In the guise of a character named Chakov, Ermler reconstructs in his epic the achievement Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
The Very Same Munchhausen AKA Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen (1979) Mark Zakharov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Inna Churikova, Elena Koreneva
A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. Read More »
The Story of the Voyages AKA Skazka stranstviy (1983) Aleksandr Mitta, Andrey Mironov, Tatyana Aksyuta, Lev Durov
In a medieval fantasy kingdom, two orphans, May and his sister Martha, live in poverty. Read More »
Those Who Return Shall Love to the End AKA Kto vernyotsa, dolyubit (1968) Leonid Osyka, Yelena Dimitriu, Yuriy Dubrovin, Liliya Gurova
Gentlemen of Fortune AKA Dzhentlmeny udachi (1971) Aleksandr Seryy, Evgeniy Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin, Saveliy Kramarov
It so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar Read More »
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur’s Court AKA Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1989) Viktor Gres, Sergey Koltakov, Albert Filozov, Elena Finogeeva
The plane of the American pilot has got lost in time. Read More »
Red Meadows AKA Krasnye polyany (1966) Emil Loteanu, Victor Sotchi-Voinicescu, Viktor Chutak, Grigore Grigoriu
To save their flocks from the heat and the sun, the shepherds of a Soviet cooperative Read More »
Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven AKA Tabor ukhodit v nebo (1976) Emil Loteanu, Grigore Grigoriu, Svetlana Toma, Barasbi Mulayev
Rada, a beautiful and very proud gipsy girl is used to steal men’s hearts and monk them. Read More »
Eolomea (1972) Herrmann Zschoche, Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Rolf Hoppe
Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. Read More »
Men Don’t Cry AKA Mehed ei nuta (1968) Sulev Nõmmik, Ants Lauter, Endel Pärn, Leo Normet
A group of sleepless nerds should be taken into sanitarium for hard-therapy. Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles AKA Sobaka Baskerviley (1981) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help Read More »
Freeze Die Come to Life AKA Zamri, umri, voskresni! (1990) Vitali Kanevsky, Dinara Drukarova, Pavel Nazarov, Elena Popova
Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947 Read More »
The Night Before Christmas AKA Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki (1961) Aleksandr Rou, Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov
The whimsical combination of Christmas phantasmagoria and an eccentric fairy tale Read More »
Belshazzar’s Feast, or Night with Stalin AKA Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym (1989) Yuriy Kara, Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev
A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin Read More »
Libahunt (1968) Leida Laius, Ene Rämmeld, Doris Kareva, Malle Klaassen
A young woman living in a 19th century farming village is accused of being a werewolf. Read More »