Leonid Amalrik — Director (7)

Movie

A Sober Sparrow (1960)
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other title: Непьющий воробей / ‎A Sober Sparrow
Sparrow was invited to a banquet. He came and at first tried to drink only soda. The neighbor noticed this and was indignant. Tamada poured a glass for sparrow and made him drink, then poured more and more. Then the guests began to sing, dance, and all ended by beating dishes. Absolutely drunk sparrow was getting home staggering and with loud singing, than woke up all the neighbors. He smashed to bits someone's nestling and fell. Sparrow was summoned to the public court, where former guests accused him of all sins.

Movie

About the Hippopotamus Who Was Afraid of Inoculations (1966)
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other title: Про бегемота, который боялся прививок / About the hippopotamus who was afraid of inoculations …
Fabulous animals bathed, rested and had fun on the summer beach of the southern town. Suddenly, the rest was interrupted by an urgent message on a hanging poster: "Everyone needs to vaccinate vaccinations from elephant to fly!". However, all the animals, having read the message, as if nothing had happened, began to rest, dance and sunbathe again. And only Behemoth, worried, began to ask everyone how scary and painful it was to vaccinate.

Movie

Black and White (1932)
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Ivan Ivanov-Vano / Leonid Amalrik actor: Konstantin Eggert
other title: 黑与白 / Блэк энд уайт …
The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.