10 films from the Creative Association "Ekran", which were undeservedly forgotten

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The creative association "Ekran" was created in 1964 under the name "Film Production Department of Central Television", after which it underwent several reorganizations and renaming. This association produced films for television and delighted viewers with real masterpieces. "People and mannequins", "Hello, I am your aunt!", "Say a word about the poor hussar" and many others. But among the many television films there were those that only true connoisseurs of cinema today remember.

"Almost a funny story", 1977, director Pyotr Fomenko

The light and kind love story of two middle-aged people is saturated with tenderness and subtle humor. A light, touching film in which songs are sung by Tatyana and Sergei Nikitin, and the main roles are played by Olga Antonova, Lyudmila Arinina and Mikhail Gluzsky.

"Heart is not a stone", 1989, director Leonid Pcheolkin

The drama based on the play of the same name by Alexander Ostrovsky turned out to be strong in its effect on the viewer. This is an all-time classic, a film about spiritual values and simple human feelings, about the ability to preserve oneself, regardless of external circumstances, temptations and trials. The cast is also impressive: Natalya Gundareva, Stanislav Sadalsky, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Oleg Tabakov, Elena Yakovleva, Vyacheslav Nevinny and many others.

"Tanya", 1974, director Anatoly Efros

The lyrical drama based on the play of the same name by Alexei Arbuzov impresses, first of all, with a special director's view of the fate of a woman. Anatoly Efros made the viewer not only fall in love with a woman, in whose fate there were many trials, but also to understand her and the reasons for her actions. In addition, the director brought together a truly stellar cast in his film; Olga Yakovleva, Valentin Gaft, Nikolai Volkov, Liya Akhedzhakova, Leonid Bronevoy, and Yuri Bogatyrev starred in Tanya.

Late Love, 1983, directed by Leonid Pcheolkin

The film based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky looks in one breath and impresses with its incredible atmosphere, as if woven from contradictions and thin threads of human feelings, thoughts and emotions. Actors Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Anna Kamenkova, Rodion Nakhapetov, Elena Proklova, Evgenia Khanaeva, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Valery Khlevinsky and others play really brilliantly.

"An incredible bet, or a true incident that ended safely a hundred years ago", 1974, director Vladimir Motyl

The director strung, like beads on a string, several stories by Anton Chekhov, creating an amazingly powerful film. Each story is saturated with deep meaning and subtle humor of the Russian classic. The viewer will be happy to see how talentedly Boris Plotnikov, Alexey Petrenko, Irina Muravyova, Mikhail Kozakov, Stanislav Sadalsky, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and others embody their characters on the screen.

"Day Train", 1976, directed by Inessa Selezneva

A calm and, at first glance, little event film is filled with the deepest thoughts about the meaning of life, about time and, of course, about love. The incredible Margarita Terekhova, Valentin Gaft, Tatyana Lavrova, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Tatyana Lavrova, Alla Pokrovskaya and many more talented actors make the picture emotional, bright and very warm.

"Inspector Gull", 1979, director Alexander Proshkin

Each actor in this amazing psychological drama is in his place and plays unrivaled. Perhaps that is why the film, based on the play by John Boynton Priestley, seems relevant today, and also makes it possible to see real masters of their craft on the screen again: Ivars Kalninsh and Elena Proklova, Vladimir Zeldin and Lembit Ulsfak, Juozas Budraitis and Elza Radzinya.

"Adam Marries Eve", 1980, director Victor Titov

A wonderful adaptation of the play by Rudy Shtral from the creator of the film "Hello, I'm Your Aunt!" impresses with an original plot, and Mikael Tariverdiev's songs to Shakespeare's sonnets add atmosphere to the picture. This film is also worth watching because it starred bright and talented actors: Elena Tsyplakova, Alexander Soloviev, Zinovy Gerdt, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Alexander Kalyagin, Gottlieb Roninson, Olga Mashnaya.

"Melody for two voices", 1980, directors Alexander Bogolyubov and Gennady Poloka

An incredibly soulful and lyrical film, forcing, after watching the last frames, again and again to recall individual episodes and scenes, trying to find answers to many questions about life and universal human values, stereotypes and conventions. Evgeny Menshov and Lyudmila Nilskaya, Irina Reznikova and Vladimir Zamansky, Alexey Zharkov, Lyubov Sokolova and many other actors play so talentedly that it is simply impossible not to believe them.

"We did not agree with the characters", 1989, director Nikolai Alexandrovich

The story of a family in which the wife, being a family psychologist, suddenly finds herself in the very center of a love triangle. Her husband, an exemplary family man, suddenly fell in love with an aerialist. The main characters, played by Irina Miroshnichenko and Alexander Lazarev Sr., will try to save their family, and the viewer can only enjoy the drama on the verge of a comedy, especially since in the film you can also see Olga Mashnaya, Philip Izvarin, Maya Bulgakova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Tatyana Kanaeva, Nina Ter-Osipyan and even the scriptwriter Arkady Inin, who played a former alcoholic.

The Sverdlovsk Film Studio was created during the difficult war years, in 1943, and a year later released its first film. For 77 years, the film studio has produced more than 200 feature films, many documentaries and cartoons, and a school of cinematography has emerged in it. Unfortunately, some very worthy films are unknown to a wide range of viewers today. But they certainly deserve attention.