Movies: Valentina Oleynik

Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls, having come to the MUR for distribution, to the ...

A disturbing psychological thriller based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving an anonymous invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England....

In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun....

A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor whom he has just murdered after a quarrel. An orphaned girl gets a job in the archives of the maternit...

Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of a child! The small but brave heroes Tom and Huck search for the treasure, become "pirates", enter into a dangerous ba...

The plot of this adventurous film revolves around a bank check for $5 million. The tough mafiosi, the police, and even... three teenagers - the young Russian hero Ilya, the Kazakh computer prodigy Akezhan and the girl Sonya - are trying to get him a...

Blonde Lilia and brunette Violetta are fascinated by horse racing, and the young racers are more than a little attracted to them, too. However, the worlds of sporting and romance don't always coexist peacefully as the two girls learn the hard way thr...

"Come Tomorrow" (1963), directed by Yevgeny Tashkov, is a much-loved comedy about Frosya Burlakova, a talented young woman from a remote Siberian village who comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a professional singer. The film explores themes of h...

This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two in One's two parts, "Stagehands" and "Woman of a Lifetime," celebrate the psychological richness tha...

A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them....

A single mother is confused by the changes in her teenage son, who has become distant since spending summer vacation with his father....

The film is based on A. P. Chekhov’s play “Tatiana Repina” and short story “Difficult People”. At his wedding, the groom is horrified to see among the church crowd his former mistress who had recently committed suicide....

A lawyer defends a wealthy woman accused of murder. She claims it was self-defense. The lawyer is not sure....

Six years old Vitya lives with his parents in the Army base where he meets new friends and has a lot of adventures....

A judge is devastated after the death of his wife and is neglectful of his children. His son befriends the children of a street beggar who live in an abandoned, derelict church. After his experience with his new friends, the young boy begins to feel ...

In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odessa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an u...

A tragicomic story about a long going duel between experienced detective and young and pretty girl in the start of her grafter career....

Stepan has a beloved uncle who replaced his parents in childhood. The trouble is that this uncle is the leader of the gang, stubbornly trying to attach his nephew to the family business. To begin with, a raid on the bank with his participation is pla...

A couple of post-Soviet slackers want to record a video message for their friends who have moved to the United States. Muratova’s view of different types of freedom and pleasure....