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A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1959 (see 1959 in film).
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A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1959 (see 1959 in film).
| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
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| 1959 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Buratino | Приключения Буратино | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Georgiy Vitsin | Animation | ||
| Annushka | Аннушка | Boris Barnet | Irina Skobtseva | Drama | ||
| Ballad of a Soldier | Баллада о солдате | Grigori Chukhrai | Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolai Kryuchkov | War film | Entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Battle Beyond the Sun | Небо зовет | Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr Kozyr | Ivan Pereverzev | Science-Fiction | ||
| Cruelty | Жестокость | Vladimir Skuybin | Georgi Yumatov | Drama | ||
| Eugene Onegin | Евгений Онегин | Roman Tikhomirov | Vadim Medvedev | Opera | ||
| Fate of a Man | Судьба человека | Sergei Bondarchuk | Sergei Bondarchuk | War film | Won the Grand Prize at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival | |
| Female Age-Mates | Сверстницы | Vasili Ordynsky | Lyudmila Krylova | Drama | ||
| Foma Gordeyev | Фома Гордеев | Mark Donskoy | Sergei Lukyanov | Drama | ||
| Girl Seeks Father | Девочка ищет отца | Lev Golub | Anna Kamenkova | Drama | ||
| The Golden Eshelon | Золотой эшелон | Ilya Gurin | Vasiliy Shukshin | War | ||
| I Was a Satellite of the Sun | Я был спутником Солнца | Yuri Merkulov | P. Makhotin | Drama | ||
| Iriston's Son | Сын Иристона | Vladimir Chebotaryov | Vladimir Tkhapsaev | History | ||
| Ivanna | Иванна | Viktor Ivchenko | Inna Burduchenko, Anatoly Motornyi | Drama | ||
| A Home for Tanya | Отчий дом | Lev Kulidzhanov | Vera Kuznetsova, Lyudmila Marchenko, Valentin Zubkov, Nikolai Novlyansky | Drama | Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm | Иван Бровкин на целине | Ivan Lukinsky | Leonid Kharitonov, Tatyana Pelttser | Comedy | ||
| Letter Never Sent | Неотправленное письмо | Mikhail Kalatozov | Tatyana Samojlova, Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Galina Kozhakina, Vasili Livanov | Adventure drama | Entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival | |
| May Stars | Майские звезды | Stanislav Rostotsky | Aleksandr Khanov | War | ||
| Mumu | Муму | Anatoliy Bobrovskiy and Evgeniy Teterin | Afanasi Kochetkov | Drama | ||
| The Overcoat | Шинель | Aleksey Batalov | Rolan Bykov, Yuri Tolubeyev, Aleksandra Yozhkina, Elena Ponsova | Drama | ||
| People on the Bridge | Люди на мосту | Aleksandr Zarkhi | Vasili Merkuryev | Drama | ||
| Sampo | Сампо | Aleksandr Ptushko, Risto Orko | Urho Somersalmi, Ivan Voronov, Anna Orochko | Fantasy | Finnish-Soviet co-production | |
| A Snow Fairy Tale | Снежная сказка | Aleksei Sakharov, Eldar Shengelaia | Igor Yershov | Fantasy | ||
| The Unamenables | Неподдающиеся | Yuri Chulyukin | Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Yuri Belov, Aleksei Kozhevnikov | Comedy | ||
| There Will Be No Leave Today | Сегодня увольнения не будет | Andrei Tarkovsky | Oleg Borisov | Drama | ||
| Vasily Surikov | Василий Суриков | Anatoli Rybakov | Evgeniy Lazarev | Drama | ||
| Virgin Soil Upturned | Поднятая целина | Aleksandr Ivanov | Yevgeny Matveyev | Drama | Adaptation of Mikhail Sholokhov novel | |
| White Nights | Белые ночи | Ivan Pyryev | Lyudmila Marchenko | Drama | ||
| The Wind | Ветер | Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov | Eduard Bredun | Drama | ||
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