Vasiliy Shukshin Movies

  • 1970
    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

    6.11970HD

    This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five...

    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
  • 1975
    They Fought for Their Motherland

    They Fought for Their Motherland

    They Fought for Their Motherland

    7.11975HD

    In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the...

    They Fought for Their Motherland
  • 1974
    The Red Snowball Tree

    The Red Snowball Tree

    The Red Snowball Tree

    7.11974HD

    A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love...

    The Red Snowball Tree
  • 1956
    The Killers

    The Killers

    The Killers

    61956HD

    The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr...

    The Killers
  • 1967
    The Commissar

    The Commissar

    The Commissar

    6.6491967HD

    Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened...

    The Commissar
  • 1971
    Liberation: Battle for Berlin

    Liberation: Battle for Berlin

    Liberation: Battle for Berlin

    7.3911971HD

    In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.

    Liberation: Battle for Berlin
  • 1970
    Liberation: The Break Through

    Liberation: The Break Through

    Liberation: The Break Through

    7.3641970HD

    A grandiose military film epic, which does not know analogues in world cinema: the history of the Great Patriotic War from the Battle of the Kursk...

    Liberation: The Break Through
  • 1969
    Men's Talk

    Men's Talk

    Men's Talk

    71969HD

    Sasha Larionov, is in the eighth grade and still doesn't know that his mother has left the family. Sasha's father, a decent and very honest person,...

    Men's Talk
  • 2003
    And in the Morning They Woke Up

    And in the Morning They Woke Up

    And in the Morning They Woke Up

    5.72003HD

    Eight men, eight stories about the morning after party...

    And in the Morning They Woke Up
  • 1972
    Happy-Go-Lucky

    Happy-Go-Lucky

    Happy-Go-Lucky

    5.11972HD

    A sadly humorous story about a Siberian tractor driver, Ivan Rastorguyev, traveling with his wife to a Black Sea resort, and about their first visit...

    Happy-Go-Lucky
  • 1961
    When the Trees Were Tall

    When the Trees Were Tall

    When the Trees Were Tall

    6.81961HD

    The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost...

    When the Trees Were Tall
  • 1966
    There Is Such a Lad

    There Is Such a Lad

    There Is Such a Lad

    6.31966HD

    A story about Pashka, a really decent, honest guy, even though he lies a lot, who is looking for happiness and love.

    There Is Such a Lad
  • 1969
    Strange People

    Strange People

    Strange People

    4.31969HD

    A comedy based on three short novels by Vasiliy Shukshin.

    Strange People
  • 1981
    Friends of Games and Jokes

    Friends of Games and Jokes

    Friends of Games and Jokes

    71981HD

    There was an important event in the Khudyakov family - the eldest daughter gave birth to a son. However, the young mother flatly refuses to name the...

    Friends of Games and Jokes
  • 1962
    Alyonka

    Alyonka

    Alyonka

    5.31962HD

    Set in 1955 when many migrated from Russia to the Steppes of Kazakhstan, this is the trip back to the Canal from the frontier and farms by a number...

    Alyonka
  • 1972
    Dauria

    Dauria

    Dauria

    6.21972HD

    A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old...

    Dauria
  • 1978
    Call Me from Afar

    Call Me from Afar

    Call Me from Afar

    6.51978HD

    Grusha's (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) husband has left her and she is now a single parent to her adolescent son Vitya (Vladimir Naumenko). Her...

    Call Me from Afar
  • 1968
    Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov

    Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov

    Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov

    8.31968HD

    Mid 20th century. Industry is developing rapidly and the need for workers in factories is growing. After graduating from the tenth year, Viktor...

    Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov
  • 1960
    A Simple Story

    A Simple Story

    A Simple Story

    5.21960HD

    The war was over. Like many of her female friends, Sasha Potapova was left a widow. It was hard living without a man’s shoulder to lean on,...

    A Simple Story
  • 1988
    Holy Moly!

    Holy Moly!

    Holy Moly!

    6.21988HD

    Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Georgy Burkov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Galina Polskikh in a sad comedy by Sergey Nikonenko based on Vasily Shukshin’s short...

    Holy Moly!