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The Legend of Suram Fortress
7.4
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The Legend of Suram Fortress

Dec. 01, 1985

The Legend of Suram Fortress

IMDb: 7.4 1985 83 min 3 views
The Legend of Suram Fortress is legendary director, Sergei Parajanov’s first film since his release from the Soviet Gulag prison system. ...
Fragment of an Empire
7.3

Fragment of an Empire

Oct. 28, 1929

Fragment of an Empire

IMDb: 7.3 1929 96 min 50 views
Fragment of an Empire is an extraordinarily impressive classic and the epitome of the Soviet propaganda film. It tells the a story of a Russian ...
No Path Through Fire
7.5

No Path Through Fire

Dec. 25, 1967

No Path Through Fire

IMDb: 7.5 1967 95 min 324 views
No Path Through Fire is acclaimed director Gleb Panfilov’s first feature film. It tells the interesting story of a talented nurse trying to ...
Dead Man’s Letters
7.6

Dead Man’s Letters

Dec. 12, 1986

Dead Man’s Letters

IMDb: 7.6 1986 83 min 678 views
Dead Man’s Letters is the first feature film of the masterful director, Konstantin Lopushansky. It deals with a popular theme of the late ...
A Visitor to a Museum
7.3

A Visitor to a Museum

Mar. 14, 1989

A Visitor to a Museum

IMDb: 7.3 1989 128 min 917 views
A Visitor to a Museum is a 1989 film directed by Konstantin Lopushansky. Like his earlier 1986 work, Dead Man’s Letters, it explores what a ...
There Will Be No Leave Today
6.5

There Will Be No Leave Today

May. 09, 1959

There Will Be No Leave Today

IMDb: 6.5 1959 46 min 598 views
This short film is a stylishly constructed thriller that will appeal to a wide range of viewers. It tells the story of a small Soviet town that ...
Boule de suif
7.4

Boule de suif

Sep. 15, 1934

Boule de suif

IMDb: 7.4 1934 70 min 336 views
Boule de Suif (Пышка) is a 1934 Soviet drama by Mikhail Romm. An adaptation of the eponymous short story by Guy de Maupassant, Boule de Suif is a ...
Trial on the Road
7.9

Trial on the Road

Apr. 01, 1971

Trial on the Road

IMDb: 7.9 1971 96 min 1063 views
Trial on the Road (Проверка на дорогах) is the directorial debut of acclaimed director, Aleksey German. In English, it is also sometimes known as ...
My Grandmother
7.5

My Grandmother

Dec. 01, 1929

My Grandmother

IMDb: 7.5 1929 65 min 432 views
The protagonist, a lazy pen-pusher, gets the sack for his bureaucratic idleness, and learns that the way back into the job market depends on ...
Days of Eclipse
7.1

Days of Eclipse

Jan. 01, 1988

Days of Eclipse

IMDb: 7.1 1988 139 min 376 views
This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov, a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia. Here he ...
The Killers
6.6

The Killers

Jan. 01, 1956

The Killers

IMDb: 6.6 1956 19 min 1438 views
The Killers (Убийцы) was Andrei Tarkovsky’s first film. He co-directed this short film along with his classmates, Alexander Gordon and ...
Indestructible
5.2
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Indestructible

Oct. 25, 2018

Indestructible

IMDb: 5.2 2018 90 min 2185 views
The film is based on the true story about a Soviet KV-1 crew of a Soviet KV-1 tank, under the command of Semyon Konovalov , whom despite being ...
Bezhin Meadow
6.7

Bezhin Meadow

Mar. 04, 1968

Bezhin Meadow

IMDb: 6.7 1968 31 min 259 views
Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by ...
Somebody else’s wife and a husband under the bed
7.2

Somebody else’s wife and a husband under the bed

Nov. 11, 1984

Somebody else’s wife and a husband under the bed

IMDb: 7.2 1984 67 min 404 views
An older official has long suspected his wife of infidelity. His worst fears are justified on the anniversary of their wedding, when he comes ...
Beginning of an Unknown Era
6.9

