List of Russian films of 2012

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A list of films produced in Russia in 2012 (see 2012 in film).

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Film releases

DateTitleRussian TitleDirectorCastGenre(s)Notes
December 17, 2011Sapsan, I Love YouСапсан, я люблю тебяIgor AbidovViktor Shuralev
Viktoria Zabolotnaya
Olga Prikhodko
Melodrama [1]
January 2 My Boyfriend Is an Angel Мой парень – ангел Vera Storozheva Artur Smolyaninov
Anna Starshenbaum
Sergei Puskepalis
Comedy97 min, premiered on 2 January 2012 [2]
January 5We Are Family Моя безумная семья Renat DavletyarovIvan Stebunov,
Aglaya Shilovskaya,
Leonid Yarmolnik,
Maria Shukshina,
Pavel Priluchny
Comedy [3]
January 19, Stone Камень Vyacheslav Kaminsky Sergei Svetlakov
Olesya Sudzilovskaya
Nikolay Kozak
Yelena Koreneva
Crime thriller
January 24 The Admirer Поклонница Vitaliy Melnikov Kirill Pirogov
Svetlana Ivanova
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Drama
January 25 Rzhevsky versus Napoleon Ржевский против Наполеона Maryus Vaysberg Pavel Derevyanko,
Svetlana Khodchenkova,
Mikhail Galustyan
Parody
February 2Indifference Безразличие Oleg Flyangolts Fyodor Bondarchuk,
Aleksandr Bashirov,
Olga Shorina
Lyric comedy [4]
February 14 Cinderella Zолушка Anton Bormatov Kristina Asmus
Nikita Yefremov
Margarita Isaykova
Nonna Grishayeva
Comedy, Romance
February 22 August Eighth Август Восьмого Dzhanik Fayziev Svetlana Ivanova
Maksim Matveyev
Artyom Fadeev
Egor Beroev
Alexander Oleshko
War, Drama, Fantasy [5]
March 1Suicides Самоубийцы Egor Baranov Yevgeny Stychkin
Oksana Akinshina
Alexey Vorobyov
Comedy [6]
March 1 Moms Мамы Evgeniy AbyzovComedy
March 15Bedouin Бедуин Igor VoloshinOlga Simonova
Sergey Svetlakov
Mikhail Evlanov
Dinara Drukarova
Action, Biograph, Drama
March 15Here is Carlson Тот ещё Карлосон Sarik Andreasyan Mikhail Galustyan
Fedya Smirnov
Mariya Syomkina
Igor Vernik
Comedy, Family, Fantasy [7]
March 29 Atomic Ivan Атомный Иван Vasily Barkhatov Yuliya Snigir
Grigoriy Dobrygin
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Comedy, Romance [8]
March 29 The Conductor Дирижёр Pavel Lungin Vladas Bagdonas
Inga Oboldina
Karen Badalov
Sergey Koltakov
Drama
DateTitleRussian TitleDirectorCastGenre(s)Notes
April 5 The Spy Шпион Alexey Andrianov Danila Kozlovsky
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Anna Chipovskaya
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Sergey Gazarov
Dieselpunk
April 5 The Sky Under the Heart Небо под сердцемVictoria KaskovaDrama
May 1The Game Матч Andrey Malyukov Sergey Bezrukov
Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Ekaterina Klimova
Karen Badalov
Drama, History, Sport, War [9]
May 3 White Tiger Белый тигр Karen Shakhnazarov Aleksey Vertkov
Vitali Kishchenko
Aleksandr Vakhov
Vitaliy Dordzhiev
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Action, Adventure, WarThe film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
June 14 Kokoko Кококо Dunya Smirnova Anna Mikhalkova Drama
June 28 Love with an Accent Любовь с акцентом Rezo Gigineishvili Anna Mikhalkova
Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Comedy
DateTitleRussian TitleDirectorCastGenre(s)Notes
August 30 Living Жить Vassily Sigarev Olga Lapshina
Marina Gavrilova
Sasha Gavrilova
Yana Troyanova
Drama
September 7 Branded Москва 2017 Jamie Bradshaw
Aleksandr Dulerayn
Ed Stoppard
Leelee Sobieski
Max von Sydow
Jeffrey Tambor
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Dark fantasy
September 20 The Horde Орда Andrei Proshkin Maksim Sukhanov
Roza Khayrullina
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Vitaliy Khaev
Historical, Drama [10]
DateTitleRussian TitleDirectorCastGenre(s)Notes
October 4 Soulless Духless Roman Prygunov Danila Kozlovsky
Mariya Andreyeva
Artyom Mikhalkov
Nikita Panfilov
Artur Smolyaninov
Black comedy-drama
November 1 Betrayal Измена Kirill Serebrennikov Albina Dzhanabaeva
Dejan Lilic
Franziska Petri
Artūrs Skrastiņš
Drama
November 1 The Ballad of Uhlans 1812: Уланская баллада Oleg Flyanholz Sergei Bezrukov
Anna Chipovskaya
Anton Sokolov
Dimitri Isayev
Adventure, Historical [11]
November 1 Steel Butterfly Стальная бабочка Renat Davletyarov Darya Melnikova
Anatoliy Beliy
Darya Moroz
Andrey Kazakov
Semyon Treskunov
Crime, Drama, Mystery [12]
November 9 Waiting for the Sea В ожидании моря Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Egor Beroev
Anastasiya Mikulchina
Detlev Buck
Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Drama
November 11 Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari Небесные жёны луговых мари Aleksei Fedorchenko Yuliya Aug Drama
November 15 Short Stories Рассказы Mikhail Segal Andrey Merzlikin
Darya Nosik
Andrey Petrov
Igor Ugolnikov
Comedy, Drama, Mystery [13]
November 22 In the Fog В тумане Sergei LoznitsaVladimir Svirskiy
Vladislav Abashin
Sergei Kolesov
Yulia Peresild
Drama, Historical, War [14]
November 29Legatee Бригада: Наследник Denis AlekseevIvan Makarevich
Yekaterina Guseva
Aleksandr Inshakov
Kirill Nagiev
Action [15]
November 29JungleДжунглиAlexandre VoytinskySergey Svetlakov, Vera Brezhnavaromance drama
December 6 And Here's What's Happening to Me Со мною вот что происходит Viktor Shamirov Yuriy Kutsenko Comedy, Drama
December 27 Three Heroes on Distant Shores Три богатыря на дальних берегах Konstantin FeoktistovDmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Valeriy Solovyov
Sergey Makovetskiy
Oleg Kulikovich
Animation Melnitsa Animation Studio [16]
February 13, 2014Gold Золото Andrey Marmontov Sergey Bezrukov
Irina Skobtseva
Andrey Merzlikin
Mikhail Porechenkov
Comedy, Drama [17]

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