Movies by Aleksandr Demyanenko

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.

Old Songs about the Main Thing 3

Old Songs about the Main Thing 3

Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter

Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter

Daughter and husband of a teacher of the high school live in the old house at different floors of multifamily unit. When the former wife gets to hospital the girl leaves in father’s care who is a weak but kind-hearted man.

Сколько лет, сколько зим!

Сколько лет, сколько зим!

Семь крестиков в записной книжке

Семь крестиков в записной книжке

Obsession

Obsession

Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes.

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes are integrated in this marvelous Russian adaptation by fairytale master Nadezhda Kosheverova.

Drama From the Old Life

Drama From the Old Life

A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment. Based on Nikolai Leskov's short story "The Toupee Artist".

Peace to Him Who Enters

Peace to Him Who Enters

The time is World War II. Lidiya Shaporenko plays a pregnant German woman, trapped behind Russian lines. When the woman goes into labor, three loyal Soviets deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned. The winner of a special gold medal at the Venice Film Festival, Peace to Him Who Enters was originally released in the USSR in 1961 under the title Mir Vkhodyashchemu.