Madcap comedy set in early 20th century Kiev about a barber whose fondness for drink, gambling, and women lead to bankruptcy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
Contest (1964) Bulat Mansurov, Rovshan Aliyev, M. Annayev, Ilmurad Bekmiyev
About the legendary musical competition between the famous Turkmen dutar player Shukur Bakhshy Read More »
Well, Come On, Smile (1985) Leida Laius, Arvo Iho, Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa
Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It’s an awful and unfriendly place to be. Read More »
Man Follows the Sun (1962) Mikhail Kalik, Nika Krimnus, Tatyana Bestayeva, Nikolay Volkov
A story about a boy walking across the town following sun. Read More »
There Were Seven Simeons (1989) Vladimir Eisner, Herz Frank
One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians Read More »
Visitor of a Museum (1989) Konstantin Lopushanskiy, Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov
In a post-apocalyptic world, in which a large part of the population consists of demented Read More »
Road to the Stars (1957) Pavel Klushantsev, Georgi Solovyov, Leonid Khmara, Georgi Kulbush
Released one month after the launch of Sputnik 1, Klushantsev’s trailblazing visualisation of the past Read More »
Errors of Youth (1978) Boris Frumin, Nina Arkhipova, Lidiya Dorotenko, Nikolay Karachentsov
A young guy decides to try himself in a northern region of USSR after being honorably discharged from Soviet Army. Read More »
Clear Skies (1961) Grigoriy Chukhray, Nina Drobysheva, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Natalya Kuzmina
At the outset of the War, Alexei,an airman, marries Sasha Lvova, a young factory worker. Read More »
The Amphibian Man (1962) Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadiy Kazanskiy, Vladimir Korenev, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Mikhail Kozakov
People living in a seaside town are frightened by reports about an unknown creature in the ocean. Read More »