Vladimir Basov Movies

An omnibus of comical shorts.

The criminal history is inscribed in the everyday life of prosperous, apparently quite prosperous people. Suddenly, the truth is revealed, hidden for...

A poor old couple adopts a tiny boy who helps them with farming and housekeeping. One day a greedy nobleman passes by, and so the boy decides to make...

1920. Western countries are trying to use the Bukhara khanate — a former protectorate of tsarist Russia — to fight the Soviet regime....

New Year's Eve 1969: A variety of Russian folklore characters gather in the hut of Baga Yaga to await the arrival of the New Year, amid much foolery,...

The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers...

Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace...

Three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness.

Nadezhda Kazakova, a Siberian girl, comes to a seaside southern town for a youth song festival. But at the first rehearsal with the orchestra Nadya...

Natasha, a woman struggling to find housing in a crowded resort town with her young son. She forces a stranger, Viktor, to pretend to be her husband...

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her...

In this fantasy with dragons and flying machines, 10-year-old Marta is determined to find her brother who was kidnapped at Christmastime by a fake...

The story begins when Alice Postique, who had to stay late at work, discovers her boss Roche with a knife in his back. When the police detective...

The film traces the path of the hero (formerly an ensign and a Knight of St. George, and then a talented commander of the Red Army) from the Civil...

A movie almanac based on the stories of Vasily Aksenov: "Dad, fold it!", "Breakfasts of the forty-third year", "Halfway to the Moon".

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

The film centers on the fate of a provincial guy who became a participant in revolutionary events and the civil war.

The film comprises three cinematic novellas: (1) “And They Arrived at the Peasant’s Hut… or the Adventures of Writer Senya in...