Vladimir Maksimov

Cinema in Russia

Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Inc...

The Keys to Happiness

Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the...

Petersburg Slums

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

Locksmith and Chancellor

The Government of the fictional country Norland has unleashed a war with the neighboring Galikania and is suffe...

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him b...

At Midnight in the Graveyard

A group of young people made a bet, according to the terms of which they had to visit a cemetery at midnight.

A Corpse Living

"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear c...

Anfisa

The Kostomarov family falls apart when a female relative joins the household.

The Last Tango

The film is based on the words of a song performed by Iza Kremer in Odessa.

Corpse No. 1346

This is a Russian silent feature film by Vladimir Krivtsov, which marked the beginning of the "Russian Golden S...

At The Beauty's Altar

Defence of Sevastopol

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War....

The Broken Vase

The Decembrists

The film recreates episodes from the December Uprising of 1825. Against the backdrop of the uprising, a love st...

The Woman Who Invented Love

By the Fireplace

Lost film.

Man to man is wolf

Foreign intelligence is trying to establish a spy organization on the territory of the Soviet Union. Their acti...

Thief

The House Without a Door

German war film. This film is considered lost.

Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...

Continuation of Chardynin's drama By the Fireplace. Lost film.

Daniel Rok

The film discovered in 1916, is the second part of two circus-themed films released in the same year. Daniel Ro...

How They Lie