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A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching more
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen. close
A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree more
A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost. close
Before the attack on the village, captured by the Nazis, the commander decides to carry out a distraction — a concert of the front-line brigade of artists. more
Before the attack on the village, captured by the Nazis, the commander decides to carry out a distraction — a concert of the front-line brigade of artists. Chef Antosha Rybkin is assigned to play the role of... a German corporal. Dressed in an enemy uniform, he gets to the rear of the enemy and helps his liberate the village. close
Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 more
Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 by White Army officers then drowned in the Ural river) swims ashore but it's the summer of 1941. Chapayev asks who are Soviets fighting off this time, hears that it's Germans once again and then gives an inspiring speech. He is played by Boris Babochkin who famously portrayed Chapayev in 1934 biopic. close
“The drama of the plot is the global martial arts of a dying traditional and emerging new way of life in a modern collective farm village. The basis for more
“The drama of the plot is the global martial arts of a dying traditional and emerging new way of life in a modern collective farm village. The basis for the plot was the fact of the murder by the kulaks of the rural pioneer Pavlik Morozov, who gave the authorities his father, the chairman of the village council. And the film itself and its condemnation resulted in a large-scale political campaign became the largest events in the cinematic life of the 30s. The material of the film is not preserved. According to the conventional version, the only copy of the second version died on the Mosfilm during the bombing in 1941. The rest of the material is gone. According to the cuts saved by the editor E. Tobak in 1968, N. I. Kleiman mounted a photo film containing the main points of both options from them. - E. Margolith V. Shmyrov (Extracted Cinema). 1924-1953. Moscow Double-D 1995. close
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later more
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence. close
Witch’s Cradle is an unfinished Maya Deren film made in the Guggenheim Gallery during a surrealist “Art of this Century” exhibit. It was assembled long more
Witch’s Cradle is an unfinished Maya Deren film made in the Guggenheim Gallery during a surrealist “Art of this Century” exhibit. It was assembled long after her death by staffers within the preservation department at Anthology Film Archives. close
Picture Vladimir Petrov “Anniversary” with the participation of Olga Androvskaya and Vasily Toporkov, which was released in 1944 with some plot changes, more
Picture Vladimir Petrov “Anniversary” with the participation of Olga Androvskaya and Vasily Toporkov, which was released in 1944 with some plot changes, was filmed based on the story of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The fifteenth anniversary of a commercial bank is approaching, and the institution is preparing for the noisy celebrations of the anniversary. However, the preparations suddenly entail a series of completely unexpected events. As a result, Shipuchin (Victor Stanitsyn), who holds the post of chairman of the bank, begins a nervous breakdown, and the celebration is forced to postpone. close
Minimalist film about “little people”, registering the everyday life of clowns Antonetta and Baby, performing in the Paris circus “Medrano”. Its title more
Minimalist film about “little people”, registering the everyday life of clowns Antonetta and Baby, performing in the Paris circus “Medrano”. Its title refers polemically to Stefan Zweig's famous novel "24 Hours in the Life of a Woman." close
A lyrical comedy about the adventures of a very kind and very touching cashier, always ready to come to the aid of anyone who is in a difficult situation. more
A lyrical comedy about the adventures of a very kind and very touching cashier, always ready to come to the aid of anyone who is in a difficult situation. An aspiring singer falls in love with her. One of the early cinematic works of Yanina Geimo, who became famous in the film Cinderella. Lovely old movie. Phillipov, as a reader, tries to read the Dying Gladiator on stage, but the entertainer simultaneously announces a magician. The next scene resembles a carnival night. Yanina Geymo is adorable, and her friend, an unsuccessful singer who lost his voice on stage, is a beauty. To the question “what will you sing,” he responds in a thin, stuttering voice: “Coo-coo verses of Mephistopheles.” close
“The screening of the vaudeville of the same name by M.M. Zoshchenko. One of the few lifetime films based on prose or scripts of the writer, staged by more
“The screening of the vaudeville of the same name by M.M. Zoshchenko. One of the few lifetime films based on prose or scripts of the writer, staged by his nephew, the Kiev director P. Kolomoytsev (see the film "Novel of the Mezhhills"). - E. Margolith V. Shmyrov (Extracted Cinema). 1924-1953 Moscow "Double-D" 1995. close
A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil more
A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration. close
At a masquerade in a provincial city, someone in a mask is fighting over people. Outraged holidaymakers tear off their mask and recognize their millionaire benefactor in mockery.
At a masquerade in a provincial city, someone in a mask is fighting over people. Outraged holidaymakers tear off their mask and recognize their millionaire benefactor in mockery. close
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow. close
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person more
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent. close
During the "Winter War" between Finland and the USSR, Galya's father goes to the front and she's left behind to take care of grandma and the house. Despite more
During the "Winter War" between Finland and the USSR, Galya's father goes to the front and she's left behind to take care of grandma and the house. Despite toeing the party line, the film was still banned by censors for being insufficiently patriotic. close
Roger, son of a farmer, wants to be a boxer, and gets his chance by filling in for a boxer's sparring partner. However, Roger does not know how to box and reads a rule book while in the ring.
Roger, son of a farmer, wants to be a boxer, and gets his chance by filling in for a boxer's sparring partner. However, Roger does not know how to box and reads a rule book while in the ring. close
The wounded Red Army soldier crawled to the crater. A nurse who happens to be there bandages a fighter. Soon there is a defeated German. The Sister of more
The wounded Red Army soldier crawled to the crater. A nurse who happens to be there bandages a fighter. Soon there is a defeated German. The Sister of Mercy helps him as well. The Nazi is trying to shoot the girl. . .
Combat film collection No. 1 included novels:
Meeting with Maxim
Sleep in hand
Three in the sinkhole. close
The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The hydrogen-filled more
The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The hydrogen-filled zeppelin ignited, and was almost instantly transformed into an enormous fireball. In less than a minute, the entire ship had been consumed by flames. The Hindenburg explosion marked the end of the budding airship travel industry. close
A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war. He more
A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war. He tells about his time, operating an illegal radio station while evading the Nazis. close
Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. more
Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise. close
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, more
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. close
The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with more
The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and the Nazis as its latest incarnation. close
Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials want more
Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials want to cancel these concerts. To stop this from happening, Judy and Edna gather a crowd the following Sunday; and to keep its attention, they themselves perform with the orchestra. Edna sings an aria and Judy sings 'Americana'. close