Mikhail Zharov

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Ivan the Terrible, Part I
7.8

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Sergei Eisenstein’s final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Czar Ivan Grozny, which was never completed due again to ...
In the Name of the Motherland
6.9

In the Name of the Motherland

The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War. Release: In the Name of the Motherland 1943 ...
The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom
6.7

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

As she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that her co-worker Nikodim ...
Thunderstorm
6.8

Thunderstorm

Mar. 25, 1934

Thunderstorm

The cinematic adaptation of “The Storm” play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive ...
The Anna Cross
6.9

The Anna Cross

Jan. 01, 1954

The Anna Cross

Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. ...
Road to Life
7.0

Road to Life

Mar. 12, 1931

Road to Life

Young hobos are brought to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one ...
The Vyborg Side
6

The Vyborg Side

Apr. 01, 1939

The Vyborg Side

In the culmination of the Maxim trilogy, the worker hero becomes a political commissar after October 1917 and with some embarrassment is ...
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy
6.7

Bogdan Khmelnitskiy

Apr. 07, 1941

Bogdan Khmelnitskiy

Bogdan Khmelnitsky is the one of the great epic war films. It is not so famous, like ‘Alexandr Nevsky’, but still great. And besides, ...
Outskirts
7.1

Outskirts

Mar. 25, 1933

Outskirts

Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced ...
Life in Bloom
5.7

Life in Bloom

Jan. 01, 1949

Life in Bloom

The heroic life of a Ukrainian agronomist who becomes world famous and who the Bolshevik Revolution allows to cultivate new species of fruit ...
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot
7.9

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at ...
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
6.8

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister -containing four reels of The Village Detective ...
Peter the First, Part I
7.0

Peter the First, Part I

Aug. 30, 1937

Peter the First, Part I

This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early ...
Peter the First, Part II
6.8

Peter the First, Part II

Aug. 22, 1938

Peter the First, Part II

Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First’s conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey’s plot to overthrow him. Release: Conquest of ...
Two-Buldi-Two
6.6

Two-Buldi-Two

Nov. 11, 1929

Two-Buldi-Two

Naturally, the circus milieu of 2 Buldy 2 (1929) encourages stunts. A father and son, both clowns, are to perform together for the first time, ...
Miss Mend
6.8

Miss Mend

Oct. 01, 1926

Miss Mend

Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike by some powerful western business leaders against the USSR. ...