Beginning of an Unknown Era

Dec. 31, 1967

Beginning of an Unknown Era

IMDb: 6.9 1967 73 min 365 views
Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the ...
Migrants
6.1

Migrants

Aug. 03, 1991

Migrants

IMDb: 6.1 1991 102 min 484 views
Pavel and Pavelina leave their rural countryside homes and move to Moscow to find work. Once there, they find that urban life is not what they ...
Day of the Full Moon
6.8

Day of the Full Moon

Aug. 29, 1998

Day of the Full Moon

IMDb: 6.8 1998 93 min 766 views
Day of the Full Moon, a series of vignettes from Russia past and present, summons the spirit of Ophuls’ La Ronde, Altman’s Nashville and Short ...
Mother
6.9

Mother

Dec. 01, 1990

Mother

IMDb: 6.9 1990 200 min 496 views
The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly portrayed in this lengthy historical drama, ...
Love in the USSR
5.5

Love in the USSR

Dec. 12, 2012

Love in the USSR

IMDb: 5.5 2012 89 min 1978 views
This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same ...
Assassin of the Tsar
6.9
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Assassin of the Tsar

Feb. 02, 1991

Assassin of the Tsar

IMDb: 6.9 1991 104 min 568 views
A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes ...
The Shining Path
6.2

The Shining Path

Oct. 07, 1940

The Shining Path

IMDb: 6.2 1940 96 min 411 views
Tanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She ...
Boris Godunov
6.7

Boris Godunov

May. 01, 1986

Boris Godunov

IMDb: 6.7 1986 130 min 445 views
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander ...
Anna Karenina
7.1

Anna Karenina

Jan. 01, 1967

Anna Karenina

IMDb: 7.1 1967 145 min 1228 views
The plot of the film is the love of a married woman, Anna Karenina, and a young officer, Alexei Vronsky. Anna leaves the family in search of ...
Shine, Shine, My Star
7.6

Shine, Shine, My Star

Jun. 06, 1969

Shine, Shine, My Star

IMDb: 7.6 1969 94 min 522 views
This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and ...
Tchaikovsky
6.6

Tchaikovsky

Aug. 31, 1970

Tchaikovsky

IMDb: 6.6 1970 157 min 438 views
The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It tells of the last twenty years of the great master’s life, ...
The Green Elephant
5.4

The Green Elephant

Jan. 01, 1999

The Green Elephant

IMDb: 5.4 1999 87 min 466 views
The movie is set in the brig, the walls of which are painted in a poisonous green color. There fall into two junior officers, Sergei ...
Fate of a Man
8.0

Fate of a Man

Aug. 01, 1959

Fate of a Man

IMDb: 8.0 1959 103 min 818 views
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of ...
Waterloo
7.3

Waterloo

Oct. 26, 1970

Waterloo

IMDb: 7.3 1970 128 min 503 views
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused ...
The Old Man and the Sea
8.1

The Old Man and the Sea

Jul. 03, 1999

The Old Man and the Sea

IMDb: 8.1 1999 22 min 496 views
The Old Man and the Sea (Russian: Старик и море) is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov, based on the novel of ...
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
7.0

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Sep. 01, 1981

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

IMDb: 7.0 1981 151 min 1020 views
Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ...
The Barber of Siberia
7.8
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The Barber of Siberia

Nov. 11, 1998

The Barber of Siberia

IMDb: 7.8 1998 180 min 1937 views
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the ...
Dust
7.2

Dust

Jun. 17, 2005

Dust

IMDb: 7.2 2005 107 min 681 views
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which ...
Dersu Uzala
8.3
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Dersu Uzala

Aug. 02, 1975

Dersu Uzala

IMDb: 8.3 1975 141 min 3022 views
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one ...
Bastards
6.1
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Bastards

Feb. 02, 2006

Bastards

IMDb: 6.1 2006 97 min 1051 views
A “Hitlerjugend” kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous ...
The Asthenic Syndrome
6.8

The Asthenic Syndrome

Dec. 01, 1989

The Asthenic Syndrome

IMDb: 6.8 1989 153 min 130 views
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it’s termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, ...
Chekist
7.1

