Nikolay Burlyaev

Andrei Rublev

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drif...

Legends of Cinema

Ivan's Childhood

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German line...

Admiral

The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought agai...

Little Tragedies

How far can a man overcome by a destructive passion go? And does he realize that slavish worship of irrepressib...

Admiral

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true w...

Мастер и Маргарита

The Master and Margarita

The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. The Moscow au...

Trial on the Road

Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A...

Oblomov

St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zak...

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the years Tark...

War-Time Romance

This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer, now happily marr...

Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed

Based on the early stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky. A jealous husband is trying to track down his wife, whom he su...

The Grandmothers Told in Two...

About the adventures of pop artists Boris Vladimirov and Vadim Tonkov, who met during the tour with their heroe...

Telegram

Six-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the WWII telegram they accidentally find.

Ivan and Marya

Between the king and the soldier Ivan a serious dispute occurs. A seasoned soldier, of course, takes precedence...

Introduction to Life

A boy from Leningrad has his world turned upside down by his parent's separation and World War II. He leaves to...

Little Tragedies

Based on Pushkin's "Little Tragedies" ("The Miserly Knight", "Mozart and Salieri", "The Stone Guest", "A Feast...

A Hero of Our Time

After the death of Bela, Pechorin was unwell for a long time, and then left the fortress and Maxim Maximych and...

Family Happiness

The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance w...

Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God

Andrei Tarkovsky is the most famous Russian director, often called a genius during his lifetime. He made relati...

Old Times in Poshekhonye

The film consists of three short stories: 'The Unhappy Matryonka', 'Brother Fedos' and 'Vanka-Cain'.

At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina

Soviet journalist Ksenia Troitskaya meets Greek film director Memos Yanidis in Moscow, where he is working on a...

Under a Stone Sky

In the autumn of 1944, contrary to the order of the Nazi command to evacuate to the south, residents of the Nor...

The Gambler

This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells...

Evenings on a farm near Dikanka

A fantasy film on the theme of the early works of Nikolai Gogol, tightly interwoven with his personality and bi...

Mama Got Married

A sublime, exceptionally well acted film about a single working class mother and her teenage son. She finds a m...

The Risk

1944. On the Polish front, the fascists are building a secret defensive barrier. The task of obtaining the plan...

Bambi's Childhood

In the forest a holiday — the deer Bambi was born, the son of the leader, the prince, the heir to the crown. Ba...

The Blizzard

In the early 19th century a seventeen-year-old girl falls in love with a young officer and, despite her parents...

Souvenir for the Prosecutor

A seemingly ordinary car accident turns out to be a murder investigation...

Russian Roulette

Two youngsters are leading not so law abiding life and the consequences are tragic...

Ask and It Will Be Yours

Several days from the life of a landowner's estate on the eve of Christmas are shown through the perception of...

What a Wonderful Game

In a dormitory in 1951 four students prefer pranks to studying.

Spiderweb

Dreaming of a career for her child, the mother gives her soul to the devil, receiving the talent of a violinist...

Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film

About the creation of the film "Andrei Rublev", about its deep philosophical and artistic meaning, the figure o...