Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947 Read More »
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The Night Before Christmas / 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 »
Twelve Chairs / Zwölf Stühle (2004) Ulrike Ottinger, Georgiy Deliev, Gennadiy Skarga, Svetlana Dyagilyeva
In her glorious adaptation of Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov’s 1920s Soviet satirical novel Read More »
Prague Nights / Prazske noci (1969) Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher’s stone Read More »
Revolt of the Fishermen / 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 »
Shopping Tour / Shoping-tur (2012) Mikhail Brashinskiy, Tatyana Kolganova, Timofey Yeletskiy, Tatyana Ryabokon
A group of Russian tourists go on a shopping spree to the neighboring Finland Read More »
The Last Train / Posledniy poezd (2003) Aleksey German Jr., Pavel Romanov, Pyotr Merkurev, Aleksey Devotchenko
In early winter of 1944, as the Nazi army flees the Soviet advance, two Germans Read More »
Mother India (1957) Mehboob Khan, Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar
The film begins with the finishing of a water canal for the village set in the present. Read More »
The Owners / Ukkili kamshat (2014) Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Yerbolat Yerzhan, Aidyn Sakhaman, Aliya Zainalova
25 year-old John, his teenage brother Erbol, and their sickly 12 year-old sister Aliya Read More »
Nero’s Big Weekend / Mio figlio Nerone (1956) Steno, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Read More »