Daniil Strakhov

Four guys, who live in St. Petersburg and make profit from digging up things from World War II., swim into 1943 after an odd encounter with an old lady that asks them to find her son's silver cigar case, which was never found after his death during the World War II.

Aleksandra is a dreamer, who likes to paint and search for true love. But the world around her is too cruel and tries to cause as much pain as possible.

The story of "Bednaya Nastya" is set in the XIX century and features a whole tangle of various genres: romance, detective, historical drama and whatnot. The main plot of this soap-opera turns around a young and of course beautiful girl named Anna Platonova - a serf that was brought up by her patron Baron Korf who treated her like his own daughter, much to the seeming displeasure of his son Vladimir. Upon entering the High Society and meeting a noble young man Mikhail Repnin Anna doesn't even gue

Based on the book "Company" by writer Aleksander Tamonikov. Russian special forces vs Chechen terrorists. (imdb)

Based on the trilogy of books by Anatoly Rybakov: "Deti Arbata", "Strakh", and "Prach I Pepel". The events circle the 1930's to 1940's. The film leads the viewer into the Kremlin offices, communal flats, university lecture halls and even into prison cells. The viewer also gets to feel what various aspects of life felt like, including Siberian village life, life in various Russian provinces and the tragic events of the breakout of World War II. (imdb)