Russian and Soviet Screen Adaptations of Literature: A Catalogue 1966 - 1985
1966
"Volshebnaia lampa Alladina", based on the short story "Alladin's Magic Lamp" from the collection of stories A Thousands and One Nights, directed by Boris Rytsarev (Studio Gorkii)
"Dnevnye zvezdy", based on works by Ol'ga Berggolts, directed by Igor' Talankin (Mosfilm)
"V gorode S", based on Chekhov's short story "Ionych", directed by Iosif Kheifits (Lenfilm)
"Aibolit-66", based on children stories by Kornei Chukovskii, directed by Rolan Bykov (Mosfilm)
"Dedushkin son", based on Dostoevskii's novella "Dedushkin son", directed by Konstantin Voinov (Mosfilm)
"Bela", based on on the first part of Lermontov's novel Geroi nashego vremeni, directed by Stanislav Rostotskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Katerina Izmailova", based on Leskov's novella "Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda" and Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Izmailova", directed by Mikhail Shapiro (Lenfilm)
"Tri tolstiaka", based on Iurii Olesha's short story "Tri tolstiaka", directed by Andrei Batalov and Iosif Shapiro (Lenfilm)
"Dikii med", based on L. Pervomaiskii's novel Dikii med, directed by Vladimir Chebotarev (Mosfilm)
"Zabludivshchii", based on Iu. Petukhov's short story "Zabludivshchii", directed by Semen Tumanov (Mosfilm)
"Vystrel", based on Pushkin's short story "Vystrel", directed by Naum trakhtenberg (Mosfilm)
"Gadiuka", based on Alexei Tolstoi's short story "Gadiuka", directed by Viktor Ivchenko
"Griboloid Inzhera Garina", based on Alexei Tolstoi novel Khozhdeniia po mukam, directed by Aleksandr Ginzburg
"Zimnee utro", based on T. Tsimberg's war novella "Sed'maia simfoniia", directed by Nikolai Lebedev (Lenfilm)
1967
"Voina pod kryshami", based on A. Adamovich's novel Voina pod kryshami, directed by Viktor Turov (Belarusfilm)
"Konets `Saturna' ", based on V. Ardamatskii's documentary novella " `Saturn' pochti ne viden", directed by Villen Azarov (Mosfilm)
"Zosia", based on Vladimir Bogomolov's short story "Zosia", directed by Mikhail Bogin with a scenario by Vladimir Bogomolov (SSSR / Poland)
"Braslet-2", based on L. Brandr's novella "Braslet-2"
"Vii", based on Gogol's novella "Vii", directed by Konstantin Ershov and Georgii Kropachev (Mosfilm)
"Begushchaia po volnam", based on Aleksandr Grin's novel Begushchaia po volnam, directed by Pavel Liubimov (Studio Gorkii and Bulgaria)
"Tsygan", based on Anatolii Kalinin's novel Tsygan, directed by Evgenii Matveev (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Vesna na odere", based on E. Kazakevich's novel Vesna na odere, directed by Leon Saakov (Mosfilm)
"Za nami Moskva", based on books and materials by Baurdzhan Momysh-Uly (the Kazakh Soviet commander portrayed in Aleksader's Bek's war trilogy), directed by Mazhit Behgalin (Kazakhfilm)
"Doktor Vera", based on Boris Polevoi's novella "Doktor Vera", directed by Damir Viatich-Berezhnykh (Mosfilm)
"Dubravka", based on E. Pogodin's short story "Dubravka", directed by Radomir Vasilevskii (Studio Odessa)
"Ikh znali tol'ko v litso", a heroic adventure film based on Eduard Rostovtsev's novella "Chas ispytanii", directed by Anton Timonishin with a scenario by Eduard Rostovtsev (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Zheleznyi potok", based on A. Serafimovich's novel Zheleznyi potok, directed Efim Dzigan (Mosfilm)
"Vozmezdie", based on Konstantin Simonov's wartime novel Soldatami ne rozhdauitsia, directed by Aleksadnr Stolper (Mosfilm)
