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The film tells about the "devil's layer cake" of the German occupation regime during World War II, about different attitudes towards the occupiers, which more
The film tells about the "devil's layer cake" of the German occupation regime during World War II, about different attitudes towards the occupiers, which forever divided people into two irreconcilable camps. close
“Secrets of palace coups. Russia, eighteenth century. Movie 8. The Hunt for the Princess is a continuation of Svetlana Druzhinina’s big historical film more
“Secrets of palace coups. Russia, eighteenth century. Movie 8. The Hunt for the Princess is a continuation of Svetlana Druzhinina’s big historical film project about women on the Russian throne. The series "Secrets of palace coups" began with the picture "The Testament of the Emperor".
In 1736, the Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna, the sixth year running the country, decides the question of the future heir to the throne. Since the Empress has no children of her own, she takes an unprecedented step in world history – she bequeaths the throne to a child who does not yet exist, a son who will be born to her niece Anna Leopoldovna in the future.
The groom's niece is the heroine of the painting "Secrets of palace coups." Russia, eighteenth century. Movie 8. The Princess Hunt also chooses for political reasons: to strengthen the military alliance with Austria, she betroths Anna Leopoldovna to Anton-Ulrich, Prince of Brauschweig. The bride is not at all to the taste, and interested persons decide to take advantage of this circumstance. The hunt for the princess begins the son of the Empress’s favorite, Peter Biron, and the envoy from Saxony, Count Moritz Linar. close
A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it more
A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. The feelings of the Russian young men collide into barriers of culture and language resulting in a host of awkward, funny, and sometimes tragic situations.It is the story of Russians, Americans, and natives of the Far North. It is the story of man and woman in war. Love and death are squeezed between the hills as human fates are destroyed and born. close
The Nuremberg trial of the leaders of Hitler’s Germany was not only an act of just retribution. Here were born the norms of international law aimed at more
The Nuremberg trial of the leaders of Hitler’s Germany was not only an act of just retribution. Here were born the norms of international law aimed at preserving peace and security. But half a century later, the balance of forces has changed. Now the winners of the Cold War dictated their laws to the world. The bombing of Yugoslavia, the change of regimes in Libya and Iraq, so the right of the strong manifested itself. The film tells about the crisis of international justice, the double standards in the relationship to our own and others. close
Matvey and Sonya are best friends. This summer, Matvey realizes that he is in love with Sonya, but he is afraid to confess. But it turns out that Sonya more
Matvey and Sonya are best friends. This summer, Matvey realizes that he is in love with Sonya, but he is afraid to confess. But it turns out that Sonya is moving to another city, and Mota needs the courage to have time to say the most important thing. close
September, 1941. In a turn of events, young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board a barge that will evacuate people from the sieged Leningrad. more
September, 1941. In a turn of events, young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board a barge that will evacuate people from the sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes — but not rescuers — were the first to arrive at the scene. close
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. more
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country His destiny is to become the Supreme Ruler of Russia. close
Grigorij Efimovic Rasputin (1869-1916) the mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. The saint-demon and the simple peasant. About the plot against Rasputin, more
Grigorij Efimovic Rasputin (1869-1916) the mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. The saint-demon and the simple peasant. About the plot against Rasputin, hated and feared at the highest levels of government because of his surreal influence on the Tsar. close
The film is based on the history of the oldest ballet school in Russia - its past and present. The film is conceived as a journey through the classrooms more
The film is based on the history of the oldest ballet school in Russia - its past and present. The film is conceived as a journey through the classrooms of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, where the life of teachers and their students passes, from where young talents come to the big stage. Today’s reality is intertwined with fragments of the history of the school since its foundation and the fate of the best teachers and pupils.
A staged documentary series from several plots of alternative history of Russia/USSR of different eras in comparison with real history. The host of the more
A staged documentary series from several plots of alternative history of Russia/USSR of different eras in comparison with real history. The host of the program Alexei Vershinin is not only a narrator, he is also a traveler who, moving in time, personally changes the course of events. close
In the autumn of 95, Spartak had one of the strongest squads in Russian history, and the red and white won all six matches in the Champions League group. more
In the autumn of 95, Spartak had one of the strongest squads in Russian history, and the red and white won all six matches in the Champions League group. However, the leaders left in the winter, Oleg Romantsev decided to focus on the national team, the club patriarch Nikolai Starostin died. The 96 season didn't bode well. However, Georgy Yartsev, who took the team, bet on young people and guessed. close
The Battle of Stalingrad, which cost the lives of at least a million German soldiers, Red Army troops and Soviet civilians, was the bloodiest of the decisive more
The Battle of Stalingrad, which cost the lives of at least a million German soldiers, Red Army troops and Soviet civilians, was the bloodiest of the decisive battles in the "war of extermination" which Hitler had unleashed. This three-part documentary, employing previously unreleased film footage and brutally frank statements from survivors on both sides, explains exactly how the catastrophe came about and describes the gruesome consequences of the battle for the soldiers and the inhabitants of the city. close
Ordered to Destroy: Operation Chinese Box is based on secret Soviet intelligence. Operation China Box is designed to kill Commander-in-Chief Stalin. To more
Ordered to Destroy: Operation Chinese Box is based on secret Soviet intelligence. Operation China Box is designed to kill Commander-in-Chief Stalin. To carry out this special mission, the Germans train the best agents using Russian prisoners of war. Soldier Peter Gavrin survives all the tests, and in the meantime, “ours” learn about Hitler’s plan. The main task is to prevent the implementation of this operation. Scouts face numerous difficulties and betrayal, making every effort to find the killer.
