The young talented actress Vera Samarina, has an interesting job, fame, plans for the future and a loving husband Igor, a failed actor. She goes for the shooting, leaving her husband, an unemployed actor, in despair. By agreeing to become a racketeer, he does not even suspect an inevitable tragic end. While the young woman sorts out her emotional experiences on the set by the sea, her husband specializes in knocking out other people's debts and other not very legal and dangerous activities.

A not-so-young man who likes women tries to organize a girl to his son.

The film is about a movie actress who has arrived to conquer Moscow from a distant village. Started career doesn't add up. To the bad luck in the profession added disorder of personal life. Trying to do away with the unfortunate past, the heroine decides to return to her village. Keeping charm and vitality, she follows her own desires. As a result, her intentions are truly rewarded...

A very sick girl asks her father to get her a live elephant. Based on the early stories by Alexander Kuprin.

An unmarried shy 40-year-old can’t find the courage to ask a woman on a date, so his womanizer friend, who promised to his friend’s parents he’d find him a girlfriend, sets out to find the perfect match.

Russian television series (2005), directed by Vladimir Bortko

一个俄罗斯旅行团在莫斯科包机来到一座东南亚某国的中转小岛，游客们将被一艘小船送到豪华游轮上，享受一次出境游。奇怪的是，小船开到中途船长却不见了，而船底也已起火……游客们漂到了一座不知名的小岛上开始了钻木取火的生活，并在绝望中等待

有人戏称这部电影是“四个男人的一台戏”。
影片中基本没有特别引人的情节，没有激烈的动作打斗场面，甚至没有撩人心弦的爱情故事，然而绕有趣味的是，影片除却赢得了1700万观众，还被当时权威电影杂志《苏联银幕》评为1983年最佳影片。
这样一部既叫座又叫好的影片讲述了前苏联20年代四个青年音乐家组办爵士乐队的故事。在那样一个“火红的年代”，属于“资本主义意识形态”的爵士乐很难被苏联官方接受。出现在影片中几乎所有文化场合的标语“艺术要为劳动人民服务！”是那个时代的典型象征。四个热爱爵士乐的青年就这样不合时宜、一波三折地进行着他们“不可能完成的任务”。
影片拍摄完成的80年代，苏联人已经开始通过一些“非法渠道”接触西方文化，当时，《巴黎最后的探戈》录像带开始半地下流行，持不同政见歌手的音乐会也几乎场场爆满。因此，在这样一种社会背景下影片中发生的故事立刻能得到观众的认同，主人公们对理想的执着、对自我价值的肯定、对友谊的坚持也让人感觉亲近和鼓舞。
影片运用幽默诙谐的手法对时代进行嘲讽，用优美的音乐旋律和舞蹈动作打动观众，一个本应沉重的题材得以让人轻松地内省。
导演卡·沙赫纳扎罗夫、编剧亚·巴拉基杨斯基、摄影弗·舍弗兹伊克构成了一个强力组合， 剧本经过10次修改，人物性格设计上的差异赋予了演员极大的发挥空间。透视片中时代里的个体、音乐里的个性，我们看到一种俄罗斯哲学的智慧。或许有一天，你已经忘记了影片故事的情节，但是某些掺杂着辛酸与甜蜜、沮丧与欣喜的电影画面会在脑海中悄然浮现。
影片获1984年法国格勒诺布尔国际音乐片电影节评委会特别奖，波兰罗兹国际电影节银奖，并参展1984年伦敦、芝加哥、贝尔格莱德等电影节。