499 NEVSKIYE MELODII (THE NEVA TUNES)
1959, 71 min., color
Filmed concert
Director: Joseph Shapiro, screenplay: Alexander Khazin, camera: Alexander Xenofontov, production designer: Igor Vuskovich, misic: Vasily Solovyev-Sedoy, sound: Grigory Elbert, Semyon Shumyacher
Cast: Alexei Kozhevnikov, Grenada Mnatsakanova, Pyotr Merkuryev, Sergey Filippov
The picture features a young designer embarking on composing a merry musical revue with some friends of his, and the results of his efforts.
500 NEOPLACHENNY DOLG (THE UNPAID DEBT)
1959, 82 min., b/w
Drama
Director: Vladimir Shredel, screenplay: Yuri Nagibin, camera: Samuil Rubashkin, production designer: Victor Savostin, misic: Isaac Schwarz, sound: Irina Chernyakhovskaya
Cast: Daniil Ilchenko, E. Prokhnitskaya, Nina Antonova, Victor Markin, B. Vladimirov, Boris Novikov, Vladimir Samoylov
Winter. At a tiny railway station where inter-city trains pause for no more than a couple of minutes, the old horse driver Marushkin meets Lyusya Krechetova, the new agronomist fresh from the institute. At first she curiously takes in the new people and the new environment, but in no time at all she becomes irritated by such small things as the lights going out, the missing supply of water...
She doesn't notice the intensity of work displayed by her new acquaintances: the young postwoman, her co-student gardener in love with her, the new Collective Farm Chairman, the old man Marushkin who feels in charge of the district.
Thinking and caring of nothing but her personal well-being, which is not going to be achieved here, Lyusya abandons everything and leaves.
Where to?
501 POVEST O MOLODOZHONAKH (A STORY OF NEWLYWEDS)
1959, 82 min., color
Melodrama
Director: Sergey Sidelev, screenplay: Alexander Khazin, camera: Mikhail Magid, Lev Sokolsky, production designer: Yevgeny Yeney, misic: Vasily Solovyev-Sedoy, sound: Lev Valter
Cast: Vera Pashennaya, Tatyana Peltser, Kyunna Ignatova, Svetlana Zhgun, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Leonov, Alisa Freindlich, Kirill Lavrov, Sergey Yursky
The building on the Neva bank forever remains home for all who grew up there. It is the annual meeting place of the former charges of the orphanage. One of them, coming to meet the headmistress Olga Nikolaievna, is Shura, accompanied by her husband. Her long-time friends gave the newlyweds a warm welcome and wished them happiness. Yet, in a short while a silly quarrel drove the young couple apart. One couldn't be sure of the outcome, but luckily Shura came to see her friends in the building on the Neva.
502 PODNYATAYA TSELINA (VIRGIN LAND DEVELOPED)
1959, Part 1 (a trilogy), 95 min., color
Drama
Director: Alexander Ivanov, screenplay: Yuri Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov, camera: Vyacheslav Fastovich, production designer: Nikolai Suvorov, misic: Oleg Karavaychuk, sound: Georgy Salye
Cast: Pyotr Chernov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Fyodor Shmakov, Vladimir Dorofeyev, Lyudmila Khityayeva, Pyotr Glebov, Victor Chekhmarev, Leonid Kmit
Based on a novel of the same title by Mikhail Sholokhov.
503 SSORA V LUKASHAKH (THE QUARREL IN LUKASHI)
1959, 93 min., color
Comedy
Director: Maxim Ruf, screenplay: Victor Kurochkin, camera: Sergey Ivanov, production designer: Boris Burmistrov, misic: Valentin Levashov, sound: Boris Khutoryansky
Cast: Sergey Plotnikov, Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Bykov, Inga Budkevich, Galina Teplinskaya, Galina Vasilyeva, Pavel Volkov, Valentina Telegina
Victor Tuz was crazy about art and loved to sing, but for the lack of other candidates the Collective Farm Chairman Trofimov sent him to be trained as a mechanic. Trofimov's own daughter Liza doesn't like rural life, dreaming of the city. Kostya Lastochkin is an excellent mechanic, but he comes home only on vacations, still due to complete his term in the Army. Everyone in Lukashi welcomes the young lieutenant who is clever with his hands. The nice modest girl Katya is especially appreciative of his visits.