Chekist

Sep. 15, 1992

Chekist

IMDb: 7.1 1992 91 min 1708 views
Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten ...
Dead Souls
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Dead Souls

Nov. 19, 1984

Dead Souls

IMDb: 9 1984 813 views
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small ...
American Daughter
6.3
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American Daughter

Jul. 30, 1995

American Daughter

IMDb: 6.3 1995 98 min 672 views
A lonely Russian man is trying to see his doughter who lives with her mother far away in the USA.
Vanished Empire
6.8
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Vanished Empire

Feb. 14, 2008

Vanished Empire

IMDb: 6.8 2008 105 min 993 views
This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same ...
Ward No. 6
6.3
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Ward No. 6

Jun. 06, 2009

Ward No. 6

IMDb: 6.3 2009 83 min 603 views
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own ...
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Apr. 17, 2017

Anna Karenina

2017 1654 views
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count ...
The Fall of Berlin
6.1

The Fall of Berlin

Dec. 25, 1949

The Fall of Berlin

IMDb: 6.1 1949 167 min 1277 views
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The “Little Father of the ...
Decision: Liquidation
5.4
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Decision: Liquidation

Jun. 07, 2018

Decision: Liquidation

IMDb: 5.4 2018 96 min 2070 views
The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is ...
About Love. Adults Only
6.1
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About Love. Adults Only

Sep. 01, 2017

About Love. Adults Only

IMDb: 6.1 2017 108 min 3220 views
The second part of the film “About Love”. Moscow, summer 2016. A new lecture, a new lecturer with a new theme: “How to preserve love in the ...
About Love
6.4
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About Love

Dec. 10, 2015

About Love

IMDb: 6.4 2015 115 min 1582 views
What is love? The heroes of the film try to answer this question. A series of the most different characters and their stories are woven together. ...
Mermaid
7.3

Mermaid

Jun. 05, 2007

Mermaid

IMDb: 7.3 2007 115 min 812 views
The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief ...
Star
7.0
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Star

Jun. 18, 2014

Star

IMDb: 7.0 2014 128 min 1029 views
Three different persons, three different lives are connected in a mysterious way. 15 year old teenager suffering of misunderstanding, his ...
Panfilov’s 28 Men
6.8
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Panfilov’s 28 Men

Nov. 24, 2016

Panfilov’s 28 Men

IMDb: 6.8 2016 105 min 2692 views
This is a pretty recent Russian WWII movie well worth checking out. It’s based on the Soviet legend about a group of 28 Red Army soldiers ...
The Ghost
7.0

The Ghost

Nov. 13, 2008

The Ghost

IMDb: 7.0 2008 145 min 468 views
A novelist struggling with writer’s block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration — fully unaware that he is being set up ...
Two Days
7.0
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Two Days

Sep. 08, 2011

Two Days

IMDb: 7.0 2011 90 min 1099 views
A two days from the life of Pyotr Drozdov, a highly ranked official from Moscow, which he spends with young museum employee Masha.
Live and Remember
6.6

Live and Remember

Jun. 26, 2008

Live and Remember

IMDb: 6.6 2008 100 min 653 views
Based on Valentin Rasputin’s story of the same title. The winter of 1945. In a village on the Angara embankment the women wait the return ...
Dead Daughters
4.0
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Dead Daughters

Feb. 01, 2007

Dead Daughters

IMDb: 4.0 2007 123 min 514 views
In present-day Moscow ghosts of three little girls killed by their insane mother randomly pick a person to watch over for a three days. If during ...
Chas pik
6.3

Chas pik

Mar. 02, 2006

Chas pik

IMDb: 6.3 2006 424 views
Marathon
5.6
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Marathon

Jul. 02, 2013

Marathon

IMDb: 5.6 2013 101 min 684 views
Tolik didn’t succeed in life, sports career did not work, his wife left him. Unsuccessful, unloved, hopeless, he has lost faith in himself. ...
Inadequate People
7.4

