ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers / Korol shantazha (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Watson return from Manor House to London by train and discuss the newly discovered crime Read More »
Thrist of Passion / Zazda strasti (1991) Andrey Kharitonov, Evgeniy Bakhar, Mikhail Dolgopolov, Igor Kostolevskiy
The heroine has no name. She is passion itself, materialized in her sick imagination. Read More »
Sour Grape / Hndzan (1974) Bagrat Oganesyan, A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. Read More »
White Mountains / Belyie gory (1965) Melis Ubukeyev, Shaarbek Kobaganov, A. Abayeva, Baken Kydykeyeva
While on the run in the mountains from the authorities Read More »
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion / Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni (1962) Tengiz Abuladze, Sergo Orjonikidze, Sesilia Takaishvili, Aleksandre Jorjoliani
Grandma Olgha up-brings orphan Zurikela in poverty. Their struggle for life is being relieved by support Read More »
Bed and Sofa / Tretya meshchanskaya (1927) Abram Room, Vladimir Fogel, Nikolay Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. Read More »
Forward, Soviet! / Shagay, sovet! (1926) Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov records the achievements, and some failures, of the Moscow soviet. Read More »
Welcome, or No Trespassing / Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchen (1964) Elem Klimov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Arina Aleynikova, Ilya Rutberg
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp. Read More »
Andrei Rublev (1966) Andrei Tarkovsky, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history Read More »