Tag Archives: Soviet Union

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Sep. 01, 1981

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

IMDb: 7.0 1981 151 min 146 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 ...
Dersu Uzala
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Dersu Uzala

Aug. 02, 1975

Dersu Uzala

IMDb: 8.3 1975 141 min 410 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 ...
The Fall of Berlin
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The Fall of Berlin

Dec. 25, 1949

The Fall of Berlin

IMDb: 6.1 1949 167 min 157 views
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The “Little Father of the ...
War and Peace
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War and Peace

Mar. 14, 1966

War and Peace

IMDb: 8.3 1966 422 min 564 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 ...
Welcome, or No Trespassing
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Welcome, or No Trespassing

Oct. 07, 1964

Welcome, or No Trespassing

IMDb: 8.1 1964 74 min 347 views
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
Bukovina, a Ukrainian Land
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Bukovina, a Ukrainian Land

Aug. 01, 1940

Bukovina, a Ukrainian Land

IMDb: 5.9 1940 30 min 144 views
Bukovina, a Ukrainian Land (Буковина, зeмля Українськa / Bukovina, zemlya Ukrainskaya) is a 1940 Soviet propaganda documentary film. It was shot ...
Ballad of a Soldier
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Ballad of a Soldier

Dec. 01, 1959

Ballad of a Soldier

IMDb: 8.2 1959 89 min 428 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.
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In the Town of S.

May. 25, 1967

In the Town of S.

IMDb: 7.1 1967 106 min 172 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
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The Seagull

Feb. 14, 1972

The Seagull

IMDb: 7.3 1972 100 min 198 views
A story based on the famous play by Anton Chekhov.
Uncle Vanya
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Uncle Vanya

Jul. 26, 1971

Uncle Vanya

IMDb: 7.4 1971 104 min 261 views
Andrei Konchalovsky’s Uncle Vanya surely has the greatest claim as the best screen adaptation of a Chekhov play. Featuring brooding and ...
Three from Prostokvashino
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Three from Prostokvashino

Jun. 06, 1978

Three from Prostokvashino

IMDb: 8.2 1978 17 min 314 views
Three from Prostokvashino (Трое из Простоквашино / Troye iz Prostokvashino) is a popular Soviet hand-drawn cartoon series. This first episode is ...
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
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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 285 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 ...
The Marriage
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The Marriage

Dec. 25, 1977

The Marriage

IMDb: 7.1 1977 99 min 228 views
Deciding that it is time he was married, Podkolyosin, a long-time bachelor (and minor court councillor), engages a matchmaker, Fyokla, to find ...
Planet of Storms
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Planet of Storms

Apr. 13, 1962

Planet of Storms

IMDb: 6.5 1962 72 min 195 views
Four Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous.
The Dog in the Manger
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The Dog in the Manger

Jan. 01, 1977

The Dog in the Manger

IMDb: 7.9 1977 138 min 246 views
A musical comedy based on classical play by Félix Lope de Vega.
Lady with the Dog
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Lady with the Dog

Jan. 28, 1960

Lady with the Dog

IMDb: 7.4 1960 83 min 309 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 Elusive Revengers
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The Elusive Revengers

Jun. 06, 1966

The Elusive Revengers

IMDb: 7.4 1966 78 min 209 views
Dan’ka’s and Ksanka’s childhood in the village has been brutally ended when their father was killed by the White Guard officer ...
The House on Trubnaya
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The House on Trubnaya

Jan. 01, 1928

The House on Trubnaya

IMDb: 7.3 1928 85 min 207 views
Life is short and full of oppression, but that doesn’t mean Parasha can’t find love and laughter when she leaves her country home to ...
The General Line
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The General Line

Nov. 07, 1929

The General Line

IMDb: 7.2 1929 121 min 204 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
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Thunderstorm

Mar. 25, 1934

Thunderstorm

IMDb: 6.9 1934 85 min 169 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
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By the Bluest of Seas

Apr. 01, 1936

By the Bluest of Seas

IMDb: 7.1 1936 71 min 254 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
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The Youth of Maxim

Jan. 28, 1935

The Youth of Maxim

IMDb: 6.7 1935 90 min 223 views
A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it… “an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism ...
Three Songs About Lenin
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Three Songs About Lenin

Nov. 06, 1934

Three Songs About Lenin

IMDb: 6.5 1934 59 min 199 views
This documentary, made up of 3 episodes, is based on three songs sung by anonymous people in Soviet Russia about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Moscow That Weeps and Laughs
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Moscow That Weeps and Laughs

Jan. 01, 1927

Moscow That Weeps and Laughs

IMDb: 7.3 1927 86 min 202 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
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Dream