Inadequate People

Dec. 12, 2010

Inadequate People

IMDb: 7.4 2010 106 min 2254 views
Adequacy is relative. Vitalik the main character of the movie seems to be pretty normal. With a respectable office job, a comfy little dwelling ...
Ice
6.9
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Ice

Feb. 14, 2018

Ice

IMDb: 6.9 2018 113 min 2507 views
Contemporary Russia. Nadya gives up her dream of becoming a champion figure skater when she is hospitalized with an injury. But then she meets ...
Russian Ark
7.4

Russian Ark

May. 22, 2002

Russian Ark

IMDb: 7.4 2002 99 min 1756 views
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
War and Peace
8.3

War and Peace

Mar. 14, 1966

War and Peace

IMDb: 8.3 1966 422 min 3172 views
War and Peace (Война и мир / Voyna i mir) is a historical epic shot between 1961-1967 and released over 1965–67. This Soviet movie, co-written ...
Ballad of a Soldier
8.2

Ballad of a Soldier

Dec. 01, 1959

Ballad of a Soldier

IMDb: 8.2 1959 89 min 2202 views
Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате / Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 film directed by World War Two veteran, Grigoriy Chukhray. It’s one ...
In the Town of S.
7.1
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In the Town of S.

May. 25, 1967

In the Town of S.

IMDb: 7.1 1967 106 min 424 views
A portrait of a Russian community in the late 19th century based on Chekhov’s stories, featuring the author as observer and narrator.
The Seagull
7.3

The Seagull

Feb. 14, 1972

The Seagull

IMDb: 7.3 1972 100 min 775 views
A story based on the famous play by Anton Chekhov.
Uncle Vanya
7.4

Uncle Vanya

Jul. 26, 1971

Uncle Vanya

IMDb: 7.4 1971 104 min 929 views
Andrei Konchalovsky’s Uncle Vanya surely has the greatest claim as the best screen adaptation of a Chekhov play. Featuring brooding and ...
The Return
8.0

The Return

Jun. 25, 2003

The Return

IMDb: 8.0 2003 105 min 1207 views
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a ...
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
7.6

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

Nov. 11, 1974

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

IMDb: 7.6 1974 97 min 796 views
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих / Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh) is a 1974 ...
Elena
7.3

Elena

Jun. 06, 2011

Elena

IMDb: 7.3 2011 109 min 1453 views
Vladimir is reaching the end of his life and decides to leave his wealth to his only daughter, cutting out his wife and her son from his will.
Roads to Koktebel
7.0

Roads to Koktebel

Sep. 25, 2003

Roads to Koktebel

IMDb: 7.0 2003 100 min 723 views
A widowed aeronautics engineer, who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black ...
How I Ended This Summer
7.0

How I Ended This Summer

Feb. 17, 2010

How I Ended This Summer

IMDb: 7.0 2010 124 min 880 views
Two men at a remote Arctic base begin mistrusting each other after an important radio message.
The Postman’s White Nights
7.1

The Postman’s White Nights

Oct. 14, 2014

The Postman’s White Nights

IMDb: 7.1 2014 90 min 1013 views
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became ...
Taurus
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Taurus

Jan. 01, 2001

Taurus

2001 94 min 784 views
The film is set inside a russian mansion and begins with morning procedures for one of 1900s most controversial politicians, Lenin.
Lady with the Dog
7.4
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Lady with the Dog

Jan. 28, 1960

Lady with the Dog

IMDb: 7.4 1960 83 min 710 views
On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov contrives to meet a young woman who walks her dog. She’s Anna Sergeyovna, trapped in a ...
The Sniffer
7.2

The Sniffer

Nov. 11, 2013

The Sniffer

IMDb: 7.2 2013 1298 views
An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.
Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round
5.8
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Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round

Nov. 17, 2011

Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round

IMDb: 5.8 2011 122 min 654 views
Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather ...
Shadowboxing
5.9

Shadowboxing

Mar. 05, 2005

Shadowboxing

IMDb: 5.9 2005 126 min 547 views
Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, ...
Legend No. 17
7.6
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Legend No. 17

