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Set in a fictional town in northern Russia, where highly classified research in magic occurs, the novel is a satire of Soviet scientific research institutes, complete with an inept administration, a dishonest, show-horse professor, and numerous equipment failures. It offers an idealistic view of the scientific work ethic, as reflected in the title which suggests that the scientists' weekends are nonexistent. (Wikipedia)
Jan 1965
Based on a play by Ivan Turgenev.
Jun 1968
A TV play based on Y.P. German's trilogy about the doctor Vladimir Ustimenko. Aglaya is Vladimir's aunt. The play is about her work as an underground fighter during the war.
Jan 1968
Detective Al Bailey is invited to one of the outer worlds, Solaria, where a mysterious murder has occurred. Solaria is characterized by the isolation of its inhabitants from each other (even husbands and wives see each other on a schedule), which makes the murder all the more incredible. From childhood, people grow up surrounded by robots, and as adults, personal contact is considered inappropriate and a difficult challenge. The unpreparedness of the inhabitants for the murder leads them to accept the invitation to bring in an Earthling. Upon arriving on the planet, Al Bailey meets his old acquaintance, the robot Dan, and they begin their investigation together.
Jan 1978
A televised play based on the novella of the same name by Boris Vasilyev.
Oct 1970
Based on the play by Mikhail Bulgakov about the last days of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin's life.
A television play based on the novella Three Years. Scenes from Family Life by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Mar 1968
The heroes strive, at the cost of any trials and sacrifices, to discover the gold-bearing veins and placer deposits the country so desperately needs. Meanwhile, hardened villains operate alongside them, doing everything they can to thwart their plans and intentions—this drives the dramatic tension and the intense events of the production…
Feb 1965
Based on the pamphlet "They Don't Talk About It" by Finnish writer Martti Lärni.
A television play based on the play by V. Rozov.
Jan 1973
The film-play based on the play of the same name by V. Dykhochivny and M. Slobodsky ridicules formalism and bureaucracy.
Based on the novel of the same name by Viktor Golyavkin. About the touching friendship of two boys - Lyalka and Sanka.
Sep 1966
A television play based on stories by Alexander Grin. Five sailing ships are blocked in the port of Lissa by an enemy privateer. The captains of four of these ships gather around a hotel table, pondering how to set sail and outsmart the privateer's vigilance...
Jun 1965
Based on the play by J. Smetanova.
Jul 1968
A crime has been committed. The worst thing is murder... Who is the culprit? What are the motives for the crime? These and many related questions face police colonel Drobyshev and senior lieutenant Samarin. During the investigation, they encounter young people whose spiritual poverty is terrible in its moral consequences.
Sep 1985
Based on the works of Alexander Pushkin ("Roslavlev", "The Tales of I.P. Belkin", "We Spent the Evening at the Country Estate...", "A Novel in Letters", "A Duel", etc.).
Jan 1979
The old couple, Afanasy Ivanovich Tovstogub and his wife Pulcheria Ivanovna, live in seclusion in one of the remote villages known as "starosvitsky" in Little Russia. Their life is so peaceful that to a guest who happens to visit their low, green-roofed manor house, the passions and turmoil of the outside world seem to have no existence. The small rooms of the house are filled with all sorts of trinkets, the doors are singing in different keys, and the storerooms are filled with supplies, which are constantly being prepared by the servants under the supervision of Pulcheria Ivanovna. Despite the fact that the household is being robbed by the steward and the servants, the blessed land produces so much that Afanasy Ivanovich and Pulcheria Ivanovna do not notice the thefts at all.
A musical television play based on French folk tales.
Nov 1980
About the adventures of two princesses who received rings from the wizard Almanzor as a gift. The problem was that one of them was too stupid and the other was too evil. It was difficult to find suitable husbands for them. Almanzor offered the princesses two rings: a regular gold ring and a magical tin ring with a twin. Aleli chose the tin ring, and the gardener who received the second tin ring knew everything about his beloved and did everything he could to make her happy.
Jan 1983
An accident occurred in the spinning shop of the melange mill. Worker Zoya Semenova was seriously injured. Some colleagues blamed the shop manager, Galina Demidova, for the incident, and an investigation began. The case was assigned to investigator Sukhobokova, an honest and principled woman. During the investigation, Sukhobokova meets with workshop workers and Demidova’s friends, who don't believe in Galina’s guilt...
Jan 1959