504 SYN IRISTONA (IRISTON'S SON)
1959, 97 min., color
Publicistic/feature picture
Director: Vladimir Chebotarev, screenplay: Roman Fatuyev, Maxim Tsagarayev, camera: Edward Rozovsky, production designer: Semyon Malkin, misic: Ilya Gabarayev, sound: Nikolai Kosarev
Cast: Vladimir Tkhapsayev, Lia Eliava, Nikolai Volkov, Pavel Kadochnikov, V. Kosarev, Z. Tuayev, Mairbek Tsalikov
The picture features the life story of the prominent 19th century Osset poet Kosta Khetagurov.
505 TETYA LUSHA (AUNT LUSHA)
1959, 14 min., b/w, TV
Melodrama
Written and directed by: Joseph Shapiro, camera: Vladimir Burykin, production designer: Ivan Ivanov, sound: Semyon Shumyacher
Cast: Lilia Gurova, Dolorez Stolbova, Oleg Chromenkov, Nikolai Kuzmin
Aunt Lusha has been holding the position of Collective Farm Chairman for a dozen years. She has done a lot for her co-villagers. It is harvest season, but the driver wants to quit and go to work at the Machine/Tractor Maintenance Shop, the district authorities won't allocate a thrasher, and it is time to get the animal farm ready for winter. All the decisions pending are urgent and cannot be delayed. Thus, in caring about her work and about other people, has Lusha's youth slipped away. Perhaps it is time to think of herself? Especially since Aunt Lusha's old age is still quite a long way off....
Loosely based on a short story of the same title by Sergey Antonov.
506 CHOLPON-UTRENNYAYA ZVEZDA (CHOLPON — THE MORNING STAR)
1959, 76 min., color
Filmed ballet
Director: Roman Tikhomirov, screenplay: Isaac Menaker, Nurdin Tugelov, Apollinary Dudko, Roman Tikhomirov, camera: Apollinary Dudko, production designer: Alexander Black, misic: Mikhail Rauhverger, sound: Yevgeny Nesterov
Cast: Reyna Chokoyeva, Uran Sarbagishev, Nurdin Tugelov, Bibisara Beyshenaliyeva, Sapar Abduzhalilov
A filmed ballet starring actors of the Kirghiz State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Both the ballet and the picture are based on a Kirghiz folk legend.
507 SHINEL (THE GREATCOAT)
1959, 75 min., color
Drama
Director: Alexei Batalov, screenplay: Leonid Solovyev, camera: Heinrich Marandzhyan, production designer: Bella Manevich, misic: Nikolai Sidelnikov, sound: Arnold Shargorodsky
Cast: Rolan Bykov, Yuri Tolubeyev, A. Yezhkina, Yelena Ponsova, Georgy Teikh, Nina Urgant, Alexander Sokolov
Based on a story of the same title by Nikolai Gogol filmed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the writer's birth.
508 ANAFEMA (ANATHEMA)
1960, 45 min., b/w
Drama
Director: Sergei Gippius, screenplay: Leonid Solovyov, camera: Alexei Karpukhin, production designer: Alexei Fedorov, music from pieces by Alexander Skryabin, sound: Irina Chernyakhovskaya
Cast: Sergei Krylov, Klara Fadeyeva, Igor Yefimov, Nikolai Gavrilov
Based on a short story by Alexander Kuprin
509 BALTIYSKOYE NEBO (BALTIC SKY)
1960 — 1961, 2 parts, 1st — 89 min., 2nd — 83 min., b/w
Drama
Written and directed by: Vladimir Vengerov, camera: Henrich Marandzyan, production designer: Viktor Volin, misic: Isaak Schwarts, sound: Yevgeny Nesterov
Cast: Pyotr Glebov, Vsevolod Platov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Rolan Bykov, Mikhail Kozakov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Borisov
Based on a novel by Nikolai Chukovsky dealing with the heroic battle for Leningrad besieged by the Nazis during the days of World War II.
510 GUSHCHAK IZ RIO DE JANEIRO (GUSHCHAK FROM RIO DE JANEIRO)
1960, 56 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Arkady Shtaden, screenplay: Alexander Minchkovsky, camera:Anatoly Nazarov, production designer: Vsevolod Ulitko, misic: Nikolai Chervinsky, sound: Alexander Bekker
Cast: Viktor Sokolovsky, Yevgeniya Neverovsky, Alexei Kurikhin, Alexander Susnin
Story of a hairdresser Gushchak who after long wanderings around the world returns to his native village. At first, he finds it difficult to
adapt to the new situation. But as time passes Gushchak feels the
kindness and care of people around him, and he becomes a full and equal member of the community.
