Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »
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The Belovs AKA Belovy (1992) Viktor Kosakovskiy, Anna Fyodorovna Belova, Mikhail Fyodorovich Belov, Vasiliy Fyodorovich Belov
“Belovy (the Belovs)” is a breathtaking portrait of a troubled peasant family. Read More »
Versatile Lovers AKA Les belles au bois dormantes (1970) Pierre Chenal, Marisa Mell, Robert Hossein, Ettore Manni
Sons AKA Sønner (2006) Erik Richter Strand, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Edward Schultheiss
Trouble starts when Lars, a 25-year-old with few prospects for the future Read More »
Upperdog (2009) Sara Johnsen, Hermann Sabado, Agnieszka Grochowska, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. Read More »
Ice kiss AKA Iskyss (2008) Knut Erik Jensen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Regimantas Adomaitis, Per Egil Aske
This is a love story. A young Norwegian girl falls in love with a Russian POW during WWII. Read More »
There Will Be No Leave Today AKA Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet (1958) Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky, Oleg Borisov, Aleksey Alekseev, Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells Read More »
Stalker (1979) Andrei Tarkovsky, Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Read More »
An Independent Life AKA Samostoyatelnaya zhizn (1992) Vitali Kanevsky, Pavel Nazarov, Dinara Drukarova, Toshihiro Vatanabe
In this sequel to Freeze-Die-Come to Life, our hero (Pavel Nazarov) Read More »
Ballad of a Soldier AKA Ballada o soldate (1959) Grigoriy Chukhray, Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova
During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward Read More »
The Great Turning Point AKA Velikiy perelom (1945) Fridrikh Ermler, Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Andriyevsky, Yuriy Tolubeev
World War II. German high command accumulates enormous forces for the assault. Read More »
Donbass (2018) Sergey Loznitsa, Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda Read More »
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad AKA Sadko (1953) Aleksandr Ptushko, Sergey Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Ninel Myshkova
An oddly Russian Sinbad seeks to bring happiness to his people Read More »
The House on Trubnaya AKA Dom na Trubnoy (1928) Boris Barnet, Vera Maretskaya, Anel Sudakevich, Ada Vojtsik
A girl Paranya Pitunova comes to Moscow from a deep province, eventually she arrives at a house. Read More »
War and Peace AKA Voyna i mir (1965) Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Lev Tolstoy. Read More »