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Browse 147 movies from Leningrad Television
A television play based on the life and death of Russian poet and Decembrist Wilhelm "Kyukhlya" Küchelbecker.
Dec 1963
Jan 1983
Mar 1970
A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran.
Feb 1969
In this whimsical television play based on a fairy-tale by Karel Čapek, an enterprising detective goes on a globe-trotting adventure to catch a mysterious wizard.
Jan 1965
Apr 1974
Sep 1981
He was betrayed by a friend and the woman he loved. His brilliant inventions were stolen through deceit. Thirty years later, he awoke from hypersleep. Both hatred and love were left in the distant past. But sometimes, those who never give up manage to find a 'door into summer.' Even if it means returning to their own past...
Jan 1992
Young graduate student Anna Ivankevich arrives in her native village, where she has not been for about 20 years. Here, in the rural silence of her aunt’s house, she is going to write her dissertation. Suddenly, two strange strangers unexpectedly appear in the house, whom Anna initially mistakes for thieves. They claim that the owner of this house yesterday rented it to them for two weeks, and for greater persuasiveness they hand over a letter in which Anya’s mother confirms this and also asks her to live with their neighbor, grandfather Gennady. This all looks very strange... And then the fantasy begins - it soon turns out that they are guests from the future, and chose this house as an intermediate station.
Jan 1980
Chronicle dramatic scenes of Germany under the rule of fascism.
A runaway robot obsessed with an idea of creating a perfect human becomes a household property of a writer through deception.
Apr 1965
Nurdin is a man who failed to protect friendship and love, who retreated before deceit and hypocrisy. The benevolent viewer is personified by the Old Man, a character who seems to stand outside the plot. Nurdin tells the Old Man about his life.
Jan 1964
Based on the work of Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak “Woe to Fear - Happiness Cannot See.”
Aug 1989
In the main character's diary, he describes his life, his work, and the people around him. He goes on to write about his feelings for a woman, and soon after that he begins to show signs of insanity - he talks to her doggie Meji, he gets hold of letters that Meji wrote to another doggie. After a few days, he's already completely disconnected from reality...
Jan 1968
The teleplay was based on V. Mayakovsky’s poems “You!”, “Listen!”, “Conversation with Comrade Lenin” and other works of the poet.
Jan 1969
A television play from John Steinbeck's novel, performed live for Leningrad Television.
Jan 1963
The film takes place between two revolutions - 1905 and 1917. There is no agreement in the family of the Kolomiytsev brothers, bankrupt nobles. The elder brother Yakov is mortally ill. The youngest, Ivan, a gendarme colonel, is completely confused and does not know how to get out of the situation created in the family.
Jul 1969
The main character is the chekist Fyodor Dyatlov. He is in love with his friend Hippolytus' sister, the educated, intelligent Irina. At the same time, he harshly pursues the younger brother of Hippolytus and Irina Valerik. He is also a security officer, but in his youth he was tempted by a bribe. Fyodor investigates the case himself and puts Valerik in the hands of higher security officers. His possible happiness with Irina and his friendship with Hippolytus are at stake. But Fyodor is a real fanatic of the communist idea. For the sake of principles, he will do anything.
Dec 1960
Jan 1970