Vladimir Isayev

Our Calling

This is Where We Live

Events unfold on the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), in the survey party and in the village of Kamushki, through which the highway is to pass.

Bouquet of Violets

The WWII. Berestova, an air regiment engineer, meets Ardatov, a fighter pilot whose wife has died. Now he must think about how to raise his two children alone. However, Arbatov does not live to see victory. After the war Berestova finds his children and adopts them.

I, Son of the Working People

The action takes place during the German occupation of Ukraine in 1919. The main characters are folklore characters - the brave soldier Semyon Kotko and the beautiful maiden Sofya.

Unknown Soldier

The Evening Labyrinth

A funny comedy about a group of inspectors preparing to build a labyrinth in a small town.

If I Were the Boss...

Fyodor Stepanovich, the head of SMU, once discovered his striking resemblance to an auxiliary worker, Petya. It turns out that the latter had always been jealous of the boss and dreamed of taking his place. Fyodor Stepanovich, completely overwhelmed with work, decided to meet Petya's needs.

The Mire

The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Peasant Matryona Bystrova loses her husband at the front, then her eldest son goes missing. Matryona decides to save the youngest son at all costs and shelters him from being drafted into the army in the attic of the house until the end of the war. But it turns out that saving her son, she condemns him to spiritual death, and herself to torment of conscience. A private story about the mother of a deserter grows to epic proportions...

A Woman That Sings

A musical melodrama and semi‐biographical portrait of Alla Pugacheva, here named Anna Streltsova, who repeatedly contemplates leaving the stage until she discovers her true style and songs. Along the way she endures a difficult marriage and divorce, embraces motherhood, and ultimately experiences a profound, life-changing love.

Brass Band

An aging train engineer, Nikolai Yegorovich, retires and decides to revive the railway brass band that once existed in his youth. He sets out to convince its former members to return, but not everyone shares his enthusiasm or understands his vision.