Aleksei Kapler — Playwright (9)

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Two Lives (1961)
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other title: Две жизни / 两种生活 …
In the center of the film - two lives, two destinies. A simple, illiterate soldier Vostrikov of the Tsar's Army during the years of Soviet power grew into a devoted fighter of the revolution, he became a general of the Soviet Army, respected by all. A guards officer, a brilliant prince Naschyokin, who fought against Soviet power, emigrated from his native country and eventually became a lackey in a port restaurant.

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First Joys (1956)
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other title: Первые радости / Early Joys …
Based on the novel of the same name by Konstantin Fedin. 1910. A small town in the Volga region. Kirill Izvekov, a student of a technical school, is only looking for his place in life, and revolutionary struggle is unfolding around him.

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A Good Lad (1942)
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other title: Un brave garçon / Славный малый
A group of Russian partisans hiding within a remote forest attempt to destroy a nearby German airfield, all the while assisting a downed French pilot who happens to fall madly in love with a local girl.

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Behind Show Windows (1956)
За витриной универмага Douban
萨姆松·萨姆索诺夫 actor: H·密德维杰娃 / 阿纳托利·库兹涅佐夫
other title: 百货商店的秘密 / За витриной универмага …
百货商店服装部主任克雷洛夫,因服装厂送来的服装不合格,提出赔偿损失的要求,官司打到法院。 法院宣判,服装厂赔偿损失费五万卢布,服装厂女厂长安德列耶娃十分恼火,和克雷洛夫大吵一场。 在百货公司器皿部营业员索尼雅的柜台前,民警马特柳金停留在这里不走,原来,他是爱上了索尼雅,他买了许多自己根本用不上的玻璃器皿。一天,马特柳金邀请索尼雅去看电影,她答应了。这时,马特柳金的同事故意和他开玩笑,到问讯处冒充是马特柳金的家属,请问讯处为她找丈夫。于是高音喇叭叫:“马特柳金,你妻子和女儿在问讯处等你”。 索尼雅以为马特柳金在欺骗她,与他断绝了来往。 《百货商店的秘密》剧照(15张)某天是休假日,百货公司的许多人乘船出游,马特柳金找到索尼雅,任凭怎样解释,索尼雅就是不理睬他。在船上,问讯处主任给克雷洛夫介绍一个长期混迹于黑市的人,要勾结克雷洛夫一同舞弊,遭拒绝后,他们就要陷害克雷洛夫。 在服装部的账上,少了两万卢布的现金,克雷洛夫这回可要吃官司了,这时,安德列耶娃相信克雷洛夫不会营私舞弊,把自己的家底拍卖,将钱送给克雷洛夫,使克雷洛夫深受感动。 后来案子破了,原来是那个问讯处主任和百货公司内部一营业员,用“调包”的方法,盗窃高级服装。克雷洛夫被宣告无罪,他和安德列耶娃成为一对情人,这时,马特柳金和索尼雅之间的误会他消除了,两人也成为幸福的伴侣。

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Striped Trip (1961)
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★ 7.1 7 ratings
弗拉基米尔·费金 actor: 阿列克谢·格里波夫 / 伊万·迪米崔耶夫 …
other title: 运虎记 / Полосатый рейс …
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.

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The Blue Bird (1976)
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other title: 青鸟 / 蓝鸟 …
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl are peasant children who are led on a quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness by the Queen of Light, who gives them a hat with a magic diamond that allows them to call forth the souls of all things, both living and inanimate. On their journey, they are accompanied by the human personifications of a dog, a cat, water, sugar, bread, light, fire, and the like. They visit the kingdoms of the past and future and the queendoms of night and luxury, at each place absorbing more wisdom. Eventually they discover the blue bird they've been seeking has been in their own backyard all along.

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Amphibian Man (1962)
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★ 7.3 6 ratings
弗拉基米尔·切博塔廖夫 / 根纳季·卡赞斯基 actor: 弗拉基米尔·科列涅夫 / 安娜斯塔西亚·维尔金斯卡娅 …
other title: 两栖人 / Человек-амфибия …
People living at a seashore town are frightened by reports of an unknown creature called "the sea devil". Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of doctor Salvator. The doctor performed surgery on his son and now young Ichtiander can live under water. This gives him certain advantages, but also creates a lot of problems.

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Lenin in October (1937)
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★ 7.9 15 ratings
米哈伊尔·罗姆 / 迪米特里·瓦西里耶夫 actor: 史楚金 / 尼克拉·奥赫洛普科夫 …
other title: 列宁在十月 / Ленин в Октябре …
Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.

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Soshedshiye s nebes (1987)
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Наталья Трощенко actor: 维拉·格拉戈勒娃 / 亚历山大·阿卜杜洛夫
other title: 从天而降 / Сошедшие с небес
1942年,红军从克里米亚撤退,队伍中还夹杂着逃难的平民,还有战地医院的大批没来得及撤走的伤兵。人们聚集在一家避难所藏身,马莎与谢尔盖在此不期而遇,倾心相恋。战后,虽然他们也想其他人一样,过着普通人的生活,成家立业,结婚生子,有着自己的喜怒哀乐,但是他们一直觉得生活中有一种重大的缺失,那就是再度探求他们相遇的避难所里所发生的事件。镜头拉回到1942年的那个恐怖的避难所,那时,有大批军人与平民不幸死去,扑朔迷离,而真正的原因,时隔多年,经过反思,才逐渐浮出水面。