ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers AKA Korol shantazha (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Watson return from Manor House to London by train and discuss the newly discovered crime Read More »
Thrist of Passion AKA Zazda strasti (1991) Andrey Kharitonov, Evgeniy Bakhar, Mikhail Dolgopolov, Igor Kostolevskiy
The heroine has no name. She is passion itself, materialized in her sick imagination. Read More »
Sour Grape AKA Hndzan (1974) Bagrat Oganesyan, A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. 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 »
Bed and Sofa AKA Tretya meshchanskaya (1927) Abram Room, Vladimir Fogel, Nikolay Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. Read More »
Forward, Soviet! AKA Shagay, sovet! (1926) Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov records the achievements, and some failures, of the Moscow soviet. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Poet (1957) Boris Barnet, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Izolda Izvitskaya, Sergey Dvoretskiy
The Bolsheviks try to retake a Russian city from tsarist and French forces in the aftermath of the Revolution. Read More »
Melodies of the Vera Quarter AKA Veris ubnis melodiebi (1973) Giorgi Shengelaia, Sofiko Chiaureli, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Ia Ninidze
Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. Read More »
The Beauty AKA Grazuole (1969) Arunas Zebriunas, Inga Mickyte, Lilija Zadeikyte, Arvidas Samukas
The cruelty of children is offered in all its unadorned ugliness in “Grazuole”. Read More »