Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
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Le guignolo (1980) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D’Angelo, Michel Galabru
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men Read More »
Volga – Volga (1938) Grigori Aleksandrov, Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Volodin, Pavel Olenev, Sergei Antimonov
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin’s favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. Read More »
The Red Tent (1969) Mikhail Kalatozov, Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Mario Adorf
The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the “Italia” airship flight, crash and subsequent rescue efforts. Read More »
In July (2000) Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus
Daniel is a young teacher in-spe, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Read More »
Attila (1954) Pietro Francisci, Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal
The king of the Huns, whose hordes from various tribes and allies have been sweeping the Asian steppes and both Roman empires, dies, leaving the throne to two sons. Read More »
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) Lev Kuleshov, Porfiri Podobed, Boris Barnet, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Comedy
The movie chronicles the experiences of an American,”Mr. West,” along with his loyal bodyguard and slave Jeddie, as they see the territory of the dreadful, evil Bolsheviks. Read More »
Female Agents (2008) Jean-Paul Salomé, Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Drama, War
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Read More »
Son of Sinbad (1955) Ted Tetzlaff, Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sinbad was pursuing a secret weapon: Greek Fire. Attributed to the ancient Greeks, it was composed of pitch or bitumen, sulfur, and other ingredients. Read More »
Taxi Blues (1990) Pavel Lungin, Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Vladimir Kashpur, Comedy, Drama
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Read More »
Tsar / Tzar (2009) Pavel Lungin, Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Ramilya Iskander, Drama, History
In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Read More »
Oci Ciornie / Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. Read More »
Telets / Taurus (2001) Aleksandr Sokurov, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova, Sergey Razhuk, Drama
The second in Alexander Sokurov’s teratology of films concerning twentieth century dictators, Taurus is a poetic and partially factual film of the last days of Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Ulyanov ‘Lenin’. Read More »
The Salamander (1981) Peter Zinner, Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Thriller
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Read More »
The Island at the Top of the World (1974) Robert Stevenson, David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. Read More »