It forms part of Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy", alongside Mother (1926) and The End of St. Petersburg (1927).
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of ...
A feature by Elem Klimov made from the script by Ales Adamovich. It was released in 1985 and ranks among the most horrifying war films. It`s not only about the ...
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Vladimir Motyl, Isaak Shvarts, Valentin Ezhov, Mark Zaharov, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Eduard Rozovskiy, Spartak Mishulin
This “Middle-Eastern”, or rather a Central-Asian action film, about the Red Army fighting the counter-revolutionary robber bands has become not only a cult movie, but also one of the favorites ...
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Aleksandr Rou, Filippenko Arkadiy, Nikolay Gogol, Dmitriy Surenskiy, Aleksandr Hvylya, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Georgiy Millyar
Based on the story “Christmas Eve” by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
The whimsical combination of Christmas phantasmagoria and an eccentric fairy tale makes this film an unforgettable spectacle. The action takes ...
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Sergey Ejzenshtejn, Grigorij Aleksandrov, Eduard Tisse, Boris Livanov, Nikolay Popov, Vasiliy Nikandrov
"To create a heroic style, Eisenstein had to go through the montage of eccentric attractions. A parody streak, strong in Eisenstein's nature, sounds in his first cinematic work - The ...
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Lev Kulidzhanov, Mihail Ziv, Figurnovskiy Nikolay, Fedor Dostoevskiy, Vyacheslav Shumskiy, Innokentij Smoktunovskij, Tatyana Bedova
A screen adaptation of the novel by the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The 19th-century Russia. A poor student, Rodion Raskolnikov, commits a crime which is inevitably followed by pangs of ...
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Sergey Paradzhanov, David Abashidze, Yuriy Klimenko, Sofiko Chiaureli, Vera Andzhaparidze, Duduhana Cerodze, Zurab Kipshidze
This film is in memory of the Georgian warriors of all times who had given their lives for their country. It is based on an old Georgian legend: Preparing to ...
This screen adaptation of the Maurice Maeterlinck’s tale was the first Soviet-American co-production.
The Blue Bird is an embodiment of happiness, both immediate and distant, that every person is sure ...
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Aleksandr Ptushko, Vissarion Shebalin, Konstantin Isaev, Fedor Provorov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Alla Larionova, Sergej Stolyarov
This tale is based upon the legends born in ancient times in the old Russian city of Novgorod.
Novgorod’s merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace. A young gusli player named ...
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Vladimir Motyl, Isaak Dunaevskij, Mark Zaharov, Oleg Osetinskiy, Valeriy Kostrin, Mihail Boyarskiy, Vasilij Livanov
On December 14, 1825 the military units of the Russian army were supposed to swear their allegiance to the new czar, Nicholas I. But the young officers, the most liberal-minded ...
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Leonid Gayday, Aleksandr Zacepin, Vladlen Bahnov, Vitaliy Abramov, Sergey Poluyanov, Saveliy Kramarov, Leonid Kuravlev
“Non-science fictional, not entirely realistic and not exactly historical film” based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “Ivan Vasilievich”. Inventor Shurik (Demyanenko) has constructed in his regular Moscow apartment a… time machine. ...
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Aleksandr Mitta, Valeriy Frid, Leonid Filatov, Georgiy Zhzhenov, Ekaterina Vasileva, Ivan Ryzhov, Aleksandra Yakovleva
The first Soviet “disaster” film. A crew of the plane carrying passengers and cargo gets into a situation, in comparison to which the doomsday may look like a child’s game. ...
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Temur Babluani, Viktor Andrievskiy, Nugzar Nozadze, Eka Saatashvili, Laura Babluani, David Kaziashvili, Elgudzha Burduli
The director dedicated this lyrical, epic film-confession to the memory of his father who was a doctor. The film’s protagonist, an ambulance doctor, conducts dangerous experiments in search of a ...
Anatoly Mateshko (“Bourgeois’s Birthday”), Gennady Shkuratov (“Tenderness for a Roaring Beast”) and Leonid Bakshtayev (“Bumbarash”) in a “cosmic” film by the acclaimed master of a fantasy genre Vasily Levin (“Captain ...
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Viktor Ivanov, Vadim Gomolyaka, Mihail Starickiy, Starickiy S, Vadim Ilenko, Oleg Borisov, Nikolay Yakovchenko
Based on the vaudeville by M. Staritsky.
Svirid Petrovich Golokhvasty had his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he ...
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Eldar Ryazanov, Andrej Petrov, Emil Braginskiy, Vadim Alisov, Olga Volkova, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chernyy, Leonid Filatov
This late-1980s cult film demonstrates the perfect balance of the lyrical and the comical that makes one feel like watching Ryazanov’s best features again and again. No less admirable is ...
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Eldar Ryazanov, Andrej Petrov, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Vadim Alisov, Aleksej Petrenko, Nikita Mihalkov, Andrej Myagkov
The film is based on the play “A Dowerless Girl” by the prominent 19th-century Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky.
The beautiful Larissa Ogudalova, daughter of an impoverished, widowed noblewoman, living in a ...
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Aleksandr Rou, Boris Rycarev, Vladimir Gorikker, Vladimir Bychkov, Andrey Volkonskiy, Evgeniy Botyarov, A Kogan
Maria The Wonderful Weaver (Marya Iskusnitsa) (Disc 1)
Director: Alexander Rou
1959, 79 min.
The film is based on Russian folk tales.
After serving in the ...
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Sergey Ejzenshtejn, Eduard Tisse, Grigorij Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtrauh, Vladimir Uralskiy, Aleksandr Antonov, Mihail Gomorov
Sergey Eisenstein's first full-length feature.
Unrest starts at a factory. The last straw was the suicide of a worker accused of stealing a micrometer. An inevitable fine and a many-month payment ...
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Sergej Snezhkin, Svyatoslav Kurashov, Pavel Sanaev, Vladislav Gurchin, Mihail Litvak, Leonid Litvak, Aleksej Petrenko
8 years old boy Sasha becomes a hostage of unconditional love of his grandmother. He is a stake in convoluted relationship between his mother, mother's husband, his grandmother and grandfather.
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