A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is more
A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs. It is thought to be the first film about made about genocide. All known complete copies of the film have been lost. A restored and edited 24-minute segment of the historic motion picture was released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California. It is based on a rare surviving reel of film edited in Soviet Armenia. close
Attempts of drunken forty-year-old actor Alexander Nikitin to return to creative life fail. From Alexander left his wife, but “friends” appeared for an more
Attempts of drunken forty-year-old actor Alexander Nikitin to return to creative life fail. From Alexander left his wife, but “friends” appeared for an eternal binge and a hangover. And in this strange life, an angel-savior appears in the image of a cute theater girl from the province. Perseverance, soft humor, provincial straightforwardness and feminine charm Zhenya return Alexander to his former life. close
Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of the Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and more
Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of the Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Ukrainian peasants were again resisting Teuton onslaughts in 1939. Highlights a small band of guerrillas and their battles using scythes, shotguns and, often, just clubs against the Kaiser's army in the Ukrainian forests. close
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control more
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wait from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago has different plans, wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Superconn. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured. close
Viktor Burdin demands full clarity from the KGB: when and under what circumstances his father died. The film introduces to the atmosphere of Stalin’s more
Viktor Burdin demands full clarity from the KGB: when and under what circumstances his father died. The film introduces to the atmosphere of Stalin’s camp in 1948, introduces colorful figures of prisoners from innocent political to hardened criminals, who is essentially Victor’s grandfather – the former head of the camp and the father of his mother who had the courage to love a political prisoner. close
A man rides on a train and looks out the window and remembers his life, his work at the factory. He had just left to look for the place where his son more
A man rides on a train and looks out the window and remembers his life, his work at the factory. He had just left to look for the place where his son died and was buried. The old woman on the train told him that she saw a fight on the outskirts of the city. He got off the train and went looking for his son’s grave. He settled nearby and decided to make a monument to the soldier who died here. But one day the military arrived, and it turned out that this was not the grave of his son, but someone's father. He went looking again. The military enlistment office pointed him to the village of Berezhki, where a Komsomol ticket pierced by a bullet was found. The name and patronymic matched, and only three letters remained from the surname. He came across this new grave with a woman, and again it turned out that the name of the one who lies there is only a stranger. He placed a monument on someone else’s grave and moved on. Passing some railway station, he met with a colleague of his son, and he stunned him - they say, a traitor your son, surrendered. For a long time they found out what and how, until they came to the conclusion that another person covered himself with his name. My father cried with joy and went on the road again. So he travels around the earth, looking for the grave of his son, and puts monuments to the dead. close
A dramatization of the uprising in Odessa, Russia in 1905: A ship's crew, tired of being mistreated, mutinies and takes over their ship. When they reach more
A dramatization of the uprising in Odessa, Russia in 1905: A ship's crew, tired of being mistreated, mutinies and takes over their ship. When they reach land, a sailor who died during the mutiny is made a martyr, inspiring an uprising in the city. Then the authorities decide to repress the revolt with a brutal show of force. close
In the title of the film "Shish na kokui" (director Igor Pushkarev) there is a rather unusual word "kokui". It used to be a place where foreigners lived. more
In the title of the film "Shish na kokui" (director Igor Pushkarev) there is a rather unusual word "kokui". It used to be a place where foreigners lived. Their customs were different from the usual Russians.
In this picture, a kokuem is called a base in the suburbs, located among beautiful nature. Every morning Natasha swims in the nude. The locals learned about this and divided into 2 camps. The male part suddenly fell in love with fishing in the morning, the female part plans to take revenge. close
Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, a higher social status and eternal happiness. Not an easy wish to fulfill in today's more
Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, a higher social status and eternal happiness. Not an easy wish to fulfill in today's Russia, where the patriarchy dominates. So our heroines take matters into their own hands and join a course in the art of seducing a man - preferably a rich one. Seven years of recordings paint a sometimes tragicomic picture of gender roles and femininity in Putin's Russia. close
Not so long ago, seven-year-old Asi had a family that loved their mom and dad, and the three of them were very well together. Asya still remembers how more
Not so long ago, seven-year-old Asi had a family that loved their mom and dad, and the three of them were very well together. Asya still remembers how his father came home from work, where his mother was waiting, how they all had dinner together, and before going to bed, his father told a fairy tale. Then her mother kissed her and the girl fell asleep.
