Svetlana Zhgun Movies
- 1968
This Russian feature entry appeared at the 1969 San Sebastian Film Festival. A group of Russian women struggle against the brutality of their Nazi-occupation aggressors, as their husbands, brothers, sons, and lovers are off to fight the war elsewhere. Gathering all their resources, the women form a successful collective farm and overcome tremendous obstacles to thrive in a war-torn era. The women gather strength from each other to survive and prosper. The film is a tribute to the resourcefulness and bravery of Russian women during the war and is based on actual events that transpired. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rimma Markova, Svetlana Sukhovey, (more)
- 1966
In the Siberian springtime, old Yermolay is surprised to find his oldest son Stepan on his doorstep. Sentenced to prison for participating in a drunken brawl, he has just escaped, three months before his scheduled release date. Family from the countryside all around gather to celebrate his arrival, though by evening a policeman has arrived to take him back to serve out his old term, plus a little extra for his escape. Following this episode, moments in the lives of Yermolay's other sons are shown. Maxim has spent all the time he was not on the job (he is a construction worker) looking for a special medicine for his mother. He runs into a solid wall of resistance from the medical establishment. His younger brother Ignace, who is a popular professional wrestler, simply phones around to a few of his friends, and gets the medicine easily. Vasily, the youngest, shows himself to be far stronger and quicker than his somewhat boastful wrestling brother. These simple and lyrical celebrations of the simple life of country-folk are characteristic marks of director Vasily Shukshin's work; this film is based on some of the director's published short stories. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vsevolod Sanayev, A. Filippova, (more)
- 1960
Once again, Russian director Yulia Solnsteva fulfills her goal of directing movies that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to bring to the screen. In this standard wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group. Message aside, there are plenty of well-staged battle scenes to sustain attention. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Andreyev, Sergei Lukyanov, (more)
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