Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the...
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Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian...
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Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev...
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A biographical film about the fate of the great Russian mechanic and creator of aerodynamics Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky.
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Love story filmed in Russia.
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Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet Taras Shevchenko in the years of study clearly...
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The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music,...
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The Russian Question
The film is based on the play by K. Simonov. It is the story of an American journalist who spends time in Russia and sees socialism in action. Upon...
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Set in a new mining town in the Donets Coal Basin, it centres on a clash between the young miners, the political establishment, and a religious...
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Soviet and American soldiers are meeting on the shores of the Elbe river in Germany in 1945.
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The historical and biographic movie about the glorified Russian naval commander Ushakov. France begins aggressive wars. The Russian and allied...
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A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was...
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Based on the novel of Vasiliy Aksyonov "A Ticket to the Stars". School is over, final exams are behind — and Dimka was the first to think of...
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Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in...
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About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
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Innkeeper
An attractive woman who runs a country hotel tricks three men who challenge her favour.
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A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody...
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