Director: Sergey Bobrov. In the main roles: Gennady Khazanov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Valery Zolotukhin. close
Vasily Livanov’s historical movie carries the viewer back into the 18th century and tells the story of the monument to Peter the Great through Alexandr more
Vasily Livanov’s historical movie carries the viewer back into the 18th century and tells the story of the monument to Peter the Great through Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin’s poem «The Bronze Horseman». The sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet comes from France at the invitation of the Empress Ekaterina the 2nd to erect the monument. Thanks to the master’s meticulous work and painstaking creative search the monument has become not only a masterpiece of art but one of the symbols of Russia. close
MURA operative Konstantin Troshin returns from the front after the victory in the Great Patriotic War and finds out that he no longer works in the police. more
MURA operative Konstantin Troshin returns from the front after the victory in the Great Patriotic War and finds out that he no longer works in the police. The reason is a conflict with an influential general of the NKGB of the USSR. But Troshin cannot imagine his life without the police. He manages to get a job as a precinct officer in the most disadvantaged area of Moscow — Maryina Grove. close
The cycle is devoted to the history of Russian diplomacy from the time of the adoption of Christianity and until the end of the twentieth century. Each more
The cycle is devoted to the history of Russian diplomacy from the time of the adoption of Christianity and until the end of the twentieth century. Each film is a kind of investigation based on historical documents, memoirs, correspondence, reports. close
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he more
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders. close
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown more
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high. close
Thanks to Kim Philby’s 30-year work on Soviet intelligence, the world became what we know it today. Philby was noted almost in all the epochal events more
Thanks to Kim Philby’s 30-year work on Soviet intelligence, the world became what we know it today. Philby was noted almost in all the epochal events of the first half of the twentieth century, the main of which was the victory of the Allies over fascist Germany. close
The story of the tragic fate of the second wife of Joseph Stalin - Nadezhda Allilueva. It could be a classic love story, if not for one nuance: these more
The story of the tragic fate of the second wife of Joseph Stalin - Nadezhda Allilueva. It could be a classic love story, if not for one nuance: these men and women - Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. She first saw him when she was 12 years old, and he is 34 years old.
He was a close friend of the Alliluyevs, famous revolutionaries, whose home was the refuge of many prominent fighters with the tsarist regime. A young, charming, kind Caucasian dzhigit with heroic destiny, Stalin had just fled from exile. And Nadya fell in love.
At the age of 16 she becomes his wife. The development of their relations takes place against the background of historical events of the early twentieth century: the February and October Revolution, the Civil War, the death of Lenin, the seizure of power by Stalin. Nadia rushes between love for her husband and understanding of his terrible essence. She tries to escape from this vicious circle, but each time the love for Stalin is stronger... close
About the son of the king dreamed. After all, before this, only girls were born in the family. The throne needed a successor. So, in the midst of the more
About the son of the king dreamed. After all, before this, only girls were born in the family. The throne needed a successor. So, in the midst of the Russian-Japanese war, a boy was born to the Empress. The joys of the Romanovs were not borders. But soon it became known that little Alexei has an incurable disease of hemophilia. close
A mixture of re-enactment, news reel footage, archival film and rare documents, including the diaries and intimate correspondence of Nicholas & Alexandra. more
A mixture of re-enactment, news reel footage, archival film and rare documents, including the diaries and intimate correspondence of Nicholas & Alexandra. Recreates the atmosphere at the time of their deportation to Siberia, life in exile, and brutal execution. close
On July 23, 1983, the Los Angeles Times ran a sensational headline: “Brezhnev’s Friends Are Killed in Russia!” The Secretary General took the investigation more
On July 23, 1983, the Los Angeles Times ran a sensational headline: “Brezhnev’s Friends Are Killed in Russia!” The Secretary General took the investigation under his control. Then, in the 83rd, no one could imagine that this crime would mark the beginning of a series of monstrous atrocities, of which Dostoevsky wrote: “shameful, shameful, past all horror.” close
A Siberian hermit, whose life was destroyed by the millstones of the Great October Revolution, spends 17 years in self-imposed exile. Having learned about more
A Siberian hermit, whose life was destroyed by the millstones of the Great October Revolution, spends 17 years in self-imposed exile. Having learned about the attack of Nazi Germany on the USSR, the former Cossack officer, without hesitation, rushes to the front to protect his native land. close
A documentary film by Vladimir Pozner about the main hockey team of Siberia, about the four seasons of Avangard without a hometown, which tempered the more
A documentary film by Vladimir Pozner about the main hockey team of Siberia, about the four seasons of Avangard without a hometown, which tempered the spirit of the club and made it only stronger. And, of course, about the future in which the team gets a chance to become a truly unique phenomenon in Russian sport. close
The story of the bloody confrontation between the new Chief of Criminal Police, a former local thief nicknamed the 'Ace', and a ruthless gangster, 'Mednik' more
The story of the bloody confrontation between the new Chief of Criminal Police, a former local thief nicknamed the 'Ace', and a ruthless gangster, 'Mednik' is dramatic, very human and very deep. The audience watches in awe the transformation of an inexperienced strong-headed bully into a deeply caring, strategically thinking chief investigator and a team leader. His criminal past allows Ace to successfully navigate through the gang wars eliminating outlaws one after another, until he runs into Mednik who escapes from all traps leaving pile of corpses behind. The conspiracy to overturn the Bolsheviks' regime culminates the last episodes and it's impossible to guess what will happen next. It's a well-written, well-directed and well-acted series with the kind of picture so engaging and immersing that the audience really feels lost when it's over. close
Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. more
Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. It is Ozyorsk (Ozersk), located in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, one of the most polluted places on the planet and home to the largest stockpiles of nuclear material. Its code name: City 40. close