Maestro
A successful businessman with a terminal illness returns to Armenia and buys a mental institution.
In this heavyhanded political allegory, set in the plains and mountains of Central Asia, a tribe of people led by the fanatical Mavrut (Vladimir Msrian) wanders about in the most desolate parts of this already desolate region in search of a mythical "Land of Happiness." Their quest is hampered by the fact that they must all live a life which is extremely ascetic. One tribeswoman expresses a desire to have a child, but is rebuked by being reminded that she has vowed never to have worldly ties that would distract her from the quest. When she has a child anyway, she and her lover are made to pay for this crime in a horrific way. Despite that, the child becomes a kind of holy mascot for the group, touted by the leader as a kind of savior. They are distressed when the child goes missing one day, only to appear mysteriously on the opposite side of the rapids of a river, beckoning to them.
Nicolo Paganini
Biopic sobre Niccolo Paganini. Recibe formación de su padre en la primera infancia. Los mejores maestros de Parma son incapaces de darle más, por lo que Paganini recurre a 15 horas diarias de riguroso autoformación. Realiza sensacionales giras de conciertos en Viena, París, Londres y muchas otras ciudades de Europa. Siempre está jugando de memoria, vestido de negro, y su apariencia en el escenario respalda los rumores de sus habilidades sobrenaturales. Es un hombre rico, pero el juego y los gastos imprudentes lo obligan a empeñar su violín. Un rico oyente le regala un violín Guarneri para que lo conserve. Posteriormente regala este violín a la ciudad de Génova. Leonid Kogan toca el violín de Paganini en esta película.
A group of Soviet paratroopers are engaged in a secret operation in Adriatic sea during the last year of WWII.
