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Based on two plays by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy – "The Death of John the Terrible" and "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich".
Feb 2011
About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the picky bride Agafya Tikhonovna, who can not choose the right one, Mark Zakharov saw the story of a man who wants to change something in his life, but is not capable of doing anything.
Sep 2007
TV version of the performance by the Mossovet Theatre, based on the play by Neil Simon.
Feb 2002
The ruined barber Svirid Petrovich Golokhvosty decides to improve his situation by marrying the unattractive daughter of the wealthy merchant Prokop Serko. However, at the same time, he encounters the beautiful Galina.
Feb 2001
A young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.
Mar 1999
A high school student lives with his mother, an honest Soviet worker in an ordinary communal apartment. Her boyfriend, who is engaged in small-scale commercial adventures, introduces the guy to a spirited, intelligent girl, who opens up to him a whole world of beautiful, great, but persecuted literature - the poets of the Silver Age. The atmosphere thickens...
Feb 2008
A television performance based on the works of Sergey Dovlatov. Recorded and edited performance by the Mossovet Theatre, initially directed by M. Sonnenstral, and completed after his sudden death by O. Anokhina.
Feb 1999
Based on the eponymous drama by A.S. Pushkin. TV version of the performance by the Drama and Comedy Theatre on Taganka (director Yuri Lyubimov).
Jul 1999
Based on the play by A.P. Chekhov. TV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre.
Mar 1998
Old age knows no national boundaries or geographical limits. She can be peaceful and happy in the circle of loved ones and become a disaster if you are abandoned by people dear to you. Man is the only living creature in the world who knows that he will die.
Dec 2014
Based on the comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. Television version of the performance by the Moscow Theatre "Lenkom".
Oct 2005
The TV version of the play by A.K. Tolstoy, staged by the Maly Theatre.
Feb 1998
The performance features shadow scene performers and the "Sirin" ensemble under the direction of Andrei Krotov.
Jul 2008
The story of a Moscow academic family, rapidly "falling apart" after the death of its head. Yet, the family members strive to preserve their inner nobility and find a foundation in their new life.
Nov 1997
Based on the play "The Last Victim" by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky.
Mar 2004
TV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre. Based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky.
Mar 2000
The story of the adventures of a young man – overly ambitious and cynical, who wanted to make a career but ended up failing.
Feb 2004
Based on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
Mar 2005
An almost unknown girl Frida accompanied Aleksandr Volodin to the front. When he returned, he married her. A sense of duty and gratitude bound them, but this did not prevent him from continuing to search for a female ideal... The name of the poet and playwright Aleksandr Volodin is familiar to everyone who loves russian cinema and theater. The films Elder Sister, Five Evenings, The Magician, Autumn Marathon, the famous performances of the Tovstonogov's BDT and Efremov's Sovremennik, staged according to his plays, were remembered for their unique intonation, the soft, not at all edifying voice of a person who knows something about life that we pass by without noticing. Most of Volodin's works are autobiographical, he writes about his generation, about the generation "scorched by war".
Apr 2006
Gubaidulina is one of the most prominent and profound composers of the second half of the 20th century. According to many, she is the most outstanding female composer of our time. Her work reflects a desire to organically unite the qualities of Western and Eastern art, influenced by spiritual and religious concepts. Through faith, she also finds meaning in her creative work. Along with Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina is part of the so-called "trio" of Moscow composers associated with the avant-garde movement.