Movies: Grigoriy Shpigel

  • 1943
    Air Taxi

    Air Taxi (1943)

    Air Taxi

    5.21943HD

    A musical romantic comedy set in Soviet Union during the first years of WWII....

    Air Taxi
  • 1948
    The Young Guard

    The Young Guard (1948)

    The Young Guard

    5.11948HD

    In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens....

    The Young Guard
  • 1956
    Poet

    Poet (1956)

    Poet

    5.81956HD

    Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin....

    Poet
  • 1980
    Adventures of Captain Vrungel

    Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1980)

    Adventures of Captain Vrungel

    7.61980HD

    An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead....

    Adventures of Captain Vrungel
  • 1960
    Contemporary of the Century

    Contemporary of the Century (1960)

    Contemporary of the Century

    01960HD

    About the fate of a communist, who has come a long and difficult life from a simple worker to the director of the largest automobile plant. The prototype of the main character was the image of I. A. Likhachov (1896-1956) - the director of the Moscow...

    Contemporary of the Century
  • 1951
    Farewell, America!

    Farewell, America! (1951)

    Farewell, America!

    3.81951HD

    An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar. It exposes the underhanded actions of US Embassy personnel in Mo...

    Farewell, America!
  • 1969
    The Diamond Arm

    The Diamond Arm (1969)

    The Diamond Arm

    7.81969HD

    A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds....

    The Diamond Arm
  • 1955
    The Gadfly

    The Gadfly (1955)

    The Gadfly

    5.11955HD

    Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and ...

    The Gadfly
  • 1946
    Sons

    Sons (1946)

    Sons

    5.31946HD

    In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wif...

    Sons
  • 1954
    Children of the Partisan

    Children of the Partisan (1954)

    Children of the Partisan

    01954HD

    Young Suvorov cadet Mihas visits his grandfather, Yakub, a forester living in a region once marked by partisan battles against German forces. As they explore the forest and its history, they cross paths with Glushka, a guide secretly working for fore...

    Children of the Partisan
  • 1949
    Academician Ivan Pavlov

    Academician Ivan Pavlov (1949)

    Academician Ivan Pavlov

    01949HD

    Russia, 1875: In Riazan’, Dr Pavlov is summoned to a landowner who refuses to accept the inevitability of his death; to Pavlov’s dismay, he orders the destruction of a beautiful apple orchard. 1894: Experimenting on dogs, Pavlov tries to comprehen...

    Academician Ivan Pavlov
  • 1970
    Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

    Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again (1970)

    Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

    6.81970HD

    The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avenger...

    Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again
  • 1977
    100 grams for Bravery

    100 grams for Bravery (1977)

    100 grams for Bravery

    5.91977HD

    The movie consists of three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness. The stories are "Such an imprudence!," "According to the laws of hospitality," "100 grams for bravery"....

    100 grams for Bravery
  • 1968
    One Chance in One Thousand

    One Chance in One Thousand (1968)

    One Chance in One Thousand

    3.51968HD

    In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies....

    One Chance in One Thousand
  • 1967
    Слонёнок

    Слонёнок (1967)

    Слонёнок

    7.51967HD

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    Слонёнок
  • 1980
    Do Not Shoot at White Swans

    Do Not Shoot at White Swans (1980)

    Do Not Shoot at White Swans

    4.71980HD

    Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) is a kind-hearted, nature loving, artistic family man who is living in a small village. To his neighbors and even his wife (Nina Ruslanova) he is a walking disaster, so they frown at him and call him Bedonosec (eng...

    Do Not Shoot at White Swans
  • 1974
    The Paradise Apples

    The Paradise Apples (1974)

    The Paradise Apples

    01974HD

    Political pamphlet based on the story of the Finnish writer Martti Larni "Socrates in Helsinki". Spring of 1944. In the paradise, which has long been settled by the philosopher Socrates, a fired soldier Vittori Virten arrives. The philosopher respec...

    The Paradise Apples
  • 1981
    The Secret of the Third Planet

    The Secret of the Third Planet (1981)

    The Secret of the Third Planet

    7.31981HD

    At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against...

    The Secret of the Third Planet
  • 1947
    Tale of the Siberian Land

    Tale of the Siberian Land (1947)

    Tale of the Siberian Land

    4.51947HD

    His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life wasted. One day, he decides to leave the capital and flee from t...

    Tale of the Siberian Land
  • 1973
    Privalov's Millions

    Privalov's Millions (1973)

    Privalov's Millions

    5.91973HD

    A young heir of a big fortune Sergey Privalov is coming back to his native town after a long absence. Having visited his owned plants, he breaks out with the idea to rebuild the industrial processes, improve the life of workers, and build schools and...

    Privalov's Millions