The heroes of Shukshin's play are indeed energetic people in the full sense of the word. Jacks of all trades, quick-witted and dishonest, grabbers and thieves, who can be called businessmen of the era of socialism, for whom there was no use for their practical acumen and intelligence. Tovstonogov and the actors breathed true life into these characters.

Performance based on the novel of the same name by Yuri Olesha with the participation of actors from the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater of M. Gorky.

About the peaceful everyday life of one of the tank regiments of the Soviet Army on the northern borders of the country, where graduates of the tank school, Lieutenant Sorokin and his comrades, serve. The acute conflict situation among the officers of the tank regiment reveals people who understand their duty as defenders of the Fatherland in different ways.

Alexander Pavlovich Reznikov is short of two hundred rubles (in the 1970s, about one and a half months’ salary for an office worker) to pay for the travel vouchers. His neighbor, a moonlighting contractor named Yura, offers Reznikov a way to earn the money in a single day. To do this, Alexander Palych must be present at the demolition of an old wooden house in the role of a foreman, while Yura will bring in students for the job. He will pay them ten rubles each, while they themselves will receive two hundred and fifty apiece. Reznikov agrees.

An old man lives in memories of the war — of that morning on June 22, 1941, when a Nazi soldier spared his life. Many years later, he is taken from the home his son abandoned. Around him, life goes on: people fall in love, laugh, dance. But for him, the war is not over.

Realizing that his quest for knowledge is quixotic, a Russian polar explorer prepares for a doomed expedition to the Arctic. A live performance for Leningrad Television.

Based on the play by J. Smetanova.

Based on the play by Mikhail Bulgakov about the last days of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin's life.

Based on the documentary story "Earth Brothers" by B. Kostyukovsky about the tragic fate of Boris Gainulin, the foreman of the Komsomol brigade at the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station.