A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1961 (see 1961 in film).
1961 Title Russian title Director Cast Genre Notes 1961 Absolutely Seriously Совершенно серьезно Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai Comedy Adventures of Krosh Приключения Кроша Genrikh Oganisyan Nikolai Tomashevsky Adventure Alyonka Алёнка Boris Barnet Natalya Ovodova Comedy April Апрель (Geo. აპრილი) Otar Iosseliani Tatyana Chanturia, Gia Chiraqadze, Akakiy Chikvaidze Romance Barrier of the Unknown Барьер неизвестности Nikita Kurikhin Vyacheslav Shalevich, Ella Sumskaya, Nikolai Gritsenko, Aleksandr Grave Science fiction Moonshiners Самогонщики Leonid Gaidai Yuri Nikulin, Georgi Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov Comedy, short But What If This Is Love А если это любовь? Yuli Raizman Zhanna Prokhorenko Drama Chasing Two Hares За двумя зайцами Viktor Ivanov Oleg BorisovMargarita Krinitsina Romantic comedy Chronicle of Flaming Years Повесть пламенных лет Yuliya Solntseva Boris Andreyev Historical drama Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival Clear Skies Чистое небо Grigori Chukhrai Yevgeni Urbansky Drama, romance Won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival The Cossacks Казаки Vasili Pronin Leonid Gubanov, Boris Andreyev, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Eduard Bredun, Boris Novikov Drama Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival Dersu Uzala Дерсу Узала Agasi Babayan Adolf Shestakov, Kasym Zhakibayev, Aleksandr Baranov, N. Gladkov, Lev Lobov Adventure Dima Gorin's Career Карьера Димы Горина Frunze Dovlatyan, Lev Mirsky Aleksandr Demyanenko Comedy Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс Leonid Gaidai Yuri Nikulin, Georgi Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov Comedy, short Nominated for best short film at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. The Girls Девчата Yuri Chulyukin Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Nikolai Rybnikov, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Comedy The Horizon Горизонт Iosif Kheifits Yuri Tolubeyev Drama How Robinson Was Created Как создавался Робинзон Eldar Ryazanov Anatoli Papanov, Sergey Filippov Comedy Judgment of the Mad Суд сумасшедших Grigori Roshal Vasily Livanov Drama The Key Ключ Lev Atamanov Animation The Man from Nowhere Человек ниоткуда Eldar Ryazanov Sergey Yursky Comedy Mission Командировка Yuri Yegorov Oleg Efremov Drama My Friend, Kolka! Друг мой, Колька Aleksei Saltykov Saveliy Kramarov, Yuri Nikulin, Anatoly Kuznetsov Drama The Night Before Christmas Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки Aleksandr Rou Alexander Khvylya Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Peace to Him Who Enters Мир входящему Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov Lidiya Shaporenko, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Andrei Fajt Drama Planeta Bur Планета Бурь Pavel Klushantsev Vladimir Yemelyanov Science-fiction Scarlet Sails Алые паруса Alexandr Ptushko Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasily Lanovoy Romance Sluttish Гулящая Ivan Kavaleridze Lyudmila Gurchenko, Rita Gladunko, Drama Based on novel by Panas Myrny The Steamroller and the Violin Каток и скрипка Andrei Tarkovsky Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamansky Drama, short Striped Trip Полосатый рейс Vladimir Fetin Aleksei Gribov, Ivan Dmitriyev, Margarita Nazarova, Evgeni Leonov Comedy When the Trees Were Tall Когда деревья были большими Lev Kulidzhanov Yuri Nikulin, Inna Gulaya, Vasily Shukshin, Leonid Kuravlyov Drama Entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Wind of Freedom Вольный ветер Leonid Trauberg, Andrey Tutyshkin Lionella Pyryeva Comedy Yevdokiya Евдокия Tatyana Lioznova Lyudmila Khityaeva Drama
See also 1961 in the Soviet Union
References
External links Soviet films of 1961 at the Internet Movie Database