Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock in hus life, realizing that his days pass without purpose. Read More »
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Carnival in Moscow (1956) Eldar Ryazanov, Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov
This Russian musical manages to satirize Soviet life without ever offending the Politburo. Read More »
Dauria (1972) Viktor Tregubovich, Vitali Solomin, Petr Shelokhonov, Yefim Kopelyan
Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Set in the time of World War I and the Russian revolution of 1917. Read More »
Garpastum (2005) Aleksey German Jr., Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitriy Vladimirov
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate Read More »
The Gypsy (1975) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot
Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. Read More »
Travelers (2013) Koichi Sakamoto, Nao Nagasawa, Ayumi Kinoshita, Sanae Hitomi
Dimension Police top agent Ai (Nao Nagasawa) travels to a parallel dimension to catch a criminal from a different world. Read More »
The African (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
The Great Turning Point (1945) Fridrikh Ermler, Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Andriyevsky, Yuriy Tolubeev
World War II. German high command accumulates enormous forces for the assault. Read More »
Tipping the Velvet (2002) Geoffrey Sax, Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor
Dramatised from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed debut novel, “Tipping the Velvet” tells the story of Nancy Astley (Rachael Stirling) Read More »
Heart of a Dog (1988) Vladimir Bortko, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov
Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human’s hypophysis into a dog’s brain. Read More »
A Hunting Accident (1978) Emil Loteanu, Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Kirill Lavrov
You can’t make a heart love somebody. This gospel is well known to the young Olenka. Read More »
Teheran 43: Spy Ring (1981) Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Curd Jürgens, Igor Kostolevskiy
This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin (Igor Kostolevsky), a Soviet agent Read More »
The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975) Vladimir Motyl, Irina Kupchenko, Aleksey Batalov, Natalya Bondarchuk
On December 14, 1825 the military units of the Russian army were supposed to swear their allegiance to the new czar, Nicholas I. Read More »
The Dry Valley (2011) Aleksandra Strelyanaya, Yana Esipovich, Oleg Garkusha, Elena Kalinina
This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants Read More »
The Other Love (1947) André De Toth, Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Read More »