This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers around the activities of the Young Pioneers. Read More »
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The Bohemian Girl (1936) James W. Horne, Charley Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd
A band of Gypsies are camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim’s palace. Read More »
Never In My Life AKA Nigdy w zyciu! (2004) Ryszard Zatorski, Danuta Stenka, Joanna Brodzik, Jan Frycz
The superb romantic comedy tells the story of Judyta’s life. Read More »
The Ferocious One AKA Lyutyy (1974) Tolomush Okeev, Kambar Valiyev, Suymenkul Chokmorov, Aliman Zhankorozova
This visually stunning Kazakh movie tells a tragic tale of absent and misplaced compassion. Read More »
Nirvana (1997) Gabriele Salvatores, Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini
Jimi, a successful computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus Read More »
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen AKA Il ladro della Gioconda (1966) Michel Deville, George Chakiris, Marina Vlady, Margaret Lee
Vincent, who signs his blows with the name Romeo, manages to steal the Mona Lisa. Read More »
The Sixth Part of the World AKA Shestaya chast mira (1926) Dziga Vertov
“Sixth Part of the World” was the size of Soviet Union of the time. Many peoples of many customs composed it. Read More »
Debut AKA Nachalo AKA The Beginning (1970) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Valentina Telichkina, Tatyana Stepanova
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha (Churikova) is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club Read More »
Zolotoy telyonok / The Golden Calf (1968) Mikhail Shvejtser, Sergey Yurskiy, Leonid Kuravlyov, Zinoviy Gerdt
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in “12 Chairs,” now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire. Read More »
Voskreseniye / Resurrection (1960) Mikhail Shvejtser, Tamara Syomina, Evgeniy Matveev, Pavel Massalsky
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Read More »