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A Long Goodbye / Dolgie provody (1971) Kira Muratova, Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Vladimirsky, Tatyana Mychko
A single woman has put all her efforts into raising her only son, Sasha. Read More »
The Tie That Binds (1995) Wesley Strick, Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie. Read More »
How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor AKA Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976) Aleksandr Mitta, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Aleksey Petrenko, Ivan Ryzhov
Loosely based on Peter the Great’s Negro, Alexander Pushkin’s unfinished novel based on his own great-grandfather, a black African brought to Russia. Read More »
Outskirts AKA Okraina (1933) Boris Barnet, Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Bogolyubov
Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. Read More »
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches AKA Dvadtsatyy vek nachinaetsya (1986) Igor Maslennikov, Boris Klyuev, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Aleksandr Romantsov
The 20th century begins. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson left the house No. 221b on Baker Street. Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra AKA Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Hunting a Tiger AKA Okhota na tigra (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Dr. Watson reads the dying message of Mr. Holmes, in which he disposes of his property Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Mortal Fight AKA Smertelnaya skhvatka (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
After upsetting the criminal underground in ‘the Master Blackmailer’ case, Sherlock Holmes has to face his archenemy: Prof. Moriarty. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Bloody Inscription AKA Krovavaya nadpis (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
When a murder happens with a bloody inscription and a ring left behind, puzzled Scotland Yard detectives go to Sherlock Holmes for help. Read More »