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Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of the World War I, a recently demobbed soldier, Timosh, returns to his hometown Kiev, after having survived a train wreck. His arrival coincides with a national celebration of Ukrainian freedom, but the festivities are not to last as a disenchanted.Read More »
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Aleksandr Dovzhenko – Arsenal [1972 Edit] (1929)
1921-1930Aleksandr DovzhenkoAmos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtDramaUSSRWar -
Aleksandr Orlov – Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khayda AKA The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986)
1981-1990Aleksandr OrlovHorrorSci-FiUSSRDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.Read More »
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Sergei Solovyov – Chyornaya roza – emblema pechali, krasnaya roza – emblema lyubvi AKA Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (1990)
1981-1990ArthouseDramaSergei SolovyovUSSRQuote:
In the heady days just prior to the collapse of the Soviet system in Russia, a satirical, anarchistic comedy such as this was just the sort of film to attract huge audiences. Told with the rapid-fire imagery and insistent soundtrack of a music video, it tells the story of Aleksandra (Tatyana Drubich), a self-centered 20-year old girl who escapes from her tiny apartment after she has been locked into by her father it to make her study for her exams. Instead, she parties with her boyfriend Vladimir (Alexander Abdulov) who is perfectly happy to make love to her until he discovers she is pregnant. Nearby, Mitya (Mikhail Rozanov), a suddenly rich fifteen year old boy, shares a flat with his crazed roommate, an Abyssinian given to brewing his own alcoholic beverages. Somehow, Mitya hears of Allesandra’s predicament and offers to marry her – which pleases her parents a great deal (after all, he’s rich). Most of the fun in this movie comes from in-jokes at the expense of the government’s sacred cows, and jokes at the expense of the movie itself and its characters. ~ Clarke Fountain, RoviRead More » -
Tatyana Lioznova – Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny AKA Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
1971-1980Tatyana LioznovaThrillerTVUSSRA 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stierlitz, depicted by Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Stierlitz is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies. The series is considered the most successful Soviet espionage thriller ever made, and is one of the most popular television series in Russian history.Read More »
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Aleksandr Ivanov & Yevgeni Shiffers – Pervorossiyane aka Russian Pioneers (1968)
1961-1970Aleksandr IvanovDramaUSSRYevgeni Shiffers“1918. Workers from Petrograd come to Altai region to establish the first agricultural commune. In spite of the hostility of the local White Army cossacks the workers build houses, cultivate land. The poor peasants are turning towards the commune. However, White Army cossacks take vengeance on the members of the commune.”
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Evgeniy Evtushenko – Detskiy sad AKA Kindergarten (1984)
1981-1990DramaEvgeniy EvtushenkoUSSRFilm memoir of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about his wartime childhood, when he alone reached the station of the Siberian winter, where he was waiting for relatives. The road was unusually long, cold, hungry and angry.Read More »
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Fridrikh Ermler – Velikiy perelom AKA The Great Turning Point (1945)
1941-1950DramaFridrikh ErmlerUSSRWarSummary:
World War II. German high command accumulates enormous forces for the assault. Soviet troops commanded by General Muravyov repulse the enemy attacks. Soviet army scouts find out the exact day and time of the decisive offensive. Muravyov is determined to forestall the Nazis and plasters the enemy with fire. All is quiet. Will the fascist troops weakened by the surprise fire begin their offensive or put off the attack?Read More » -
Sergei Yutkevich – Zdravstvuy, Moskva! AKA Hello Moscow! (1945)
Sergei Yutkevich1941-1950DramaMusicalUSSRSYNOPSIS: On an amateur arts festival the little boy, accompanying itself on a bayan, sings a song about Moscow … In a basis of a plot of film — the story of director of a vocational school about history of old bayan. Belonged once to the experienced worker who has lost during demonstration of 1905, the instrument has visited many hands before has got to children.Read More »
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Boris Durov – Piraty XX veka AKA Pirates of the 20th Century [+ Extras] (1980)
1971-1980ActionBoris DurovThrillerUSSRA Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.Read More »