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Constantine the Great AKA Costantino il grande (1961) Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato
Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine Read More »
The Excursionist AKA Ekskursante (2013) Audrius Juzenas, Anastasija Marcenkaite, Igor Savochkin, Kseniya Rappoport
The story of a ten year old girl who escapes from a deportee train and goes on a 6000 km long journey back to her homeland. Read More »
Alexandra AKA Aleksandra (2007) Aleksandr Sokurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya. Read More »
White Mountains AKA Belyie gory (1965) Melis Ubukeyev, Shaarbek Kobaganov, A. Abayeva, Baken Kydykeyeva
While on the run in the mountains from the authorities Read More »
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion AKA Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni (1962) Tengiz Abuladze, Sergo Orjonikidze, Sesilia Takaishvili, Aleksandre Jorjoliani
Grandma Olgha up-brings orphan Zurikela in poverty. Their struggle for life is being relieved by support Read More »
A Very Private Affair AKA Vie privée (1962) Louis Malle, Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Bataille
When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed Read More »
The Greatest Attack AKA Le toubib (1979) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot, Bernard Giraudeau
The story is set in June 1983. Famous surgeon Jean-Marie Desprée Read More »
Tom Thumb AKA Le petit poucet (2001) Olivier Dahan, Nils Hugon, Raphaël Fuchs-Willig, William Touil
Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. Read More »
Forward, Soviet! AKA Shagay, sovet! (1926) Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov records the achievements, and some failures, of the Moscow soviet. Read More »
Tank Brigade AKA Tanková brigáda (1955) Ivo Toman, Otomar Krejca, Bedrich Prokos
The film is depicting Czechoslovak tank brigade fighting along with the Red Army in the WWII. Read More »
Welcome, or No Trespassing AKA Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchen (1964) Elem Klimov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Arina Aleynikova, Ilya Rutberg
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp. Read More »
Can’t Help Singing (1944) Frank Ryan, Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost’s singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer Read More »
Andrei Rublev (1966) Andrei Tarkovsky, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history Read More »
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears AKA Moskva slezam ne verit (1980) Vladimir Menshov, Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Read More »