"Anna Karenina", based on Lev Tolstoi's novel Anna Karenina, directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi (Mosfilm)
1968
"Beg inokhodtsa", based on Chingis Aitmatov's novella "Proshchai, Giul'sary!", directed by Sergei Urusevskii (Mosfilm)
"Dzhamilia", based on Chingiz Aitmatov's novella "Dzhamilia", directed by Kydyrzhan Poplavskaia with a scenario by Chingis Aitmatov (Mosfilm)
"Zhuravushka", based on M. Alekseev's novella "Khleb - imia sushchestvitel'noe", directed by Nikolai Moskalenko (Mosfilm)
"Brat'ia Karamazovy", based on Dostoevskii's novel Brat'ia Karamazovy, directed by Ivan Pyrev, Mikhail Ul'ianov and Kirill Lavrov (Mosfilm)
"Desiatyi shag", based on a book by Robert Eidelman, directed by Viktor Ivchenko (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Kalif-list", based on children tales by Wilhelm Gauf, directed by Viktor Khramov (SSSR, Ekran)
"Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala", based on works by Gogol and on Ukrainian folk tales, directed by Iurii l'enko (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Zolotoi telenok", based on I. Il'f and E. Petrov's novel Zolotoi telenok, directed by Mikhail Shveitser (Mosfilm)
"Gromoboi", a television film based on Lev Kassil's short story "Gromoboi", direceted by Vladimir Gladyshev (Saratov-telefilm)
"Vstrechi na rassvete", based on A. Kuznetsov's novella "U sebia doma", directed by Eduard Gavrilov and Valentin Kremnev (Mosfilm)
"Derevenskii detektiv", based on V. Lipatov's novella "Derevenskii detektiv", directed by Ivan Lukinskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Zolotye chasy", based on L. Pateleev's novella "Chasy", directed by Mark Tomachev (Studio Odessa)
"Vzorvannyi ad", based on A. Salynskii's novella "Kameshki po ladoni", directed by Ivan Lukinskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Belye tuchi", based on A. Sazonenko's novel Belye tuchi, directed by Roland Sergienko (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Virineia", based on Lidiia Seifullinaia's novel Virineia, directed by Vladimir Fetin (Lenfilm)
"... i snova mai!", a historical adventure television film based on S. Slavich's novella "... i snova mai!", directed by Mariia Muat with a scenario by S. Slavich (SSSR, Ekran)
"Den' angela", based on Boris Zhitkov's short story "Mekhanik Solerno", directed by Stanislav Govorukhin (Studio Odessa)
1969
"Kniaz' Igor'", based on the epic Slovo o polku Igoreve, directed by Roman Tikhomirov (Lenfilm)
"Adam i Kheva", based on Khmedkhan Abu-Bakar's novella "Snezhnye liudi", directed by Aleksei Korenev (Mosfilm)
"Glavnyi svidetel' ", based on short stories by Chekhov, directed by Aida Manasarova (Mosfilm)
"Daleko do aprelia", a television film based on A. Drabkina's short story "Daleko do aprelia", directed by Mikhail Sverdlov (Saratov telefilm)
"Korol'-olen'", based on Karlo Gocci's fairy tale "Korol'-olen'", directed by Pavel Arsenov (Studio Gorkii)
"Koloniia Lanfeier", based on Aleksandr Grin's novella "Koloniia Lanfeier", directed by Yan Smidt (SSSR / Czechoslovakia)
"Bereg iunosti", based on G. Kholopov's novel Bereg iunosti, directed by Lev Tsutsul'kovskii (Lenfilm)
"Korol' manezha", based on Iurii Kazakov's short story "Teddy", directed by Iurii Chuliukin with a scenario by Iurii Kazakov, Iurii Cheliukin and Igor' Gostev (Mosfilm)
"Zoloto", ban adventure film based on Boris Polevoi's novel Zoloto, directed by Damir Viatych-Berezhnykh with a scenario by Boris Polevoi and Damir Viatych-Berezhnykh (Mosfilm)
