A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
One day, doctors Speransky and Nikulin made an outstanding scientific discovery: they discovered the bacillus of indifference and ignorance. To describe its action, one of them selflessly instills it in himself.
The cruel and unprincipled chairman of the district executive committee learns that the official should be sent to retirement. However, the rumors were erroneous, and then the chairman, fearing for his own career, organizes the murder.
This historic drama is set in an Ossetian village in the 17th century. The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to assert his dignity. He is opposed by Dacco, the elder of the Aldar clan, in whose village Chermen lives. Guided by mercenary motives, Dacco strikes a...
1917, the eve of the February Revolution. Kirill Astakhov, a Bolshevik, one of the organizers of the suppressed riot, is transferred from the Siberian Archinsk prison to the Kutuisky stockade. He is accompanied by the warden Stepan Filimonov, who has his own scores to settle with politicians.