Nov. 11, 1941

Dream

IMDb: 7.2 1941 100 min 209 views
The spiritual and material misery of a group of people inhabiting the hotel of the title during the War.
Happiness
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Happiness

Mar. 15, 1935

Happiness

IMDb: 7.5 1935 95 min 217 views
A hapless loser (with the surname of Loser) undergoes misadventures with avaracious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary (among other ...
Strike
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Strike

Apr. 28, 1925

Strike

IMDb: 7.6 1925 89 min 286 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 ...
Kino Eye
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Kino Eye

Oct. 31, 1924

Kino Eye

IMDb: 7.2 1924 78 min 194 views
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers around the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are ...
The Overcoat
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The Overcoat

May. 10, 1926

The Overcoat

IMDb: 6.8 1926 63 min 197 views
Soviet film based on Nikolai Gogol stories “Nevsky Prospekt” and “The Overcoat”.
The Magic Weaver
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The Magic Weaver

Jun. 06, 1959

The Magic Weaver

IMDb: 7.2 1959 74 min 192 views
THE MAGIC WEAVER is a film about an old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who’s been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom ...
General Suvorov
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General Suvorov

Jan. 23, 1941

General Suvorov

IMDb: 6.9 1941 100 min 215 views
Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine ...
Kutuzov
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Kutuzov

Jun. 06, 1943

Kutuzov

IMDb: 7.1 1943 95 min 220 views
A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Masquerade
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Masquerade

Jan. 01, 1941

Masquerade

IMDb: 6.9 1941 100 min 205 views
Taken from a Lermentov play, Sergey Gerasimov’s Maskarad (1941) begins when beautiful Nina (Makarova) loses a bracelet during a masked ...
The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom
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The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

Dec. 02, 1924

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

IMDb: 6.9 1924 78 min 200 views
As she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that her co-worker Nikodim ...
My Universities
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My Universities

Mar. 01, 1940

My Universities

IMDb: 6.6 1940 90 min 929 views
My Universities (Moi universiteti) is the last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy’s “Maxim Gorki” trilogy. Having ...
The Hijacking of ‘Savoy’
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The Hijacking of ‘Savoy’

Jan. 01, 1979

The Hijacking of ‘Savoy’

IMDb: 7.0 1979 92 min 253 views
Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi ...
Mashenka
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Mashenka

Apr. 09, 1942

Mashenka

IMDb: 7.5 1942 66 min 282 views
The tumultuous life of a young telegraph operator during the war years.
The Secret of the Iron Door
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The Secret of the Iron Door

Aug. 23, 1971

The Secret of the Iron Door

IMDb: 7.0 1971 69 min 197 views
Every one of us dreams of finding a magic wand, matches or, at least, an enchanted flower that would make any wish come true. Well, we’re just ...
Storm Over Asia
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Storm Over Asia

Nov. 10, 1928

Storm Over Asia

IMDb: 7.1 1928 127 min 198 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
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Road to Life

Mar. 12, 1931

Road to Life

IMDb: 7.0 1931 108 min 236 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 ...
The New Babylon
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The New Babylon

Jan. 01, 1929

The New Babylon

IMDb: 7.4 1929 120 min 203 views
In the early days of the industrial revolution, a young shop worker falls in love with a soldier before he goes off to war.
Kashchey the Immortal
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Kashchey the Immortal

Jan. 15, 1944

Kashchey the Immortal

IMDb: 7.2 1944 73 min 186 views
A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before ...
My Apprenticeship
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My Apprenticeship

Sep. 12, 1939

My Apprenticeship

IMDb: 6.8 1939 100 min 161 views
My Apprenticeship (V lyudyakh) was the second entry in Russian director Mark Donskoy’s “Maxim Gorki” trilogy. Picking up where ...
The Last Attraction
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The Last Attraction

Sep. 08, 1929

The Last Attraction

IMDb: 6.9 1929 71 min 191 views
A travelling circus troupe during the Civil War. A kommissar tries to transfer the wagon into an agit-prop van. The Whites conquer the town. The ...
The Invincible
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The Invincible

Jan. 01, 1983

The Invincible

IMDb: 7.0 1983 72 min 187 views
Film about a Russian Master of Martial Arts, Andrei Khromov (Rostotsky). Based on a true story. A young man travels all over the Eastern ...
The Scarlet Flower
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The Scarlet Flower

Aug. 25, 1978

The Scarlet Flower

IMDb: 6.9 1978 66 min 206 views
A merchant is living in a fairytale Russia of hundreds of years ago. When he is making a journey to market, his three daughters each ask for a ...
Vassilisa the Beautiful
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Vassilisa the Beautiful

