# List of Soviet films of 1972

A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1972 (see 1972 in film).
| Title | Original title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1972 ||||||
| Address of your home | Адрес вашего дома | Yevgeni Khrinyuk | Nikolai Kryuchkov, Les Serdyuk, Alexander Yanvarev, Valery Nosik | Drama | |
| As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram | Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров | Viktor Titov | Innokenty Smoktunovsky Vladimir Basov | Comedy | |
| Big School-Break | Большая перемена | Aleksei Korenev | Mikhail Kononov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Evgeni Leonov, Rolan Bykov | Comedy | |
| Chipollino | Чиполлино | Tamara Lisitsian | Gianni Rodari, Aleksandr Yelistratov | Musical, comedy | |
| Commander of the Happy "Pike" | Командир счастливой «Щуки» | Boris Volchek | Pyotr Velyaminov, Donatas Banionis | War | |
| Crank from 5th B | Чудак из пятого 'Б' | Ilya Frez | Andrei Voynovsky | Comedy | |
| Dangerous Corner | Опасный поворот | Vladimir Basov | Yury Yakovlev, Vladimir Basov, Valentina Titova, Rufina Nifontova, Antonina Shuranova | Drama | |
| The Dawns Here Are Quiet | А зори здесь тихие | Stanislav Rostotsky | Andrey Martynov, Yelena Drapeko, Yekaterina Markova | War drama | |
| Eolomea | Эоломея | Herrmann Zschoche | Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Rolf Hoppe, Vsevolod Sanayev, Peter Slabakov | Science fiction | Soviet-East German co-production |
| Fakir hour | Факир на час | Diamara Nizhnikovskaya | Lidiya Smirnova, Alexander Belyavsky, Mikhail Pugovkin, Nadezhda Rumyantseva | Musical | |
| Farewell to St. Petersburg | Прощание с Петербургом | Yan Frid | Girt Yakovlev, Tatiana Bedova, Tatyana Piletskaya, Vasili Merkuryev, Pavel Kadochnikov | Biopic |
| The Fourth | Четвёртый | Aleksandr Stolper | Vladimir Vysotsky | Drama | |
| Gentlemen of Fortune | Джентльмены удачи | Aleksandr Seryj | Yevgeni Leonov, Georgi Vitsin | Comedy, crime | |
| The Golden Horns | Золотые рога | Aleksandr Rou | Raisa Ryazanova | Fantasy | |
| Grandmaster | Гроссмейстер | Sergey Mikaelyan | Andrey Myagkov | Drama | |
| Happy Go Lucky | Печки-лавочки | Vasily Shukshin | Vasily Shukshin, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Vsevolod Sanayev, Georgi Burkov, Zinovy Gerdt | Comedy | |
| The Headless Horseman | Всадник без головы | Vladimir Vajnshtok | Ludmila Savelyeva, Oleg Vidov, Aarne Üksküla | Western | Adaptation of The Headless Horseman |
| Hello and Goodbye | Здравствуй и прощай | Vitaly Melnikov | Lyudmila Zaytseva | Comedy | |
| Hot Snow | Горячий снег | Gabriel Yegiazarov | Yuri Nazarov, Boris Tokarev, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Georgiy Zhzhonov | War film | |
| The Last Day | Самый последний день | Mikhail Ulyanov | Mikhail Ulyanov | Drama | |
| Lăutarii | Лаутары | Emil Loteanu | Sergei Lunkevich | Romantic drama | |
| The Love of Mankind | Любить человека | Sergei Gerasimov | Anatoliy Solonitsyn | Drama | |
| A Man at His Place | Человек на своем месте | Aleksey Sakharov | Vladimir Menshov | Drama | |
| Monologue | Монолог | Ilya Averbakh | Mikhail Gluzsky, Margarita Terekhova, Marina Neyolova, Stanislav Lyubshin | Drama | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| Point, Point, Comma... | Точка, точка, запятая... | Alexander Mitta | Sergei Danchenko | Comedy | |
| Privalov's Millions | Приваловские миллионы | Yaropolk Lapshin | Leonid Kulagin, Lyudmila Chursina, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Lyudmila Khityaeva | Drama | |
| Racers | Гонщики | Igor Maslennikov | Yevgeny Leonov | Drama | |
| Ruslan and Lyudmila | Руслан и Людмила | Aleksandr Ptushko | Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Andrei Abrikosov, Vladimir Fyodorov, Vyacheslav Nevinny | Fantasy | |
| Russian Field | Русское поле | Nikolai Moskalenko | Nonna Mordyukova, Vladimir Tikhonov, Leonid Markov, Lyudmila Khityaeva, Inna Makarova | Drama | |
| The Saplings | Саженцы | Rezo Chkheidze | Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze | Comedy | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Seagull | Чайка | Yuli Karasik | Alla Demidova | Drama | |
| The Seventh Bullet | Седьмая пуля | Ali Khamraev | Dilorom Kambarova, Suimenkul Chokmorov, Bolot Bejshenaliyev, Talgat Nigmatulin | Action | |
| The Stationmaster | Станционный смотритель | Sergei Solovyov | Nikolai Pastukhov, Marianna Kushnerova, Nikita Mikhalkov | Drama | |
| Shadow-boxing | Бой с тенью | Valentin Popov | Pavel Sergeichev, Natalia Bespalova, Gustav Kirschtein, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Shagalova, Igor Kosukhin | Drama | |
| Solaris | Солярис | Andrei Tarkovsky | Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky | Sci-fi | Special Jury Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival |
| Taming of the Fire | Укрощение огня | Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Kirill Lavrov, Andrei Popov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky | Biopic | |
| A Teacher of Singing | Учитель пения | Naum Birman | Andrei Popov | Comedy | |
| Train Stop — Two Minutes | Стоянка поезда — две минуты | Mark Zakharov, Aleksander Orlov | Yuri Belov, Oleg Vidov, Valentina Telichkina | Musical | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day | Винни-Пух и день забот | Fyodor Khitruk | Vladimir Osenev, Yevgeny Leonov, Iya Savvina, Erast Garin, Zinaida Naryshkina | Animation | |