"Imenem zakona", based on S. Ragimov's novella "Mekhman", directed by Mukhtar Dadashev (Azerbaidzhanfilm)
"Ee imia - vesna", based on Sharaf Roashid's novel Moguchaia volna, directed by Iskander Khamraev (Lenfilm)
"Kazhdyi vecher v odinadtsat' ", based on Anar Rzaev's short tsory "Ia, ty, on i telefon", directed by Samson Samsonov (Mosfilm)
"Kura neukratimaia", based on Ismail Shikhla's novel Kura neukratimaia, directed by Gusein Seid-zade with a scenario by Ismail Shikhla (Azerbaidzhanfilm)
"Dvorianskoe gnezdo", based on Turgenev's novel Dvorianskoe gnezdo, directed by Andron Mikhalkov-Konchalovskii (Mosfilm)
"Varvara-krasa, dlinnaia kosa", based on Vasilii Zhukovskii's ballada "Skazka o tsare Berendee", directed by Aleksandr Roi (Studio Gorkii)
1970
"Beg", based on Mikhail Bulgakov's play Beg, fragments from his novel Belaia gvardiia and the opera libretto "Chernoe more", directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov (Mosfilm)
"Karusel", based on short stories and notes by Chekhov (Mosfilm)
"Prestuplenie i nakazanie", based on Dostoevskii's novel Prestuplenie i nakazanie, directed by Lev Kulidzhanov (Studio Gorkii)
"Volshebnaia sila iskusstva", a musical children's comedy based on short stories by Viktor Dragunskii, directed by Haum Birman (Lenfilm)
"Doroga na riubentsal' ", based on Irina Guro's novel Doroga na riubentsal', directed by Adol'f Bergunker (Lenfilm)
"Kogda raskhoditsia tuman", based on A. Kleshchenko's novella "Kogda raskhoditsia tuman", directed by Iurii Vyshinskii (Mosfilm)
"Zelenye tsepochki", an adventure film based on G. Matveev's novella "Zelenye tsepochki", directed by Grigorii Aronov (Studio Odessa)
"Baryshnia-krest'ianka", a television film based on Pushkin's novella "Baryshnia-krest'ianka", directed by D. Lukovafor (Leningradskoe TV)
"V lazorevoi stepi" ("Kolovert' "), based on short stories by Mikhail Sholokhov, directed by Valerii Lonskii, Vladimir Shamshurin, Vitalii Kalytsov and Oleg Bondarev (Mosfilm)
1971
"Kyz-kibek", based on a Kazakh folk tale, directed by Sultan-Akhmet Khodzhikov (Kazakhfilm)
"Goiia, ili tiazhkii put' poznaniia", based on Leon Feuchtwanger's novel Goya, directed by Konrad Vol'f (USSR / East Germany / Bulgaria / Yugoslavia)
"Zakhar Berkut", based on I. Franko's novella "Zakhar Berkut", dircted by Leonid Osyka (Studio Dovzhenko)
"12 Stul'ev", based on I. I'lf and E. Petrov's novel 12 Stul'ev, directed by Leonid Gaidai (Mosfilm)
"Ekhali v tramvae Il'f i Petrov", a television film based on works by Il'f and Petrov, directed by Viktor Titov (Mosfilm)
"Vozvrashchenie k zhizni", based on Akhto Levi's novella "Zapiski serogo volka", directed by Vladimir Basov (Mosfilm)
"Var'ka", based on Evgenii Nosov's short story "Var'ka", directed by T. Papastergiu (Ekran, SSSR)
"Vanderbul' bezhit za gorizont", based on Radii Pogodin's children's novella "Vanderbul' bezhit za gorizont", directed by Nikolai Koshelev and Valentin Morozov (Lenfilm)
"Dauriia", based on K. Sedykh's novel Dauriia, directed by Viktor Tregubovich (Lenfilm)
"Onets Liubavinykh", based on Shukshin's novel Liubaviny, directed by Leonid Golovnia (Mosfilm)
"Za rekoi - granitsa", based on O. Smirnov's novella "Barkhany", directed by Alty Karilev (Turkmentfilm)
"Vchera, segodnia i vsegda", based on F. Vigdorov's novella "Vchera, segodnia i vsegda", directed by Iakov Bazelian (Studio Gorkii)
"Derzost' ", based on Vasil' Zemliak's novella "Derzost' ", directed by Georgii Iungvald-Khil'kevich with a scenario by Vasil' Zemliak (Studio Odessa)
1972
"Boi s ten'iu", based on M. Aleksandrov's novella "Kozhanye perchatki", directed by Valentin Popov (Mosfilm)
"Karpukhin", based on G. Bakalov's novella "Karpukhin", directed by Vladimir Vengrov (Lenfilm)
"Goriachii sneg", based on Iurii Bondarev's novel Goriachii sneg, directed by Gavriil Egizarov (Mosfilm)
"Zhizn' i udivitel'nye prikliucheniia Robinzona Kruzo", based on Daniel Defoe's novel The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Esq., directed by Stanislav Govorukhin (Studio Odessa)
"Goluboi karbunkul", based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, directed by Nikolai Luk'ianov (Belarusfilm)
"Igrok", based on Dostoevskii's novel Igrok, directed by Aleksei Batalov (Lenfilm and Barrandov, Czechoslovakia)
"Vsadnik bez golovy", based on a novel by Main Reid, directed by Vladimir Vainshtok (Lenfilm)
"V chernykh peskakh", based on M. Simashko's novella "V chernykh peskakh", directed by Iskander Khamraev (Lenfilm)
"Alye maki issyk-kulia", based on A. Sytin's novella "Kontrabandisty Tian'-Shania", directed by Bolot Shamshiev (Kirgizfilm)
"A zori zdes' tikhie", based on Boris Vasil'ev's novella "A zori zdes' tikhie", directed by Stanislav Rostotskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Ivaov Kater", based on Boris Vasil'ev's novella "Ivaov Kater", directed by Mar Asep'ian with a scenario by Boris Vasil'ev (Studio Gorkii)
"Zhdem tebia, paren'...", based on S. Volgin's novella "Pora iunosti", directed by Ravil' Batyrov (Uzbekfilm)
1973
"Ishchu cheloveka", based on Agnia Barto's book Ishchu cheloveka as well as her radio programmes, directed by Mikhail Bogin with a scenario by Agnia Barto (Studio Gorkii)
"A. Chekhov. Stsenski", based on short stories by Anton Chekhov, directed by Georgii Tovstonogov (Leningradskoe TV)
"Gde eto vidano, gde eto slykhano", a television children's film based on short stories by Viktor Dragunskii (Lenfilm)
"Kapitan", based on children stories by Vikotor Dragunskii, directed by Aian Shakhmaliev (Lenfilm)
"V dobryi put' ", based on N. Dumbadze's novel Ne trevozh'sia, mama!, directed by Gregorii Gersamiia (Gruziia-film)
"Goroda i gody", based on Fedin's novel Goroda i gody, directed by Aleksandr Zarkhii (Mosfilm)
"Dva dnia trevogi", based on A. Glebov's short story "Pravdokha", directed by Aleksandr Surin (Mosfilm)
"Kazhdyi vecher posle raboty", based on M. Glushko's novella "Elena Nikolaevna", directed by Konstantin Ershov (Studio Dovzhenko)
"I na tikhom okeane...", based on Viacheslav Ivanov's play "Bronepoezd 14-69" and some of his novellas, directed by Iurii Chuliukin (Mosfilm)
"Vozvrata net", based on A. Kalinin's novella "Vozvrata net", directed by Aleksei Saltykov (Mosfilm)
"Vozle etikh okon", based on L. Karelin's novel Mikroraion, directed by Khasan Bakaev (Mosfilm)
"Ispolnenie zhelanii", based on V. Kaverin's novel Ispolnenie zhelanii, directed by Svetlana Druzhinina (Mosfilm)
"Doker", based on Georgii Kholopov's novel Doker, directed by Iurii Pogov with a scenario by Georgii Kholopov (Lenfilm)
"Istoki", based on G. Konovalov's novel Istoki, directed by Ivan Lukinskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Velikie golodrantsy", based on F. Nasedkin's novel Velikie golodrantsy, directed by Lev Mirskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Berega", based on A. Rekemchuk's short stories, directed by Ekaterina Stashevskaia (Mosfilm)
"Bronzovaia ptitsa", a children's television serial based on A. Rybakov's novella "Bronzovaia ptitsa", drected by Nikolai Kalinin (Belarusfilm)
"Kortik", based on Anatolii Rybakov's novella "Kortik", directed by Igor' Remishevskii with a scenario by Anatolii Rybakov (Belarusfilm)
"Domino", based on E. Seton-Thompson's novella "Domino", directed by Igor' Negresku (Kievnauchfilm)
"Krakh inzhenera Garina", based on Aleksei Tol'stoi's novel Giperboloid inzhenera Garina, directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze (Lenfilm)
"Besstrashnyi ataman", based on I. Vsevolzhskii's novel Khutorskaia komanda, directed by Vladimir D'iachenko and Gennadii Ivanov (Mosfilm)
1974
"Blokada" (Part One), based on A. Chakovskii's novel Blokada, directed by Mikhail Ershov (Lenfilm)
"Kakaia u vas ulybka", based on V. Krakovskii's novella "Kakaia u vas ulybka", directed by Oleg Nikolaevskii (Studio Sverdlovsk)
"Eshche mozhno uspet' ", based on B. Larin's novella "Chetyre kharakteristiki Slavki Karaseva", directed by Il'ia Gurin with a scenario by Larin and Gurin (Studio Gorkii)
"V to dalekoe leto", based on N. Nadezhdinaia's novella "Partizanka Lara", directed by Nikolai Lebedev (Lenfilm)
"Vesennie perevertyshi", based on V. Tendriakov's novella "Vesennie perevertyshi", directed by Grigorii Aronov (Lenfilm)
1975
"Krasnoe iabloko", based on Chingis Aitmatov's novel Krasnoe iabloko, directed by Tolomysh Okeev with a scenario by Chingis Aitmatov, El'ga Lyndina and Tolomush Okeev (Kirgizfilm)
"Dersu Uzala", based on V. K. Arsen'ev's travelogue "Dersu Uzala", directed by Akira Kurasawa (SSSR / Japan) ("Oscar" for Best Foreign Film)
"Dozhit' do rassveta", based on V. Bykov, directed by Mikhail Ershov and Viktor Sokolov (Lenfilm)
"Kashtanka", based on Chekhov's short story "Kashtanka", directed by Roman Balaian (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Krest'ianskii syn", based on Raisa Grigor'eva's novella "Krest'ianskii syn", directed by Irina Tarkovskaia with a scenario by Raisa Grigor'evna (Studio Gorkii)
"Kontsert dlia dvukh skripok", based on Mikhail Korshunov's novel Bul'var pod livnem, directed by Ekaterina Stashevskaia with a scenario by Vladimir Valutskii and Mikhail Korshunov (Mosfilm)
"Edinstvennaia ...", based on P. Nilin's short story "Dury", directed by Iosif Kheifits (Lenfilm)
"Kak zakalialas' stal' ", based on Nikolai Ostrovskii's novel Kak zakalialas' stal', directed by Nikolai Mashchenko (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Kak dobrogo molodtsa zhenili", based on Vazhe Phsavela's historical poema "Povest' o Ivane Kotorashvili", directed by Nodar Managadze (Gruzia-film)
"Lavina", based on Iu. Pompeev's novella "Khibinskaia Sparta", directed by Nikolai Koshelev and Valentin Morozov (Lenfilm)
"Belyi bashlyk", based on Barat Shinkuba's poema "Pesn' o skale", directed by Vladimir Savel'ev (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Almazy dlia Marii", based on Iurii Skop's criminal novalla "Almaz `Mariia' ", directed by Oleg Bondarev and Vladimir Chebotarev (Mosfilm)
"Gamlet shchigrovskogo uezda", based on Turgenev's short stories Zapiski okhotnika, directed by Valerii Rubinchik (Belarusfilm)
"Kapitan Nemo", based on Jules Verne's novel Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers, directed by Vasilii Levin (Studio Odessa)
1976
"Klad", based on Garif Akhunov's novel Klad, directed by Ol'ger Voronin (Studio Sverdlovsk)
"Voskhozhdenie", based on Vasilii Bykov's novella "Sotnikov", directed by Larisa Shepit'ko (Mosfilm)
