happiness, but Nina realizes that for the first time she feels true love.
Mar 2017
The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Apr 2015
Overcoming the midlife crisis and experiencing an internal shock, sports news anchor Egor Tikhonov becomes a volunteer, he helps mothers of sick children in the cancer ward, searches for lost people together with "Lisa alert". gradually finding a new life, Egor begins to lose the old one: he loses his job, almost divorces his wife. and more and more often he asks himself if he is a strong enough person to go his way to the end.
Mar 2023
The story of the growing up of Lyosha, who turned 18 years old. Life asks him more and more difficult questions about love, family, duty and his path than it did at 14. And he, just as then, must answer them himself.
May 2023
Stepbrothers and teammates Zhenya and Tyoma do not like each other. Professor Maksim Muromtsev, Tyoma's father, is working on a time machine. After a visit to his laboratory, they are accidentally transported to 1999, where they meet 12-year-old Vadim Shipachev - a future star hockey player and Zhenya's idol. Now they must help Vadim to believe in himself and follow his dream before they can return to the present.
Feb 2026
St. Petersburg. Friends Lera, Valya, and Olya perform a mystical ritual for fun, and suddenly Catherine the Great herself materializes in the kitchen amidst the candles. The crowned empress quickly embraces the 21st century: she tries cappuccino, searches for the "Kareta" fare on a taxi app, and that night, she discovers a dance floor with a bang. The friends are delighted, until they notice that reality around them is beginning to shift.
Dec 2025
The case brings two older women together. Lonely and embittered by the whole world, Zhenya is forced to unite with the eccentric and good-natured Mila in order to get out of the circumstances in which they found themselves thanks to a chance acquaintance with two young frivolous neighbors.
Mar 2022
In a time after devastating wars, plagues, and natural disasters, the social order has collapsed, and new moral systems, beliefs, and forms of survival emerge. The story follows Ivan Morozov, who leaves his wife Katya to search for necessities, and meets Sergei Volkov, a mysterious companion. Together, they travel through haunting landscapes filled with forgotten villages, strange rituals, and mythological echoes, culminating in a profound and painful choice.
Jun 2026
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.
May 2018
Pasha has never been in love, but he does have a nightclub he inherited. It's in debt. Pasha can't manage it, but he can't sell it either—it's all he has left from his parents. Pasha also has a friend, Lesya, who patiently waits for his feelings to finally thaw. And they thaw when Lesya introduces Pasha to her friend, Alisa. Alisa isn't responsible for those she's tamed. She will be the first to break Pasha's feelings, turning his life into complete madness.
Veta is a student of the acting department of one of the capital's universities. She does not show great promise, but she firmly believes in her dream - to become the best in her field.
Feb 2024
Sixteen-year-old Zhenya, whom everyone calls Tin, fully justifies her nickname - she is gesticulating and destroys relationships with everyone around her. She became such after she received a concussion and a leg injury. Now she limps and sees the world far from rosy. Zhenya blames his best (and now former) friend Prikhodka for his injury and directs all his anger and sparkling cynicism at him. But apart from Prikhodko, everyone gets it: parents, older brother, girlfriends and classmates. Everything changes when Zhenya meets the head of the robotics circle, Stanislav Karin, who becomes her mentor. Through interaction with robots, Zhenya learns to communicate with people, enjoys life, and most importantly, forgives and regains an old friend.
Jun 2023
WWII, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
May 2012
Shattering the story of a talented former boxer. He lost his memory. He does not remember what happened yesterday. He can not sleep. Each morning starts with a clean sheet for him. The powers that be decided to use it in my game. As a bargaining chip. He will understand. And revenge. In one day, he needs to catch it.
Sep 2008
A story about a boy who can't walk and his friend, who creates a world for him - a life-saving fairy tale about a mermaid and dangerous games with mythical creatures. This friendship becomes a shield against cruelty and a cure for despair.
Leopard Marina had already despaired of finding her predator, until one day the frantic rhythm of the metro made its own adjustments. In the hustle and bustle it is easy to miss the main thing, but the theft of the bag by the thief Chameleon helped the main character see a real knight. The stern-looking hunter helped the lady and was rewarded with attention.
Mar 2025
A teacher at a Yakut music school must make a choice between a sacred song from the dark past and love that heralds a bright future.
Jun 2025
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