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Magic Hunter begins as a fairy tale told by a mother to her frightened daughter during a World War II air raid and then shifts into the contemporary story of Max, a police marksman (British actor Gary Kemp, dubbed in Hungarian) who loses his nerve when he wounds an innocent hostage. He manages to pass his annual shooting test only when a sinister colleague lends him three magic bullets that won’t fail to miss their target; to get a new supply, Max will have to strike a deal with the devil.Read More »
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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Ildikó Enyedi – Büvös vadász aka The Magic Hunter (1994)
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Andrei Tarkovsky – Stalker [Lumière Publishing] (1979)
Andrei Tarkovsky1971-1980DramaSci-FiUSSRA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.Read More »
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Grigori Kromanov – Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata AKA Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975)
1971-1980CrimeGrigori KromanovThrillerUSSRThe year is 1921. Lenin and the Bolsheviks have just defeated the White Army and ended the Russian Civil War. However, the valuable diamonds that belonged to the ousted royal family are beginning to disappear. The Cheka have discovered that they are being smuggled out of the country by White sympathizers, and are determined to catch the thieves. Part detective mystery, part spy thriller, and part action adventure, Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is one of the defining Estonian films from the Soviet era.Read More »
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Aleksandr Kajdanovsky – Zhena Kerosinschika AKA Kerosene Salesman’s Wife (1988)
1981-1990Aleksandr KaydanovskiyArthouseDramaUSSRRich imagery and political allegory enliven an already complex story in this late Soviet-era mystery/drama. In the story, a government investigator has come to town to look into the validity of bribery charges that were brought against an official there. In the meantime, we discover that a twin and his brother have been engaged in a kind of very close warfare. One twin was a medical doctor, and was married to a beautiful woman. The second twin was interested in bedding the wife, and had no feeling for his brother. Thus, he impersonated him in the hospital, and openly engaged in medical malpractice of the grossest sort, resulting in a patient’s death. The first twin lost his career and was forced to support himself by going door to door selling kerosene. The second (and clearly sociopathic) twin, naturally, became an important figure in the activities of his local soviet.Read More »
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Stanislav Govorukhin – Desyat negrityat AKA Ten Little Indians (1987)
1981-1990CampMysteryStanislav GovorukhinUSSRA psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.Read More »
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Aleksandr Petrov – Son smeshnogo cheloveka AKA The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
1991-2000Aleksandr PetrovAnimationRussiaShort FilmAlexander Petrov`s short animationRead More »
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Aleksandr Kajdanovsky – Gost (1987)
1981-1990Aleksandr KajdanovskyArthouseDramaUSSR