The Last Knight is a 2017 Russian comedy fantasy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko. The story develops around Baba Yaga and Koschei, both villains in traditional Russian fairy tales (as well as the fairy...
This is the sequel to Alexander Rogozhkin‘s comedy saga about the perculiarities of incomrehensible Russian soul. Best friends: general Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich and Lyova Soloveichik have decided to...
Low-key, sumptuously photographed, rural family drama from award-winning director Andrei Zvyagintsev. Set in an unnamed location and time, the story follows Alex (Konstantin Lavronenko), Vera (Maria Bonnevie),...
The film is based on a science-fiction novel by Polish writer Stanislav Lem. This is a reflection on the themes of cosmos, Earth, man, human conscience, life, death and responsibility before the future....
Two lovers, a young shepherd, Mzechabuka, and a peasant girl, Teona, have endured all the trials falling to their lot and see the happy time when they can join their lives together.
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart....
Based on the story “Christmas Eve” by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. The whimsical combination of Christmas phantasmagoria and an eccentric fairy tale makes this film an unforgettable spectacle. The action...
The film is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The original script is by the well-known Russian writer Yevgheny Schwartz. This is a touching story of great love, human kindness and faithfulness...
The film is based on the play of the same name by Russian writer A.N. Ostrovsky.
The Snow Maiden is the daughter of Father Frost and the beautiful Spring. Her icy heart had known no simple human joys,...
The film is based on the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name, which happens to be one of the most poetic and beautiful Russian fairy tales. In the midst of the wedding party of...
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків, Tini zabutykh predkiv), also called Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors, Shadows of Our Ancestors, or Wild Horses of Fire – is a 1965 film...
An Oscar winner for “best foreign film”. This is a melodrama about the life stories of the three girls. Three friends, Antonina, Liudmila and Yekaterina, come to Moscow in search of their dream. Sharing...
A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera...
Oscar 1968
This gigantic motion picture epic, based on the novel of the same name by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, has won worldwide critical acclaim. For the shooting of the film’s battle scenes,...
Director Zarhi, Aleksandr. Actors: Gritsenko, Nikolai & Lanovoi, Vasili & Samoilova, Tatjana & Savvina, Ija % Vertinskaja, Anastasia. You can choose subtitle language, but you can’t switch subtitles ...
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1987
The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse...
On December 14, 1825 the military units of the Russian army were supposed to swear their allegiance to the new czar, Nicholas I. But the young officers, the most liberal-minded people of their time, who...
“An absolutely untypical story, which could only occur on the New Year night” – is the subtitle of Eldar Ryazanov’s most popular film. This is a lyrical comedy about four friends going to the sauna in...
This story, both happy and sad, is based on the popular fairy tales by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Two parallel story-lines develop in this film. At a roadside inn, the puppets play out for...
This eccentric comedy directed by Leonid Gaidai includes 3 novellas united by the main character, cranky Shurik, who often finds himself in the most incredible situations. In “Partner” he is rehabilitating...
Svirid Petrovich Golokhvasty had his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decided to remedy his...
Gorky Trilogy II
The second part of the celebrated film trilogy by Mark Donskoy based upon Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical works (Part One -“Childhood of Maxim Gorky”, Part Three - “My Universities”). ...
The film is based on a popular Russian folk tale. There once lived a father who had three sons. You can choose subtitle language, but you can’t switch subtitles off.
Russia, the Civil War years… A Red Army unit is conducting a reconnaissance operation in the sands of Central Asia. The group of gruffy soldiers includes one woman, Maryutka. She is one of the unit’s best...
“Non-science fictional, not entirely realistic and not exactly historical film” based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “Ivan Vasilievich”. Inventor Timofeev (Demyanenko) has constructed in his regular Moscow...
Based on the poems “Aluda Ketelauri” and “The Guest and the Host” by the classic of Georgian literature Vazha Pshavela This film opens Tengiz Abuladze’s trilogy (“The Plea”, “The Wishing Tree”, “Repentance”),...
By opinion poll of the members of the European Academy of Film and Television (1995), this motion picture was recognized one of the world’s ten best films (8th place). Its original title – "The Andrei...
The Golden Lion on Venice International Film Festival 1962
Golden Gate Award on San Francisco International Film Festival 1962
The first full-length feature film by the great Russian director Andrei...
New Adventures Of The Elusive Avengers
A sequel to the film “Elusive Avengers”, recounting the adventures of the magnificent foursome of brave teenagers assigned by their commanders to get the operational...
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by the well-known Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze. This story about love and loyalty, bravery and betrayal, began shortly before the Patriotic War of 1941-1945....
Based upon S. Prokofyeva’s play “A Conversation Without Witness”. Irina Kupchenko (“Lonely Woman Seeks Lifetime Companion”) and Mikhail Ulyanov (“The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment”) in a sad story...
The distant 1920s. Three musicians from Odessa – Kostya, Styopa and Zhora – formed a jazz band. Following a few funny, albeit sad incidents, they were joined by a saxophone player, Ivan Ivanovich. The...
A wide-scope panoramic view of Russia in 1916. The country is in its third year of war which seems to never end, with police rule, hunger and devastation at their peak. All this plays out against a background...