
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers around the activities of the Young Pioneers. Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
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 »
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 »
‘Hukkunud Alpinisti’ hotell / Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979) Grigori Kromanov, Uldis Pucitis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. 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 »
Chasing Two Hares (1961) Viktor Ivanov, Oleg Borisov, Margarita Krinitsyna, Nikolay Yakovchenko

Madcap comedy set in early 20th century Kiev about a barber whose fondness for drink, gambling, and women lead to bankruptcy. Read More »
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 »
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 »