May. 13, 1940

Vassilisa the Beautiful

IMDb: 7.4 1940 72 min 183 views
Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. ...
The End of St. Petersburg
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The End of St. Petersburg

Dec. 13, 1927

The End of St. Petersburg

IMDb: 7.3 1927 80 min 181 views
The End of St. Petersburg (Russian: Конец Санкт-Петербурга, translit. Konets Sankt-Peterburga) is a 1927 silent film directed by Vsevolod ...
An Easy Life
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An Easy Life

Aug. 24, 1964

An Easy Life

IMDb: 7.3 1964 95 min 216 views
A chemist by training, Alexandr Bochkin manages a Moscow dry-cleaning operation, but lives a very comfortable life, taking orders on the side for ...
Traffic Officer
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Traffic Officer

Oct. 10, 1982

Traffic Officer

IMDb: 7.1 1982 79 min 281 views
A comic drama about a permanently going duel between Traffic Officer and powerful businessman.
Dima Gorin’s Career
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Dima Gorin’s Career

Jun. 12, 1961

Dima Gorin’s Career

IMDb: 6.9 1961 94 min 186 views
Dmitry Gorin is awaiting the post of branch manager of a savings bank. But one day he accidentally gives an extra amount to a person who works in ...
Outskirts
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Outskirts

Mar. 24, 1933

Outskirts

IMDb: 7.2 1933 98 min 239 views
Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced ...
St. Jorgen’s Day
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St. Jorgen’s Day

Aug. 25, 1930

St. Jorgen’s Day

IMDb: 7.1 1930 83 min 214 views
The priests, stock market officials, and police conspire to squeeze income out of pilgrims come to see relics of a Christ like figure. A pair of ...
Trees Grow on the Stones Too
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Trees Grow on the Stones Too

Sep. 05, 1985

Trees Grow on the Stones Too

IMDb: 7.1 1985 116 min 244 views
Vikings attack Kuksja’s village, and end up bringing him along on their ship because they believe he is good luck. After proving himself in ...
Bed and Sofa
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Bed and Sofa

Mar. 15, 1927

Bed and Sofa

IMDb: 7.5 1927 95 min 211 views
Russian writer/director Abram Room never again made anything as good–or as highly individual–as his 1927 silent film Bed and Sofa. In ...
Earth
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Earth

Apr. 08, 1930

Earth

IMDb: 7.3 1930 75 min 210 views
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
Volga-Volga
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Volga-Volga

Apr. 24, 1938

Volga-Volga

IMDb: 6.8 1938 104 min 229 views
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin’s favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on ...
Little Alexander
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Little Alexander

Jun. 06, 1981

Little Alexander

IMDb: 7.1 1981 98 min 204 views
May of 1945. Soviet soldiers conducting an operation to rescue the children in a small town in the territory of Germany.
The Turning Point
6.3

The Turning Point

Jul. 19, 1945

The Turning Point

IMDb: 6.3 1945 108 min 258 views
A Soviet 1945 film directed by Fridrikh Ermler based on a screenplay by Boris Chirskov. The film was one of the Cannes top prize winners of 1946.
Chapaev
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Chapaev

Nov. 07, 1934

Chapaev

IMDb: 7.3 1934 93 min 257 views
This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 – 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the ...
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
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Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

Jan. 01, 1969

Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

IMDb: 7.3 1969 81 min 223 views
Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by ...
The Village Teacher
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The Village Teacher

Jun. 06, 1947

The Village Teacher

IMDb: 6.6 1947 100 min 191 views
A life-long story of a romantic school teacher who left imperial St. Petersburg for teaching country children. Driven by noble intentions to ...
The Children of Captain Grant
6.8

The Children of Captain Grant

Jun. 06, 1936

The Children of Captain Grant

IMDb: 6.8 1936 83 min 233 views
The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter ...
The Commissar
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The Commissar

Jun. 06, 1967

The Commissar

IMDb: 7.4 1967 110 min 223 views
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is ...
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
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The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

Sep. 27, 1938

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

IMDb: 7.3 1938 98 min 205 views
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (Detstvo Gorkovo) was the first of Russian director Mark Donski’s trilogy based upon Gorky’s memoirs. ...
Cosmic Journey
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Cosmic Journey

Jan. 21, 1936

Cosmic Journey

IMDb: 6.9 1936 70 min 180 views
Soviet cinematographers created a progressively realistic image of a journey to the moon in these early days of special effects. Scientist Pavel ...
The Youth of Peter
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The Youth of Peter

Jun. 06, 1980

The Youth of Peter

IMDb: 7.0 1980 140 min 194 views
The years of the tsar’s adolescence and youth were permeated with deadly danger coming from some of the Boyars, the rebellious Streltsy and ...
The Anna Cross
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The Anna Cross