511 DAMA S SOBACHKOI (LADY WITH A LAP DOG)
1960, 83 min., b/w
Drama
Written and directed by: Iosif Heifits, camera: Andrei Moskvin, Dmitry Meskhiyev, production designers: Bella Manevich, Isaak Kaplan, misic: Nadezhda Simonyan, sound: Arnold Shargorodsky
Cast: Iya Savvina, Alexei Batalov, Nina Alisova, Panteleimon Krymov, Yuri Medvedev, Vladimir Erenberg
Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.
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The film was awarded the Special Premium for Humanism of the International Film Festival in Cannes, France (1960).
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The actress Iya Savvina was honored the Special Premium of the International Film Festival in Cannes, France (1960).
512 DO BUDUSHCHEI VESNY (UNTIL NEXT SPRING)
1960, 57 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Viktor Sokolov, screenplay: Sergei Voronin, camera: Semyon Ivanov, production designer: Ivan Ivanov, misic: Nadezhda Simonyan, sound: Anna Volokhova
Cast: Innokentiy Smoktunovsky, Anna Arkhipenko, Mariya Prizvan-Sokolova
The young heroine of the film is deceived by the man she loves and has lost faith in people's decency. But the warm and loving care of her teacher allows her to regain faith in people.
513 DOMOI (HOMEWARD BOUND)
1960, 73 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Arkady Abramov, screenplay: Pyotr Beloborodov, camera: Eduard Rozovsky, production designer: Boris Burmistrov, misic: Boris Klyuzner, sound: Irina Chernakhovskaya
Cast: Ivan Pereverzev, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Maya Menglet, Alexander Sokolov, Kirill Lavrov
After five months of work on a trawler in the ocean, Stepan Lezhnev
decides to spend his leave in his native village. After gathering
with friends and relatives, participating in solving the small and
major problems of the collective farm, Stepan wants to stay in the
village forever.
514 I SNOVA UTRO (MORNING ONCE AGAIN)
1960, 74 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Gennady Kazansky, screenplay: Grigory Belenky, Leonid Maltsev, camera: Muzakir Shurukov, production designer: Vasily Zachinayev, misic: Nadezhda Simonyan, sound: Rostislav Lapinsky
Cast: Vladimir Samoilov, Kyunna Ignatova, Boris Ryzhukhin, Natalya Medvedeva, Nikolai Kharitonov
Professor Severtsev, a talented surgeon, looses both legs in an accident in order to save the life of a child. It seems that he will never again be able to work as a surgeon. However, his friends, ex-patients, and the love of a faithful and devoted woman allow him to regain confidence in himself and return to his work.
515 KROTKAYA (THE MEEK ONE)
1960, 68 min., b/w
Drama
Director: Alexander Borisov, screenplay: Alexander Borisov, Akiba Golburt, camera: Dmitry Meskhiyev, production designer: Georgy Kropachyev, misic: Leonid Prigozhin, sound: Semyon Shumyacher
Cast: Iya Savvina, Andrei Popov, Vera Kuznetsova, Panteleimon Krymov
Based on a novel of the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
516 LYUBLYU TEBYA, ZHIZN (I LOVE LIFE)
1960, 83 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Mikhail Yershov, screenplay: Mikhail Berestinsky, camera:Vladimir Burykin, production designer: Alexei Fedotov, misic: Oleg Karavaichuk, sound: Boris Khutoryansky
Cast: Gennady Vernov, Ariadna Shengelaya, Irina Bunina, Alexei Kozhevnikov, Vladimir Chestnokov
A young working girl falls into the hands of a religious sect. Only the timely help and support of her friends allow the girl to return back to normal life.
517 MOST PEREYTI NELZYA (THE BRIDGE CAN NOT BE CROSSED)
1960, 90 min., b/w
Drama
Directors: Teodor Vulfovich, Nikita Kurikhin, screenplay: Teodor Vulfovich, camera: Samuil Rubashkin, production designers: Semyon Mandel, Vsevolod Ulitko, Tamara Vasilkovskaya, misic: Mikhail Vainberg, sound:Konstantin Lashkov
Cast: Nikolai Volkov, Lidiya Sukharevskaya, Grigory Gai, Georgy Shevtsov, Vladimir Kazarinov, Yuri Dedovich, Rolan Bykov, Lyudmila Makarova
Screen version of Arthur Miller's play “Death of a Salesman”.