Apr. 17, 2013

Legend No. 17

IMDb: 7.6 2013 134 min 2536 views
Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death
Exchange Wedding
4.9

Exchange Wedding

Apr. 15, 2011

Exchange Wedding

IMDb: 4.9 2011 90 min 904 views
Sonya, a popular super model, proposes to Sasha in order to irritate her boyfriend, a famous TV star Ruslan – and adventures begin…
Hipsters
7.1
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Hipsters

Dec. 25, 2008

Hipsters

IMDb: 7.1 2008 130 min 1314 views
In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by embracing jazz. When Communist Mels falls for Polly, ...
Soulless
6.4
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Soulless

Oct. 04, 2012

Soulless

IMDb: 6.4 2012 100 min 975 views
It’s a story of 29-year-old top-manager Max who is really sure he is absolutely successful. All his life is around earning and spending ...
The General Line
7.2

The General Line

Nov. 07, 1929

The General Line

IMDb: 7.2 1929 121 min 402 views
Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian ...
Thunderstorm
6.9

Thunderstorm

Mar. 25, 1934

Thunderstorm

IMDb: 6.9 1934 85 min 337 views
The cinematic adaptation of “The Storm” play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive ...
By the Bluest of Seas
7.1

By the Bluest of Seas

Apr. 01, 1936

By the Bluest of Seas

IMDb: 7.1 1936 71 min 589 views
Yussuf and Aliosha are two shipwrecked sailor on an island in the Caspian Sea. They start working has sailor and mechanic for the fishboats of ...
The Youth of Maxim
6.7

The Youth of Maxim

Jan. 28, 1935

The Youth of Maxim

IMDb: 6.7 1935 90 min 493 views
A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it… “an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism ...
Moscow That Weeps and Laughs
7.3

Moscow That Weeps and Laughs

Jan. 01, 1927

Moscow That Weeps and Laughs

IMDb: 7.3 1927 86 min 453 views
Young and beautiful girl (Anna Sten), lives near Moscow, earning a making hats for the fashion store in Moscow. Due to the requirements of the ...
Dream
7.2

Dream

Nov. 11, 1941

Dream

IMDb: 7.2 1941 100 min 450 views
The spiritual and material misery of a group of people inhabiting the hotel of the title during the War.
Strike
7.6

Strike

Apr. 28, 1925

Strike

IMDb: 7.6 1925 89 min 621 views
The film depicts a strike in 1903 by the workers of a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia, and their subsequent suppression. The film is most ...
The Overcoat
6.8

The Overcoat

May. 10, 1926

The Overcoat

IMDb: 6.8 1926 63 min 430 views
Soviet film based on Nikolai Gogol stories “Nevsky Prospekt” and “The Overcoat”.
General Suvorov
6.9

General Suvorov

Jan. 23, 1941

General Suvorov

IMDb: 6.9 1941 100 min 491 views
Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine ...
Kutuzov
7.1

Kutuzov

Jun. 06, 1943

Kutuzov

IMDb: 7.1 1943 95 min 560 views
A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Masquerade
6.9

Masquerade

Jan. 01, 1941

Masquerade

IMDb: 6.9 1941 100 min 464 views
Taken from a Lermentov play, Sergey Gerasimov’s Maskarad (1941) begins when beautiful Nina (Makarova) loses a bracelet during a masked ...
My Universities
6.6

My Universities

Mar. 01, 1940

My Universities

IMDb: 6.6 1940 90 min 1196 views
My Universities (Moi universiteti) is the last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy’s “Maxim Gorki” trilogy. Having ...
Mashenka
7.5

Mashenka

Apr. 09, 1942

Mashenka

IMDb: 7.5 1942 66 min 715 views
The tumultuous life of a young telegraph operator during the war years.
Storm Over Asia
7.1

Storm Over Asia

Nov. 10, 1928

Storm Over Asia

IMDb: 7.1 1928 127 min 445 views
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from ...
Road to Life
7.0

Road to Life

Mar. 12, 1931

Road to Life

IMDb: 7.0 1931 108 min 456 views
Young hobos are brought to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one ...