Jan. 01, 1954

The Anna Cross

IMDb: 7.2 1954 211 views
Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. ...
Different Fortunes
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Different Fortunes

Sep. 21, 1956

Different Fortunes

IMDb: 7.2 1956 107 min 200 views
The film’s young heroes happened to be the participants of several love triangles at once. Infidelity and betrayal, love and faithfulness were ...
Three Plus Two
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Three Plus Two

Jul. 03, 1963

Three Plus Two

IMDb: 7.4 1963 100 min 210 views
Three best friend are going to spend a vacation on a sea shore. But when they arrive to their usual place they suddenly find that the spot is ...
Arsenal
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Arsenal

Feb. 25, 1929

Arsenal

IMDb: 7.2 1929 87 min 243 views
Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of the World War I, a recently demobbed soldier, Timosh, returns to his hometown Kiev, after having ...
Pirates of the 20th Century
6.7

Pirates of the 20th Century

Jul. 14, 1980

Pirates of the 20th Century

IMDb: 6.7 1980 83 min 188 views
A Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they ...
To The Stars By Hard Ways
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To The Stars By Hard Ways

Jun. 06, 1980

To The Stars By Hard Ways

IMDb: 5.8 1980 148 min 205 views
A Star-ship discovers a dead alien space craft. All the humanoid crew are dead except for one woman. When revived she remembers nothing of the ...
The Adventures of the Little Chinese
5.0

The Adventures of the Little Chinese

Apr. 29, 1928

The Adventures of the Little Chinese

IMDb: 5.0 1928 24 min 213 views
Prikliouchenia Kitaïtchat (The Adventures of the little Chinese, 1928, directed by Maria Benderskaya). “…Within the initiatory ...
Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm
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Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm

Dec. 12, 1958

Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm

IMDb: 7.0 1958 97 min 181 views
A dashing young man, Ivan Brovkin, (played by the charming Leonid Kharitonov) walks in a field, singing about “a girl in a white blouse”. Yet the ...
The Property of Republic
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The Property of Republic

Jun. 06, 1971

The Property of Republic

IMDb: 7.1 1971 138 min 181 views
Makar, a criminal investigator, is trying to find a stolen collection of antic treasures during the Spring of 1918.
Aleksa Dundic
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Aleksa Dundic

May. 18, 1958

Aleksa Dundic

IMDb: 7.0 1958 115 min 567 views
Life and times of Aleksa Dundic, a volunteer in the Serb army during WW1, who later became a legend by fighting for the Red Army in the Russian ...
Treasure Island
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Treasure Island

Dec. 01, 1971

Treasure Island

IMDb: 6.9 1971 82 min 197 views
Based upon the story by R. L. Stevenson, the film shows Orson Welles as Long John Silver, pirate chief, who would like to find hidden treasure.
Father Frost
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Father Frost

May. 05, 1964

Father Frost

IMDb: 6.5 1964 79 min 295 views
A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Scarlet Sails
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Scarlet Sails

Jun. 07, 1961

Scarlet Sails

IMDb: 7.1 1961 88 min 259 views
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: “… it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail ...
Forgotten Tune for the Flute
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Forgotten Tune for the Flute

Oct. 23, 1987

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

IMDb: 7.4 1987 134 min 216 views
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 ...
The Cossacks
6.7

The Cossacks

Jun. 28, 1961

The Cossacks

IMDb: 6.7 1961 242 views
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by the great writer Leo Tolstoy, this engrossing drama is set at the turn of the 20th century and involves ...
A Hunting Accident
7.4

A Hunting Accident

Jul. 31, 1978

A Hunting Accident

IMDb: 7.4 1978 105 min 303 views
An aristocrat falls for a young woman who brings him ruin. Based on Chekhov’s story.
Tractor Drivers
6.5

Tractor Drivers

Jul. 03, 1939

Tractor Drivers

IMDb: 6.5 1939 88 min 254 views
The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving ...
Cossacks of the Kuban
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Cossacks of the Kuban

Jun. 06, 1949

Cossacks of the Kuban

IMDb: 6.7 1949 112 min 198 views
In the steppes of the Kuban love is born on two collective farms while wheat is (enthusiastically) gathered. Galina, the energetic chairwoman of ...
Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven
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Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven

Apr. 04, 1976

Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven

IMDb: 7.5 1976 101 min 740 views
This colourful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and ...
Carnival Night
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Carnival Night

Dec. 29, 1956

Carnival Night

IMDb: 7.5 1956 78 min 271 views
It is the New Year’s Eve and the employees of an Economics Institute are ready with their annual New Year’s entertainment program. It ...