Nikolai Gusarov

The Cow

A boy recalls the story of how his family lost its cow. Based on a short story by Andrei Platonov.

Semyon Dezhnyov

Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.

Upside Down

A simple guy, Styopa, without suspecting it, brought with his car to a small town a gang of gangsters looking for a unique diamond.

Horses in the Ocean

A criminal drama set in the Soviet Union. Director of a Children's Theatre is sentenced to a prison term after a false accusation. He is spending his time locked up with a gang of teenagers

Gray Mouse

The dramatic story of the moral fall of a former plant director who became addicted to the “green serpent.”

Wild Field

Somehow, three came to these lands to the camp of ataman Sidor. One of them recently escaped from Turkish captivity, where from the centurion dying on his hands, he learned about a chest hidden in these places with the Ryazan treasury. The Cossacks, having conferred, decide to go in search of her, but the Turks are already looking for the treasury, who once hid her here.

Казачья быль

Stepan Guslyakov's Harem

The husband of a terminally ill Claudia falls in love with a neighbor, Marisha, who helps him with the housework in the absence of his wife. And a year and a half later, Claudia returns from the hospital.

A Young Man From a Good Family

Valera Sapogin returns home after serving in the army. A young man experiences many life lessons before he finds his place in life.