Valentina Smirnova

The eldest son, who left for St. Petersburg, where he works as a detective, comes to the family of…

A parody of the clichés and techniques of the Soviet adventurous comedy genre of the 1950s-1970s.…

Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in…

An orphaned boy unlocks terrifying memories from the “kinderheim” concentration camp upon attending…

"Tale of the Star Child" is a two-part television film, based on the works of Oscar Wilde. Like the…

The war caught Pavlik and his mother far from Leningrad, where they lived. Soon they found themselv…

A glimpse into a few hours in the life of a soloist musician during the siege of Leningrad, in WWII…