The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Charles Dickens' classic novel is given its first television adaptation in this classic 1969 BBC production. Paul Dombey is a well-to-do shipping firm owner, who lacks a son to take over the family business. After rejecting his daughter's affection, he reconciles with her before his death.

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

A late-night meeting between a father and son reveals an insidious secret lurking beneath the surface.

High school student Andrei Goryayev faces a criminal liability for a hooligan misconduct. A compassionate witness pities the young man, and he is released. Having quarreled with his father, Goryayev leaves home and wanders around the capital until he accidentally finds himself in a new district of Moscow: at a construction site in Cheryomushki.

Ana doesn’t know how to treat her 6-year-old son, Son. Lately her life is full of conflicts and struggles and she feels very confused. Little by little, what begins as a pleasant walk through some peaceful gardens becomes a metaphor for her own reality. Ana and Son get lost in a labyrinth in which they will relive the confusion, unconsciousness and tension of their own relationship. Once they understand that they are lost, Ana and Son will be able to look into each other’s eyes and begin to find each other.

The Buryat returns to his homeland to his father to sign his renunciation of the inheritance of his late mother. But the father has other plans for his son. Aldar is Buryat, but grew up with his mother in Moscow. After his mother's death, he learns that he cannot receive the inheritance because his parents were not officially divorced. He flies to Buryatia. The father agrees to sign the documents, but on the condition that the son spends one day with his father, during which they will have to go to the datsan, perform a shamanic ritual and visit the family tree.

Set against the backdrop of post-war Germany, the screen adaptation of Siegfried Lenz’s short story released in 1949 shows a snapshot in time of Mr. Schwamm, an indulgent husband and caring father, who wants so save his depressed son. During the pivotal night of this mission, he has an odd encounter: Paired up by destiny, he confides his troubles to a bitter and insensitive stranger, who in the very last minute manages to turn the story into a touching parable for kindness and humanity.