The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
Sügis (1990) Arvo Kruusement, Margus Lepa, Liina Tennosaar, Anne Reemann
In the follow-up of Estonian classics “Kevade” (1969) and “Suvi” (1976) the same characters have reached their middle-age. Read More »
Summer (1976) Arvo Kruusement, Aare Laanemets, Riina Hein, Margus Lepa
Characters familiar from Kevade are now in their 20s. In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. Read More »
One chance out of a thousand (1969) Leon Kocharyan, Bagrat Oganesyan, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Arkadiy Sviderskiy, Aleksandr Fadeyev
In 1942, a detachment of scouts led by Captain Migunko is thrown into the Crimea occupied by the Germans. 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 »
Dimka (1963) Ilya Frez, Aleksei Zagorsky, Olga Lysenko, Vladimir Treshchalov, Comedy, Family
It’s the story of a boy named Dimka (Alyosha Zagorsky), the young son of a lovely young widowed woman (Olga Lysenko) who is taking work as a typist. Read More »
Spring (1969) Arvo Kruusement, Arno Liiver, Riina Hein, Aare Laanemets
Semi-autobiographical narrative by Oskar Luts about friendship, life and love in a tiny Estonian nation boarding school in the late 1800s. 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 »
Parade of the Planets (1984) Vadim Abdrashitov, Oleg Borisov, Sergey Shakurov, Sergey Nikonenko, Drama, Fantasy
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. Read More »