Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

Summary: Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.

Release Date: February 11, 1980

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Vladimir Menshov

Writers: Valentin Chernykh

, Vladimir Menshov

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mosfilm, Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie

Distributor: International Film Exchange (IFEX), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Kino Video, RUSCICO, Sovexportfilm

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Movie budget: $ 900,000

Crime and Punishment (1970)

Summary: Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim...

Release Date: September 28, 1970

Genre: Drama

Director: Lev Kulidzhanov

Writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky

, Nikolai Figurovsky

, Lev Kulidzhanov

Runtime: 3 h 41 min

Production: Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo, Mosfilm

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

Summary: Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.

Release Date: August 16, 1965

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Leonid Gaidai