Banditry was widespread in the USSR in the middle of the last century. Thieves, shootings, constant chases, fear of going out - you will not envy the inhabitants of that time. We advise you to pay attention to the list of Russian films about the post-war period; the list contains only the best pictures with a high rating.
The meeting place cannot be changed (1979) mini-series
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.9, IMDb - 8.8
- The mini-series is based on the Weiner brothers' novel Era of Mercy.
“The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” is one of the best mini-series, for which one is not ashamed. Autumn 1945, Moscow. Employees of the anti-banditry department Vladimir Sharapov and Gleb Zheglov are waging a war against the mysterious and elusive criminal group "Black Cat", whose members trade in murder and robbery. Zheglov is an experienced operative with a lot of solved crimes behind him. He does not have a wife, and he devotes all his free time to his favorite work. Sharapov is a newcomer in investigative matters, in love with Junior Sergeant Varvara Sinichkina. Their pair is much stronger than it seems at first glance. The main characters will have to plunge into the very heart of the underworld and catch the elusive bandits.
Owl Cry (2013), TV series
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.9, IMDb - 7.5
- In the second episode on the street you can see the poster of the film "Quiet Don" (1957).
A series of daring crimes covers the small town of Ostrov in the Pskov region. During the robbery of a local grocery store, police captain Yuri Sirotin was seriously wounded. He ends up in the hospital unconscious and begins to rave in German - he remembers his beloved uncle Heinrich, calls his mother ... Is it possible that a spy is hiding under the mask of the captain? To find out, an employee of the GB Ivan Mitin is sent to the city, who is forced to work with Major Balakhnin, the suspect's best friend. In the course of the investigation, many interesting details and secrets emerge to the surface, which are shrouded in a small unremarkable town.
Summer of the wolves (2011) miniseries
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.6, IMDb - 6.9
- The film is based on the story of the writer Viktor Smirnov "Anxious Veresen Month".
Young lieutenant Ivan Kapelyukh, having received leave after being wounded, returns home from the front and realizes that something strange is happening here. The beloved girl who promised to “wait forever” does not want to talk to him, the neighbors hide their eyes and avoid him. Even my dear grandmother, a kind angel of childhood, says to remove the awards from my tunic and in no case go to the forest. It is revealed that mysterious murders are taking place in the village. The front-line soldier cannot sit still, so he will have to fight those who are hiding in the forest thickets. But in order to get to the killers, it is necessary to understand which of the fellow villagers is associated with them ...
Ashes (2013), TV series
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 6.9
- Initially, actors Yevgeny Mironov and Vladimir Mashkov were supposed to play opposite roles.
The film is set in the USSR, in 1938. In the compartment car, a thief named Senka Pepel and the captain of the Red Army Igor Petrov, who is threatened with execution, accidentally meet. Suddenly, a brilliant plan appears in the head of the Red Army man to avoid certain death: the heroes are similar in appearance, so they exchange clothes and documents with each other. Petrov changed not only his life, but also the fate of his beloved woman, Rita, who faces a long search for her husband and meeting with Ash, but now everyone takes him for Petrov. How will the events of the main characters unfold further?
Believe Me People (1964)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.0
- The film is based on the novel "One Year" by Yuri German.
Believe Me, People is one of the most memorable Russian films on the list about the post-war period; the picture ranks fifth in the rating. The recidivist thief Alexei Lapin, nicknamed Lapa, is serving time in one of the camps in the Far North. A month before his release, he, against his will, became an accomplice in a crime committed by another prisoner, Cain Batu. Deciding that the blame for what happened would be blamed on him, he set off on the run with Cain.
On the way, a pack of wolves attacked the criminals. Cain left his friend in the harsh snowy desert, deciding that he would simply die. However, Alexei managed to escape - he was picked up by geologists, and he stole their clothes, food, water and went on. After a while Lapin reached Leningrad, where he stayed overnight with the worker Eliseev. In a new place, the man fell in love with the daughter of the owner of the house, Nina, and decided to start a new life. But first, Alexei needs to find Cain and take revenge on him.