Willy Loman had been working for the company for more than thirty years. He is over sixty. The young owner of “Wagner and Co.” fires the old salesman who can no longer carry out his work well. The two sons of the hero do not live up to his expectations, they do not want to support their father and mother who are getting old. The hero of the film believes that life has no meaning any longer, and the only one way out of this situation is to collect the life insurance money by taking his own life.
518 OSTOROZHNO, BABUSHKA! (BEWARE OF GRANDMOTHER!)
1960, 80 min., color
Comedy
Director: Nadezhda Kosheverova, screenplay: Konstantin Isayev, camera: Semyon Ivanov, production designers: Yevgeny Yeney, Mikhail Ivanov, misic: Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, sound: Ilya Volk
Cast: Faina Ranevskaya, Ariadna Shengelaya, Lyudmila Markeliya, Svetlana Kharitonova, Nina Urgant, Yuly Panich, Leonid Bykov, Sergei Filippov
Lena is the director of the new municipal cultural center. The construction of the center is still under way, but amateur theatrical companies have already began their rehearsals. Local bureaucrats do not see much use in the project and suspend the construction. Lena's grandmother finds out about her granddaughter's troubles and energetically takes the matter in her hands. She summons old men and women from all over the town and soon the construction work is in full swing.
519 PIKOVAYA DAMA (THE QUEEN OF SPADES)
1960, 100 min., color
Film-opera
Director: Roman Tikhomirov, screenplay: Georgy Vasilyev, Sergei Vasilyev, Pavel Weisbrem, Roman Tikhomirov, Boris Yarustovsky, camera: Yevgeny Shapiro, production designer: Igor Vuskovich, sound: Grigory Elbert
Cast: Oleg Strizhenov (Zurab Andzhaparidze singing), Olga Krasina (Tamara Milashkina singing), Yelena Polevitskaya (Svetlana Preobrazhenskaya singing), Valentin Kulik (Yevgeny Kibkalo singing), Vadim Medvedev (Vasily Nechipailo singing), Irina Gubanova (Larisa Avdeyeva singing)
Adaptation of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera based on a novel by Alexander Pushkin
520 PLOKHAYA PRIMYETA (BAD OMEN)
1960, 29 min., b/w
Comedy
Director: Natalya Troshchenko, screenplay: Alexander Yurovsky, camera:Viktor Karasayev, Alexander Chirov, production designer: Vasily Zachinayev, misic: Venedikt Pushkov, sound: Rostislav Lapinsky
Cast: Svetlana Druzhinina, Boris Ryzhukhin, Stepan Krylov, Alexander Susnin, Viktor Terekhov, Pavel Pyervushin
Screen version of a story by A. Chuzhmir
521 POBYEDITEL (WINNER)
1960, 46 min., b/w
Drama
Director: Viktor Sadovsky, screenplay: Yuri Nagibin, camera: Vladimir Maksimovich, production designer: Viktor Savostin, misic: Alexei Lobkovsky, sound: Nikolai Kosarev
Cast: Igor Yefimov, Grenada Mnatsakanova, Boris Ryzhukhin, Tamara Aleksina, Alexei Kozhevnikov
A renowned sportsman, champion in skating, Alexei Streshnev, realizes that his time is gone and it would be better to leave the ice track before he suffers a defeat. His fellow sportsmen and his wife are against this decision and, most important, he is the main rival of his ex-pupil, a promising young athlete Vasily Kurbatov. Streshnev sacrifices his reputation of an undefeated champion and helps a young sportsman to set a new record.
522 POIMANNYI MONAKH (A TRAPPED MONK)
1960, 67 min., b/w
Comedy
Written and directed by: Grigory Nikulin, camera: Mikhail Magid, Lev Sokolsky, production designer: Alexander Black, misic: Arkady Manevich, sound: Boris Khutoryansky
Cast: Vasily Politseymako, Viktor Chekmariov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Vladimir Matusov, Mikhail Ivanov, Irina Davydova
Film version of a theatrical production based on Henry Fielding's Comedy
523 REBYATA S KANONYERSKOGO (BOYS FROM KANONYERSKY ISLAND)
1960, 71 min., color
Melodrama
Director: Mikhail Shapiro, screenplay: Rady Pogodin, Mikhail Demidenko, camera: Yevgeny Shapiro, production designer: Ivan Ivanov, misic:Nadezhda Simonyan, sound: Semyon Shumyacher, Grigory Elbert
Cast: Valya Yefimov, Volodya Osobik, Yura Melentyev, Lyusya Barsukova, Galya Gulina, Liliya Gritsenko, Vladimir Samoilov
Two friends Valya and Slava invent an exciting game for children from their neighborhood. They pretend to be the crew on 'battleship' which is in fact an old deserted barn. Children are eager to do something really useful. One day they get a letter from their older friend. He is participating in the cultivation of virgin farm land and complains that there are not enough good tractors. The children now find a serious occupation for themselves.They start collecting scrap metal which can be used for building a new tractor. They make use of everything — even the long forgotten sunk barge.
