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Tag Archives: Russia
Russian Lolita / Russkaya Lolita (2007) Armen Oganezov, Valerja Nemchenko, Vladimir Sorokin, Marina Zasimova

The action of a controversial novel ”Lolita”, of the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, reset to present day Russia. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair

France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
The Outskirts (1998) Pyotr Lutsik, Yuriy Dubrovin, Nikolay Olyalin, Aleksei Pushkin

The hero is an ordinary farmer, Philip Safronov, whose peaceful life is aggressively interrupted Read More »
A Belated Premiere (2004) Victor Botcharov, Jennifer Gaspar, Christopher Hamilton, Ivan Krasko

A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Read More »
Honey Baby (2004) Mika Kaurismäki, Henry Thomas

An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Read More »
The Sun / Solntse (2005) Aleksandr Sokurov, Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi

As Japan nears defeat at the end of World War II, Emperor Hirohito starts his day in a bunker Read More »
Brother 2 / Brat 2 (2000) Aleksey Balabanov, Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Sergey Makovetskiy

Arriving in Moscow, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death Read More »
Playing the Victim (2006) Kirill Serebrennikov, Yuriy Chursin, Vitaliy Khaev, Marat Basharov

A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He’s done nothing wrong he just wants a job. Read More »
The Star (2002) Nikolay Lebedev

During World War II the Red Army sends a special unit named “Zvezda” (“The Star”) on a mission Read More »
An Independent Life (1992) Vitali Kanevsky

In this sequel to Freeze-Die-Come to Life, our hero (Pavel Nazarov) Read More »
Bullet to Beijing (1995) George Mihalka, Anatoly Kulbitsky, Shaughan Seymour, Michael Caine

When long-time British Agent Harry Palmer (Sir Michael Caine) loses his job because Read More »
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) Douglas Jackson, Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Yuri Limonty

Former British secret agent Harry Palmer (Sir Michael Caine) now runs a private investigation company in Russia. Read More »
Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993) Marek Piestrak, Hanna Dunowska, Tomasz Stockinger, Vasiliy Lanovoy

Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up Read More »
The Lighthouse / Mayak (2006) Mariya Saakyan, Anna Kapaleva, Olga Yakovleva, Sos Sargsyan

In the 90s, Lena returns to the home of her grandparents in a tiny, war-torn village in Armenia. Read More »