Mikhail Kokshenov
Birthday: 1936-09-16 Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Synopsis
Acting
Babka Ezhka and Others
A little girl got lost in a dense forest by accident, where she was found by Baba Yaga. She, along with other fairy-tale characters - Kikimora, Leschyi, Koschei the Deathless and Vodyanoy - decides to adopt the girl, giving her the name of Babka Ezhka. That's how the incredible adventures of Babka Ezhka and her friends begin.
Babka Ezhka and Others
A little girl got lost in a dense forest by accident, where she was found by Baba Yaga. She, along with other fairy-tale characters - Kikimora, Leschyi, Koschei the Deathless and Vodyanoy - decides to adopt the girl, giving her the name of Babka Ezhka. That's how the incredible adventures of Babka Ezhka and her friends begin.
Russian Detective
After seasoned swindler Anatoly Papik was taken into custody in the courtroom, his relatives and accomplices decide to flee to hot countries, away from sin. The wife goes to Greece, the boss goes to Spain, and the “sixes” Shiloh and Bubble go to Turkey. Imagine the surprise of the two scoundrels when, on the Mediterranean coast, they come face to face with Papik, who theoretically should be “steaming on a bunk.” After certain search activities, it turns out that this is not Papik, but his exact copy, the Englishman Michael Smith. The scammers come up with a cunning plan to replace the “twin” Smith with Papik, who is languishing in prison.
The Elevator Leaves on Schedule
Who among us hasn't been stuck in an elevator? This is what happened to Evgeniy, who did not reach his mistress’s floor by some meter. The rescue service, fire crews, ambulance, police and neighbors called are unable to repair the elevator. The unexpected salvation of the would-be lover, drunk from the cognac and champagne he had stored up, comes in the person of the heroine’s husband.
The Artist from Gribov
The film is about a movie actress who has arrived to conquer Moscow from a distant village. Started career doesn't add up. To the bad luck in the profession added disorder of personal life. Trying to do away with the unfortunate past, the heroine decides to return to her village. Keeping charm and vitality, she follows her own desires. As a result, her intentions are truly rewarded...
The Most Charming and Attractive
Nadya Klyueva is a single woman. Persuaded by her friend, she decides to charm her co-worker whom she doesn't really love, but who is the most popular man around.
White Dew
A funny story about Fyodor - the oldest person in the village - and his three sons.
SportLotto - 82
Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
Little Alexander
May of 1945. Soviet soldiers conducting an operation to rescue the children in a small town in the territory of Germany.
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians...
A third of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.
Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's Wedding
Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage - Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal - under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having a disastrous affair in France, Ibrahim vows to never fall in love again, until he sees the daughter of a wealthy boyar. Peter the Great insists the two be married, but Ibrahim goes against the tsar's wishes, refusing to force her to marry him since she doesn't consent. When another man tries to marry her, however, Ibrahim's loyalties and generous nature are put to the test.
It Can't Be!
The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko:
"Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets:
stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
Poem of Kovpak: Alarm
A first of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.
Dauria
A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines…
The Master of Taiga
Based on the story of Boris Mozhayev “The Power of the Taiga”.
In the taiga village, where everyone is in sight, almost unbelievable happens — a local store is robbed. One of the rafters of the forest is recognized as a hacker. But some “inconsistencies” haunt the young precinct Vasily Seryozhkin. And in the end, he goes on the trail of the true participants in the crime...
No Path Through Fire
A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.
