Leonid Kvinikhidze (Director)

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A fantasy love story between an artist living in the 21st century and a princess of the kingdom of Perador, during the reign of King Arthur.

Release Date1978-12-31

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Failure of Engineer Garin

At the end of the 1920s, in Petrograd, on Krestovsky Island, the corpse of a man similar to the engineer Garin was found. Garin himself managed to take advantage of the brilliant discovery of the scientist Mantsev and designed an apparatus with destructive power. A dangerous hunt begins for this invention. Having faked the death, he emigrated from Russia and, under the guise of a French businessman, tries to establish contacts with the head of one of the European financial concerns, Rolling. Garin's ultimate goal is power over the world...

Release Date1973-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Mary Poppins, Goodbye

A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.

Release Date1983-06-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count46

Heavenly Swallows

Denise de Flavigny, a young convent student, discovers a double-life of the organist Célestin, who teaches her music at the convent. He secretly composes popular operettas for his mistress Corinne. Célestin visits the city to witness the premiere of his latest effort; Denise escapes the convent as well. Following a quarrel with Célestin, Corinne walks out and instead, Denise appears in her role, taking the name Mam'zelle Nitouche. Denise falls in love with Fernand, a handsome young soldier. Both Denise and Célestin are mistaken for soldiers absent without leave and shipped off to an army camp. A series of coincidences brings happiness to all concerned.

Release Date1976-12-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

The Straw Hat

A musical comedy based on the classic play by Eugène Labiche.

Release Date1974-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count18

The Hat

The hero of the movie is a popular composer and jazz performer. He is certainly a gifted man. However, his character is... to put it mildly, uncomfortable. He lives by emotions, he cares little about the fate of people who love him. Some will think that he is right in his own way; some will think that he missed something important in life. But anyway, one thing is certain: God is helping him.

Release Date1981-03-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Friend

Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task.

Release Date1988-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

White Nights

White Nights is a 1992 Russian film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The events of the picture are moved to the present day, the 1990s.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

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...

Release Date1989-01-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

Facing the Judgement of History

Director Fridrikh Ermler brings together monarchist Vasiliy Shulgin with a nameless historian who accompanies the right wing politician on a stroll through Leningrad, confronting him with his past.

Release Date1965-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count8

First Visitor

Release Date1966-10-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

31st of June

A lonely journalist in some West European country has a vision about the princess of his city who lived in XII century.

Release Date1979-11-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count16

Орех Кракатук

Release Date1977-12-31

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Island

The events take place on a deserted island, where Sasha and Rita, who are in love, are disembarked by a motorboat in the early morning. There they meet Rita's ex-husband.

Release Date1989-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Marina's Life

The war prevented Marina Kupriyanova from realizing her dream and becoming an actress. She works as a waitress in the youth cafe "Rovesnik" and remembers the days of the heroic defense of Leningrad, of which she was a participant.

Release Date1966-03-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Там, где нас нет

When Natasha arrives in Tallinn with her professor father, she falls in love with Enna Lajda, the leader of a rock ensemble, and spends three days with him. Having left for Leningrad to continue working on the lead role in the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet', Natasha begins to pine for her lover and calls him to her. He arrives, she disrupts one rehearsal after another, and they part.

Release Date1986-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Моабитская тетрадь

Release Date1968-06-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Failure of Engineer Garin

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.

Release Date1973-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Mary Poppins, Goodbye

Mary Poppins, Goodbye is a Soviet 1983 two-part musical miniseries, directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. It is loosely based on Mary Poppins stories by Pamela L. Travers. The TV series were ordered by the Gosteleradio of USSR and produced by Mosfilm. The official television premier was on January 8, 1984.

Release Date1984-01-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Mission in Kabul

On the formation of young Soviet diplomacy and the struggle of the mission in Kabul with the internal reaction and representatives of the Western powers for the signing of the Cooperation Agreement. A Russian diplomatic mission was sent to Kabul. The friendly relations between Afghanistan and the young Soviet republic became a real threat to traditional British rule in the East.

Release Date1971-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector