Alexei Guskov Movies

Twenty-five years after losing his position as the conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for his refusal to fire the Jewish musicians, a once-famous musical director attempts to stage a late-career comeback. Andreï Semoinovitch Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) was at the top of his game when the Soviet regime ended his career. More than two decades later, he's working as a janitor in the same theater where he once conducted. In his spare time, Andreï and his wife stage mock communist demonstrations to entertain the locals. When Andreï happens across an invitation to Paris' famed Théâtre du Châtelet, he contacts his old orchestra friends in hopes of staging a performance that will bring the crowd to their feet for a standing ovation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this whimsical Russian romantic thriller two young musicians become involved in intrigue as they fall in love. The film is set in 1957 Moscow. Igor, a university student and aspiring jazz musician, and Michelle, an attractive French secret service agent, meet at an international youth festival. Igor is encouraged by the KGB to seduce her and then go to France with her. The organization is on to her cover and are anxious to send spies into her father's munitions manufacturing outfit. But Michelle is not all she seems to be and she and Igor fall in love. When they meet again at a Denmark concert they decide to head for freedom. The KGB pursues them. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A young teenage boy zealously tracks down criminals in this allegorical drama. Using the code name of Plumbum, Ruslan Chutko (Anton Androsov) delights in the pursuits of lawbreakers before informing the police, and he even turns in his own father when he catches him poaching fish. The questions are left to the viewer whether or not Plumbum is a crusading hero or a scoundrel. Western audiences may find the premise implausible, but children were known to inform on their own parents under the regime of Josef Stalin and others. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi