Sergei Yursky Movies

A satirical account of the rise and fall of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.

About the work of Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov — People's Artist of the USSR, professor, laureate of the State and Lenin Prizes, and chief...

Bek's men kidnap Farukh's fiancee. He goes on a quest, thus violating the warnings of the good Fairy. Farukh and his friend the Fool overcome all...

A stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", first staged for Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater and later reworked for Leningrad...

A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in...

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

About the trial of the October Revolution, which was organized in 1919 by the US Senate.

A television play based on the eponymous poem, letters, and other works by Alexander Pushkin.

An animated film in two parts, about the tragic fate of Estonian artist Ülo Sooster and about his work.

A cult Soviet musical based on Ali Baba story with spoken-word interludes stylized as Persian poetry.

A runaway robot obsessed with an idea of creating a perfect human becomes a household property of a writer through deception.

A live reading of Alexander Pushkin's humorous poem for Leningrad Television.

A filmed version of Nikolai Gogol's "The Gamblers", transposed into modern-day Russia and performed by an all-star cast.

A parable about an evil dragon who has captured the “magic light”, without which people are forced to live in darkness. Mother Earth...

The second part of a trilogy of films based on Pushkin's drawings, poems and letters.

A good tale about the inhabitants of a magical city who were shamelessly robbed by the villain Miraclus. He stole their smiles - sly, playful,...

The first and second chapters of "Eugene Onegin" performed by Sergei Yursky, filmed live for Leningrad Television.