"Budenovka", a children's film based on works by Arkadii Gaidar, directed by Igor Voznesenskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Kolybel'naia dlia muzhchin", based on Iurii Iakovlev's short story "Devushka iz Bresta", directed by Ivan Lukinskii and Vladimir Zlatoustovskii with a scenario by Iurii Iakovlev and Vladimir Zlatoustovskii (Studio Gorkii)
"Dva kapitana", a television series based on Veniamin Kaverin's novel Dva kapitana, directed by Evgenii Karelov with a scenario by Veniamin Kaverin, Vladimir Savin and Evgenii Karelov (Mosfilm)
"Bezottsovshchina", based on M. Khalfina's novella "Bezottsovshchina", directed by Vladimir Shamshurin (Mosfilm)
"Kafe `Isotop' ", based on M. Kolesnikov's novella "Pravo vybora", directed by Georgii Kalatozishvili (Mosfilm)
"Vse delo v brate", based on P. Lungin and R. Nusinov's novella "Frol Kalitkin", directed by Valentin Gorlov (Studio Gorkii)
"Sentimental'nyi roman", based on Vera Panova's novel Sentimental'nyi roman, directed by Igor Maslennikov (Lenfilm)
"72 gradusov nizhe nulia", based on V. Sanin's novella "72 gradusov nizhe nulia", directed by Sergei Danilin and Evgenii Tatarskii (Lenfilm)
"Krasnoe i chernoe", based on Stendhal's novel Le rouge et le noir, direted by Sergei Gerasimov (Studio Gorkii)
"Granitnye ostrova", based on E. Voevodin's novella "Pud soli", directed by Boris Durov (Ekran, SSSR)
1977
"Alen'kii tsvetochek", based on S. Aksakov's fairy tale "Alen'kii tsvetochek", durected by Irina Povolotskaia (Studio Gorkii)
"Berega", based on Ch. Amiredzhiba's novel Data Tutashkhina, directed by Giga Lordkipanidze and Gizo Gabeskiriia (Gruzia-film)
"Blokada" (Part Two), based on A. Chakovskii's novel Blokada, directed by Mikhail Ershov (Lenfilm)
"Vooruzhen i ochen' opasen, vremia i geroi Fransisa Bret Garta", based on works by Fransis Bret Garta, directed by Vladimir Vainshtok (Studio Gorkii)
"Kto poedet v Truskabets?", based on M. Ibragimbekov's short story "Kto poedet v Truskabets?", directed by Valerii Akhadov (Tadzhikfilm)
"Dolg", based on wartime early short stories by Viacheslav Ivanov, directed by Anatolii Nitochkin (Ekran, SSSR)
"12 Stul'ev", a television film based on I. I'lf and E. Petrov's novel 12 Stul'ev, directed by Mark Zakharov (Ekran, SSSR)
"Dobrota", based on Semen Laskin's novella "Absoliutnyi slukh", directed by Eduard Gavrilov (Studio Gorkii)
"I eto vse o nem", a television serial based on Vil' Lipatov's novel I eto vse o nem, directed by Igor' Shatrov with a scenario by Vil' Lipatov (SSSR, Ekran)
"Krasnyi chernozem", based on Filipp Nasedkin's novel Russkaia niva, directed by Lev Mirskii with a scenario by Filipp Nasedkin and Nikolai Rozhkov (Lenfilm)
"Erlashnye reisy", based on A. Novikov-Priboi's novella "Erlashnye reisy", directed by Oleg Fialko (Studio Dovzhenko)
"Zhdite menia, ostrova!", based on L. Pochivalov's collection of sketches Beglets, directed by Nikolai Lebedev and Iusif Shapiro (Lenfilm)
"Brilianty dlia diktatury proletariata", based on Iurii Semenov's political detective "Brilianty dlia diktatury proletariata", directed by Grigorii Kromanov (Tallinfilm)
"V profil' i anfas", based on short stories by Shukshin: "Cherednichenko i tsirk", directed by Aleksandr Efremov (Belarusfilm)
"V profil' i anfas", based on short stories by Shukshin: "Osen' ", directed by Sergei Sychev (Belarusfilm)
"V profil' i anfas", based on short stories by Shukshin: "Volki", directed by Nikolai Luk'ianov (Belarusfilm)