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Mirror for a Hero
7.5

Mirror for a Hero

Dec. 13, 1987

Mirror for a Hero

Two not quite similar men, our contemporaries, Sergey Pshenichny and Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native mining town and ...
Awakening
6.9

Awakening

Feb. 22, 1990

Awakening

A first film made of the 1949 March deportation of Estonian people to Siberia by Soviet Secret Police NKVD. During couple of days and nights ...
The Stone Cross
7.4

The Stone Cross

Mar. 07, 1968

The Stone Cross

Kaminnyi khrest (Stone Cross, 1968) told the powerful story of a proud farmer who decided to emigrate to Canada during the 1890s. The film ...
The Commissars
6.9

The Commissars

Jul. 01, 1971

The Commissars

This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of ...
The Beginning
7.7

The Beginning

Oct. 12, 1970

The Beginning

A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of baba Yaga in the amateur ...
The Gentlefolks of Skotinin
7.3

The Gentlefolks of Skotinin

A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class ...
The Purple Ball
5.9

The Purple Ball

Jan. 01, 1987

The Purple Ball

Alisa Seleznyova and her father professor Seleznyov are traveling in space. They meet their old friend archaeologist Gromozeka, who’s just ...
Horizon
6.4

Horizon

Nov. 10, 1932

Horizon

A young Lyova travels with the hope of ascent from Czarist Russia to New York. Disappointed, he returns to the young Soviet Union and is glad to ...
Normandy – Neman
6.6

Normandy – Neman

Feb. 24, 1960

Normandy – Neman

A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy’s orders decide to join the USSR. ...
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
7.9

An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

At the dilapidated country estate of Anna Petrovna Voinitseva, a group of feckless Russian aristocrats whiles away a summer afternoon. ...
Khmel – Film vtoroy: Iskhod
6.3

Khmel – Film vtoroy: Iskhod

The second (and final) episode of an epic about the traditional life in a community of “old believers”, who worship an old version of ...
Guard Me, My Talisman
6.9

Guard Me, My Talisman

Aug. 31, 1986

Guard Me, My Talisman

A stranger intrudes into life of a lovely couple. It doesn’t take a lot of efforts from him to ruin their happiness. Release: Roman Balayan ...
Ivanna
6.3

Ivanna

Apr. 14, 1960

Ivanna

The film tells the story of the tragic fate of a young girl – the daughter of a clergyman, the Soviet partisan. The action takes place in ...
Close to Eden
7.7

Close to Eden

Jan. 01, 1991

Close to Eden

Veteran Russian writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov’s film about the impact of modern civilization on an idyllic part of Mongolia won the ...
Summer
7.7

Summer

May. 10, 1976

Summer

Characters familiar from Kevade are now in their 20s. In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he ...
Autumn
7.0

Autumn

Dec. 20, 1990

Autumn

In the follow-up of Estonian classics “Kevade” (1969) and “Suvi” (1976) the same characters have reached their ...
Ankara – Heart of Turkey
7.3

Ankara – Heart of Turkey

The made to order record film taken off in 1933-1934 by soviet stage-directors on the instructions of Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ...
Old Man Khottabych
7.2

Old Man Khottabych

Dec. 30, 1957

Old Man Khottabych

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan ...
Aladdin and His Magic Lamp
6.9

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

A young boy finds a magic lantern that contains a genie, and when he frees the genie he’s granted three wishes. He uses the wishes to help ...