Yuri Dubrovin

In this extraordinary epic, Peter Lutsik creates an astounding chronicle of a country in violent transformation and vividly reveals Russia as alternately corrupt, melancholy, dogmatic, romantic, and spiritual. (Facets Multimedia)

Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local militia are tipped off. (imdb)

A small Ukranian town and the impact of collectivization on its inhabitants.

A complicated case for the investigator Kovalev starts from the moment when a corpse was found in the sea. He'll have to dig around in a mixture of intimidation, violence and World War II intelligence games to unravel the crime. (megogo)

Two hitmen enter a quiet suburban diner expecting to execute a former boxer, holding the customers and staff hostage while they wait. When their target fails to show up, a young diner patron slips away to warn the doomed man, only to find him lying passively in his room, resigned to his inevitable fate.