# List of Soviet films of 1956

A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1956 (see 1956 in film).

## 1956

| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1956 ||||||
| Behind the Footlights | На подмостках сцены | Konstantin Yudin | Vasili Merkuryev | Drama | |
| Carnival Night | Карнавальная ночь | Eldar Ryazanov | Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov | Comedy | |
| A Crazy Day | Безумный день | Andrey Tutyshkin | Igor Ilyinsky | Comedy | |
| Different Fortunes | Разные судьбы | Leonid Lukov | Tatyana Piletskaya | Drama | |
| The Forty-First | Сорок первый | Grigori Chukhrai | Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolai Kryuchkov | War film, romance | |
| For the Power of the Soviets | За власть Советов | Boris Buneev | Aleksey Alekseev | Drama | |
| The Girl and the Crocodile | Девочка и крокодил | Iosif Gindin, Isaak Menaker | Elena Granovskaya | Comedy | |
| Honeymoon | Медовый месяц | Nadezhda Kosheverova | Lyudmila Kasatkina | Comedy | |
| Ilya Muromets | Илья Муромец | Aleksandr Ptushko | Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva | Fantasy | |
| The Immortal Garrison | Бессмертный гарнизон | Zakhar Agranenko, Eduard Tisse | Vasili Makarov, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Anatoli Chemodurov | War film | |
| The Killers | Убийцы | Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky | Yuli Fait, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Boris Novikov, Yuri Dubrovin | Student film | |
| Magdana's Donkey | Лурджа Магданы | Rezo Chkheidze, Tengiz Abuladze | Dudukhana Tserodze | Drama | |
| Maxim Perepelitsa | Максим Перепелица | Anatoly Granik | Leonid Bykov, Lyudmila Kostyrko, Nikolai Yakovchenko, Aleksandr Borisov | Comedy | |
| Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте | Mikhail Romm | Yevgeniya Kozyreva | Drama | |
| Old Khottabych | Старик Хоттабыч | Gennadiy Kazansky | Nikolai Volkov, Alexey Litvinov, Gennady Khudyakov | Fantasy | |
| Othello | Отелло | Sergei Yutkevich | Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky, Yevgeni Vesnik | Tragedy | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| Other People's Relatives | Чужая родня | Mikhail Schweitzer | Nikolai Rybnikov, Nonna Mordyukova, Nikolai Sergeev, Alexandra Denisova | Drama | |
| The Poet | Поэт | Boris Barnet | Nikolay Kryuchkov | Drama | |
| The Rumyantsev Case | Дело Румянцева | Iosif Kheifits | Aleksey Batalov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Yevgeny Leonov | Drama, Crime | |
| Sasha Enters Life | Тугой узел | Mikhail Schweitzer | Oleg Tabakov | Drama | |
| Soldiers | Солдаты | Aleksandr Ivanov | Vsevolod Safonov | Drama | |
| Spring on Zarechnaya Street | Весна на Заречной улице | Felix Mironer, Marlen Khutsiev | Nina Ivanova, Nikolai Rybnikov | Romantic drama | |
| They Were the First | Они были первыми | Yuri Egorov | Georgi Yumatov, Mark Bernes, Mikhail Ulyanov | War |
| The Twelve Months | Двенадцать месяцев | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | | Animation | |
| Trista let tomu... | Триста лет тому… | Vladimir Petrov | Sergey Dvoretskiy, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Natalya Uzhviy | Historical drama film | |
| A Weary Road | Долгий путь | Leonid Gaidai and Valentin Nevzorov | Sergei Yakovlev | Drama | |
| The White Poodle | Белый пудель | Marianna Roshal, Vladimir Shredel | Georgy Millyar, Mikhail Gluzsky | Drama | |