Children of the Arbat (Russian: Дети Арбата) is a 16-part television serial based on the Children of the Arbat trilogy by Anatoly Rybakov. It aired on the Channel One network in Russia in 2004.
The series closely follows the plot of Rybakov's trilogy. Set in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, it tells the story of Sasha Pankratov (Yevgeni Tsyganov), a student and loyal Komsomol member from the Arbat neighborhood of Moscow who is unfairly exiled to Siberia. As his family and friends, including his love interest Varya Ivanova (Chulpan Khamatova), grapple with Sasha's sudden detention and departure, the series shows the growing fear and paranoia that gripped Moscow in the years before the murder of Sergey Kirov and the start of Stalin's Great Purge.
, 1h30 Directed byVeit Helmer OriginGerman GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ActorsMiki Manojlović, Denis Lavant, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Paz Vega, Maia Morgenstern, Frankie Wallach Rating64% Le conducteur de train Nurlan se rend à Bakou pour la dernière fois avant sa retraite. En traversant les quartiers de la ville, son train arrache un soutien-gorge bleu à une corde à linge. Pour échapper à son existence solitaire, Nurlan se lance dans la plus grande aventure de sa vie : retrouver la propriétaire de ce sous-vêtement...
, 1h48 Directed byLars Kraume OriginGerman GenresComedy, Romantic comedy ActorsGötz George, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Maria Schrader, Vadim Glowna, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Gudrun Landgrebe Rating57% During a meeting between Opel and the advertising agency Brainstorm, Viktor Vogel sneaks in and offers his views on how the agency's new campaign is boring and lacking in irony. This helps the already dissatisfied Opel people tell Brainstorm they need to come up with a new idea as they leave. After some discussion at Brainstorm the agency decides that they need to find Viktor, whom they threw out after the meeting, and hire him to work on the campaign. Eventually Viktor becomes the partner of Edward Kaminsky, a veteran ad man who is hoping to retire soon and they begin work on an idea that will keep Brainstorm alive through Opel's money.
, 1h55 Directed byVladimir Khotinenko GenresDrama, Thriller, Action ActorsSergei Makovetsky, Marat Basharov, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Sergueï Garmach, Vladislav Galkin Rating64% Officers of the Russian Navy, lieutenant-commanders Pyotr Orlov (Marat Basharov) and Ivan Muravyov (Dmitry Ulyanov) have been members of the Slavyanka submarine crew for a long time. They used to be best friends, but during their service in Sevastopol in the 1980s they met a beautiful girl Nelly (Chulpan Khamatova) and fell in love with her at first sight. Nelly chose Ivan, and their friendship fractured.
, 1h30 Directed byNana Djordjadze GenresRomance ActorsMerab Ninidze, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Anna Antonowicz, Ramaz Chkhikvadze Rating63% Datho (Merab Ninidze) has been innocent in prison for many years. When he comes home nobody wants him. His angelic wife Elene (Anna Antonowicz) has fun with a fire-eater. The two children imagined the father as a hero, not as a sorrowful knight. But everything changes when Datho reveals he has the ability of weather modification. He can freeze his enemies in the bathtub or he calls for rain so that they remain stuck in the mud.