A young woman living in a 19th century farming village is accused of being a werewolf. Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
Some Interviews on Personal Matters AKA Ramdenime interviu pirad sakitkhebze (1978) Lana Gogoberidze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Gia Badridze, Ketevan Orakhelashvili
A journalist realizes that while exploring and writing about the private lives of others Read More »
The Snow Queen AKA Snezhnaya koroleva (1957) Lev Atamanov, Vladimir Gribkov, Yanina Zheymo, Anna Komolova
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay Read More »
Peasants AKA Krestyane (1935) Fridrikh Ermler, Pyotr Aleynikov, Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina, Nikolay Bogolyubov
The struggle of farmers against the “kulaks” on collective farms. Read More »
Revolt of the Fishermen AKA Vosstaniye rybakov (1934) Erwin Piscator, Aleksei Dikij, Dmitri Konsovsky, Nikolai Gladkov
Sailors working on the trawlers of the German shipowner Bredel go on a strike. Read More »
The Ghost That Never Returns AKA Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya (1930) Abram Room, Boris Ferdinandov, A. Filippov, Karl Gurnyak
To all appearances set in an anonymous South-American republic, the film is a moving story Read More »
Madness AKA Hullumeelsus (1969) Kaljo Kiisk, Jüri Järvet, Vaclovas Bledis, Valeriy Nosik
The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army 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 »
The Step AKA Sapekhuri (1985) Aleksandre Rekhviashvili, Merab Ninidze, Irina Chichinadze, Levan Abashidze
Alexi leaves the house of his father and stepmother and rents an apartment. 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 »
Spring AKA Kevade (1969) Arvo Kruusement, Arno Liiver, Riina Hein, Aare Laanemets
Semi-autobiographical narrative by Oskar Luts about friendship Read More »
The Red and the White AKA Csillagosok, katonák (1967) Miklós Jancsó, József Madaras, Tibor Molnár, András Kozák
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks’ defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Read More »
Falling Leaves AKA Giorgobistve (1966) Otar Iosseliani, Ramaz Giorgobiani, Gogi Kharabadze, Marina Kartsivadze
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State. Read More »