524 KHOREOGRAFICHESKIYE MINIATYURY (CHOREOGRAPHIC MINIATURES)
1960
Film-ballet
Director: Apollinary Dudko, Leonid Yakobson, screenplay: Apollinary Dudko, Leonid Yakobson, camera: Konstantin Sobol, production designer: Yevgeny Yeney, sound: Lev Valter
Ballet miniatures performed by ballet dancers of Leningrad theatres.
525 CHELOVEK S BUDUSHCHIM (A MAN WITH A FUTURE)
1960, 76 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Nikolai Rozantsev, screenplay: Alexei Salynsky, camera: Yevgeny Kirpichev, production designer: Semyon Malkin, music: Nikolai Chervinsky, sound: Boris Antonov
Cast: Gennady Nilov, Izolda Izvitskaya, Tamara Stradina, Sergei Fesyunov, Igor Yefimov, Lyudmila Glazova, Viktor Maryev
Among his friends and colleagues Ivan Kondakov has the reputation of a crazy fanatic, always inventing fantastic machines and gadgets. A local newspaper mocks him in a satiric story. Caricatures on him are posted on the bulletin board at the mine where he works.
Colleagues react to his latest project, which is a mining combine, with ironic smiles. Only Nina, a new worker at the mine, supports Ivan. Her confidence in his creative power allows Ivan to overcome all the obstacles and to become a success.
526 CHUZHAYA BEDA (SOMEONE ELSE'S TROUBLE)
1960, 84 min., color
Drama
Director: Jan Frid, screenplay: Grigory Baklanov, camera: Veniamin Levitin, production designer: Nikolai Suvorov, music: Dmitry Tolstoy, sound: Vladimir Yakovlev
Cast: Mikhail Kuznetsov, Liliya Gritsenko, Dzidra Ritenbergs, Viktor Khokhryakov, Arkady Trusov, Pavel Kalashnikov
Something has changed in the life of Fyodor Denisov, the chairman of the collective farm. He is not getting along with people. People are saying that he wants to have things his way, that he does not discuss collective farm affairs with other people, and that he does not care about other people's troubles. His family life collapses. He falls for another woman, Alexandra. He deserts his family and leaves his job. But one day there is a knock at the door. Trouble has come! Now it is not the time to remember old offences.
527 EZOP (AESOP)
1960, 87 min
Drama
Written and directed by: Georgy Tovstonogov, Yuri Muzykant, camera: Mikhail Magid, Lev Sokolsky, production designer: Alexander Black, misic: Nadezhda Simonyan, Yuri Prokofyev, sound: Lev Valter
Cast: Vasily Politseimako, Nikolai Korn, Nina Olkhina, Irina Kondratyeva, Pavel Luspekayev, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Boris Vasilyev
Screen version of the well-known play “ The Fox and the Grapes” by G. Figeiredo produced by the Gorky Bolshoy Drama Theatre.
528 BARYER NEIZVESTNOSTI (BARRIER OF THE UNKNOWN)
1961, 100 min., b/w
Melodrama
Director: Nikita Kurikhin, screenplay: Boris Chirskov, Dmityry Radovsky, Mikhail Arlazorov, camera: Samuil Rubashkin, production designers: Yevgeny Yeney, Georgy Kropachev, misic: Moisei Vainberg, sound: Georgy Salye
Cast: Vyacheslav Shalevich, Nikolai Gritsenko, Alexander Grave, Fyodor Nikitin, Valentina Kibardina
The test pilot, Kazantsev, perishes during the flight of a experimental aircraft-lab called “Cyclone”. Before he crashed he several times reported a strange phenomenon — a luminescent object flying at high altitude and at high speed. However, tracking devices did not record the phenomenon, and the flight command center regarded it as an illusion of the pilot.
After the tragic death of Kazantsev, his friend and colleague, Baikalov, takes the decision to continue testing the aircraft.
And again the flight command center is getting information about the strange phenomenon…
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