List of Soviet films of 1961

A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1961 (see 1961 in film).

1961

Title	Russian title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1961
April	Апрель (Geo. აპრილი)	Otar Iosseliani		Romance
Bootleggers	Самогонщики	Leonid Gaidai		Comedy, short
Chronicle of Flaming Years	Повесть пламенных лет	Yuliya Solntseva		Historical drama	Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival
Clear Skies	Чистое небо	Grigori Chukhrai		Drama, romance	Won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The Cossacks	Казаки	Vasili Pronin		Drama	Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival
Dersu Uzala	Дерсу Узала	Agasi Babayan		Adventures
The Key	Ключ	Lev Atamanov		Animation
My Friend, Kolka!	Друг мой, Колька	Aleksei Saltykov	Saveliy Kramarov, Yuri Nikulin, Anatoly Kuznetsov	Drama
Peace to Him Who Enters	Мир входящему	Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov		Drama
Scarlet Sails	Алые паруса	Alexandr Ptushko		Romance
The Steamroller and the Violin	Каток и скрипка	Andrei Tarkovsky		Drama, short
Striped Trip	Полосатый рейс	Vladimir Fetin		Comedy
When the Trees Were Tall	Когда деревья были большими	Lev Kulidzhanov		Drama	Entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival

External links

• Soviet films of 1961 at the Internet Movie Database