Alexander Ostrovsky

Alexander Ostrovsky

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A Cruel Romance 1984 (7.3)

In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love.
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The Marriage of Balzaminov 1964 (6.848)

Based on the trilogy of Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Moscow, XIX century. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. And in reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks...
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After the Rain, on Thursday 1986 (6.471)

A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy

Aleksandr Ostrovskiy

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The Spot 2005 (5.9)

A story about the life of several girls who came from outskirts of Ukrainian provincial town Makeevka to Moscow.
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Moscow Chill 2016

Valentina lives in a small village, works at the post office. A young woman does not formally take her work, she is always ready to help those who need it. Villagers love and respect Valya, and at the same time sympathize with her ...