Among his famous works were two movies directed by Lev Kulidzhanov: the 1961 drama "When the Trees Were Tall" which entered the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and "Crime and Punishment" (1970) based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky which was selected for the 31st Venice International Film Festival and awarded the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR in 1971.