Anatoliy Khudoleev

In a Kafkaesque story about identity and free will, a well-to-do man finds himself suddenly struggling for his place in society in the face of authoritarian corporate and state interference. (Russian with English subtitles).

A mystery around a search for a lost skull of Nikolay Gogol.

Autumn, 1968. Nadia, a young woman with strict views on life, a methodologist at the regional House of Culture, goes to the cinema with her friend Sasha. The premiere of the film "Three Poplars on Ivy" took place in their city. Suddenly it turns out that there are no tickets, and you can only buy one with your hands.

The naive hero, having read clever books, marries a prostitute with the aim of re-educating her and collides with the famous Sergei Eisenstein, ending in the most unexpected and fatal way...

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.

Based on the novel of the same name by Daniil Granin. Engineer Chizhegov often travels on business to a small town, where he meets a woman who reciprocates his feelings. The protagonist faces a difficult problem: he is married, and his family lives in Leningrad. Unable to make a final decision and afraid of losing his beloved, he commits a despicable act. His remorse comes too late—Chizhegov loses the woman who was truly dear to him forever.

About the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, disagreements in the family, conflicts with his children and wife, about his leaving home.

The story of the blacksmith Vakula, which happened to him on the farm of Dikanka on Christmas night.

A satirical story of how spouses Misha and Masha chase fashion.