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Tag Archives: Soviet Union
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) / Oktyabr (1927) Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Boris Livanov, Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov
In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February of 1917 Read More »
Zoya (1944) Lev Arnshtam, Galina Vodyanitskaya, Yekaterina Skvortsova, Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya is the inspirational true story of one of Russia’s most beloved national heroines. Read More »
The Ideal Landscape / Ideaalmaastik (1981) Peeter Simm, Arvo Kukumägi, Tõnu Kark, Kalju Komissarov
In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League Read More »
The Dawns Here Are Quiet / A zori zdes tikhie (1972) Stanislav Rostotskiy, Andrey Martynov, Irina Dolganova, Elena Drapeko
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. Read More »
Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story / Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi (1983) Eldar Shengelaia, Ramaz Giorgobiani, Vasil Kakhniashvili, Teimuraz Chirgadze
In an off-beat story told in three acts and an epilogue, a young writer tries unsuccessfully Read More »
Tale of the Siberian Land / Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy (1948) Ivan Pyrev, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Boris Andreyev
His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov Read More »
The Girl and the Echo / Paskutine atostogu diena (1964) Arunas Zebriunas, Lina Braknyte, Valeriy Zubarev, Bronius Babkauskas
Movie about a friendship of two children – a girl and a boy during the last day of summer holiday Read More »
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Sayat Nova
One of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, Sergei Parajanov’s “The Color of Pomegranates,” Read More »
Parade of the Planets / Parad planet (1984) Vadim Abdrashitov, Oleg Borisov, Sergey Shakurov, Sergey Nikonenko
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures Read More »