Ilya Volk Movie Trailers

Ankara - Heart of Turkey Trailer (1934)

19 February 1934

A Soviet documentary made for the 10th anniversary of the new Turkish Republic in the year 1934.

Kochubey Trailer (1958)

02 December 1958

A story of Kochubey - a hero of Russian Civil War.

Don Quixote Trailer (1957)

23 May 1957

Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha.

The Slippers Trailer (1945)

21 April 1945

Film-opera based on Tschaikovsky's adaptation of Gogol's story, 'Noch' pyered Rozhdestvom.'

The Gadfly Trailer (1955)

12 April 1955

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing.

The Vyborg Side Trailer (1939)

01 April 1939

The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank.

The Return of Maxim Trailer (1937)

01 April 1937

The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma.

The story of an effort to catch "wreckers" at work in a Soviet factory. The film’s title-song called "The Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, became world famous and was adapted into "Au-devant de la vie", a notable song of the French socialist movement of the 1930s.

Alone Trailer (1931)

09 October 1931

A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.

Actress Trailer (1943)

22 April 1943

Zoya Vladimirovna Strelnikova, a famous operetta actress, quits the theater and gets a nanny in a military hospital.

Cain the XVIII-th Trailer (1963)

06 May 1963

A traveling musician falls in love with a princess who is betrothed to a dictator planning to defeat his enemies with the help of an exploding mutant mosquito.

Five Days Trailer (1956)

02 February 1956

The film consists of fragments of the competitions of pentathlete athletes included in the game plot.

Belinsky Trailer (1953)

04 June 1953

A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin.

Simple People Trailer (1945)

31 December 1945

A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned.

Be Careful, Grandma! Trailer (1961)

07 March 1961

Young Lena becomes a chief manager of a workers' club. The problem is this club is not constructed yet and finishing it takes too much effort from a young girl.

Katerina Izmailova Trailer (1966)

19 November 1966

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife.

The Girlfriends Trailer (1936)

19 February 1936

Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life.

The Youth of Maxim Trailer (1935)

01 January 1935

A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it... "an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism and revolutionary boiling in the days of 1907.