But now all this wonderful life is in the past because Asi no longer has parents. Now she lives in a large boarding school, in which there are many children with no less difficult fates. The heroine of the film “Asya” feels very lonely. He doesn't want to be friends with anyone. close
Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who more
Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the peak of his artistic power". Vartanov takes us back with the scenes from his censored 1969 film The Color of Armenian Land where Paradjanov is at work on his suppressed chef-d'oeuvre The Color of Pomegranates - widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time - and contrasts it with the shocking request Parajanov sent him in unpublished 1974 letters from the Soviet prisons. Vartanov's camera documents Parajanov's striking last day at work in 1990 during the making of the unfinished Confession. A monumental wordless montage - the entire sixth reel - concludes Vartanov's acclaimed documentary, which, despite the prohibitive conditions it was created in, won the admiration of many of cinema's greatest artists, including Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. close
Film almanac bulges VGIK see films: - "Otherwise we are lost" (diary Igor Sheshukov); - "Vanderbul runs beyond the horizon" (diary Nikolai Koshelev Valentin more
Film almanac bulges VGIK see films: - "Otherwise we are lost" (diary Igor Sheshukov); - "Vanderbul runs beyond the horizon" (diary Nikolai Koshelev Valentin Morozov); - "Schutya?" (diary Valery Chechunov). close
American Miguel Francis went to the Crimea to see with his own eyes the “occupation” troops, the protests of the local population, the devastation and more
American Miguel Francis went to the Crimea to see with his own eyes the “occupation” troops, the protests of the local population, the devastation and chaos that the Western media write about. However, he opened a completely different picture. Residents of Simferopol, Sevastopol and Yalta, with whom Miguel managed to communicate on the streets of these cities, spoke about the long-awaited reunification of the Crimea with Russia, about the history of the peninsula from the time of Peter I to the present day, about their worries, hopes and aspirations. close
A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side more
A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do. close
Mir v drugom izmerenii. Stress is part 2 to the series from Mir v drugom izmerenii. Unanswered questions get answered and life is about to get less free.
Mir v drugom izmerenii. Stress is part 2 to the series from Mir v drugom izmerenii. Unanswered questions get answered and life is about to get less free. close
A criminal story about how a KGB investigator tries to rehabilitate an innocent-convicted Red Army soldier and when she manages to prove his innocence more
A criminal story about how a KGB investigator tries to rehabilitate an innocent-convicted Red Army soldier and when she manages to prove his innocence - the power in the country changes and it is removed from further investigation. close
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children's refugee camp.
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children's refugee camp. close
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. more
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren. close
The action time of the old Soviet drama “Retaliation measure” is the “cold war”. Sergey Ivanovich Peresada (Peter Shelokhonov) makes every effort to ensure more
The action time of the old Soviet drama “Retaliation measure” is the “cold war”. Sergey Ivanovich Peresada (Peter Shelokhonov) makes every effort to ensure that negotiations on the purchase of Soviet gas by a company from Germany ended successfully. The case is helped by his beloved woman - an employee of the Soviet Foreign Trade Nina Pavlova (Natalia Fateeva. It was she who contacted the German company. Her death complicates matters considerably. But Germany is under pressure from the United States, and German pipes do not enter the USSR. Sergey Ivanovich continues to fight, under his leadership, a pipe plant in the Urals is being built. close
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR more
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow. close
What is the relationship between the world’s two most powerful military powers, Russia and the United States? Summit meetings? Sure! Trade relations? more
What is the relationship between the world’s two most powerful military powers, Russia and the United States? Summit meetings? Sure! Trade relations? Absolutely! Joint decision-making on all sensitive issues of world politics? I will! Nuclear-missile parity? Naturally! ... and much more. And there's nothing important. And every question has a story. close
According to the plot, the hero of the film Dmitry (Eduard Radzyukevich) wants to sell his apartment, but for this he needs to make repairs. Dmitry has more
According to the plot, the hero of the film Dmitry (Eduard Radzyukevich) wants to sell his apartment, but for this he needs to make repairs. Dmitry has no money and is forced to borrow it from his mistress Eli (Julia Rutberg). Elya puts a condition: the apartment must be sold before January 1, that is, before the New Year. Repair made and Dmitry goes to the real estate firm. At this time, three women come to Dmitry who many years ago, when the apartment was still communal, lived in it. The women's visit is not just about nostalgic memories: treasures were hidden in the apartment long ago. Women reveal their secret to Dmitry and all together begin to look for jewelry. As a result, the newly renovated walls destroyed property and the treasure was never found. . . close