Vladimir Naumov

How the film was made, how the events described in the film actually happened, about Nikolai Ostrovsky and much more.

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.

The film tells about the main stages of the history of the country's largest studio "Mosfilm", about the work of the creative team, introduces the viewer to the outstanding masters of Soviet cinematography, with such unique groups such as the Theater-Studio of Film Actors, with the workshops of the studio.

About the work of one of the greatest masters of Soviet cinema — director Mark Donskoy.

An ancient blade with diamonds is stolen from the museum where Alexei Gurov works as a restorer. Soon an old icon is stolen from Gurov's apartment. Head of the crime investigation is the police colonel Georgy Arefyev. Everyone knows that Gurov is obsessed with collecting rarities, so suspicion falls heavy on him.

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.