The action in this lavishly produced film takes place at an oddly ark-shaped mansion during World War I, and in spirit (although not in story) it reflects more
The action in this lavishly produced film takes place at an oddly ark-shaped mansion during World War I, and in spirit (although not in story) it reflects the play which inspired it, the ferociously antiwar Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. A large group of family and friends have gathered at this country house to dance, drink, and converse. Their conversation, in particular, is adorned with erudite literary references and quotations. Despite their apparent refinement, their preoccupations are simple: sex and violence. Disquieting images break the tranquility of the vacationers' inappropriate idyll: some of these include documentary footage of starving African children, images (both real and re-enacted) of George Bernard Shaw going about his daily life, and a corpse coming to life on an autopsy table, only to cheapen that miracle by scolding a group of women. The music used in the film ironically points to its disturbing message and is uniformly anachronistic. close
After leaving prison, 40 years old Lyashenko robbed a man at the station and, along with the money, stole a passport. Realizing that he had robbed his more
After leaving prison, 40 years old Lyashenko robbed a man at the station and, along with the money, stole a passport. Realizing that he had robbed his childhood friend, Lyashenko decided to return the stolen goods. A night conversation between the tramp Leonid Lyashenko and the successful official. close
Two young men leave a neglected but cozy native nook for a strange seaport town Kenigsberg. There they meet two girls the outsiders like themselves. Any more
Two young men leave a neglected but cozy native nook for a strange seaport town Kenigsberg. There they meet two girls the outsiders like themselves. Any attempt to find a normal human contact leads to misunderstanding. Or perhaps they are also lonely and unhappy. The realities, provoking a forced individualism melt in the atmosphere of the town, on which there lies a seal of historical and human cataclysms. close
The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning from more
The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning from the war, he had no idea what a nightmare for him is just beginning. close
On the banks of the Obvodny Canal in St. Petersburg there are three crazy houses, three Houses of Culture, a spiritual academy, a pub ... This movie is more
On the banks of the Obvodny Canal in St. Petersburg there are three crazy houses, three Houses of Culture, a spiritual academy, a pub ... This movie is a cut-off of the era, watching our life, and those around us. Thinking about where the line between reality and insanity lies. close
Four school graduates congratulate their teacher of mathematics Yelena Sergeyevna on her birthday and ask her to return them their graduate works on mathematics more
Four school graduates congratulate their teacher of mathematics Yelena Sergeyevna on her birthday and ask her to return them their graduate works on mathematics in order to change them before the marks. Yelena Sergeyevna strongly objects... close
A teenage girl nicknamed Avariya - "Crash" - is a rebel child that just can't get along with her family members that try to persuade her to behave normally more
A teenage girl nicknamed Avariya - "Crash" - is a rebel child that just can't get along with her family members that try to persuade her to behave normally - that is as other people do. But when Avariya gets gang-raped, his father (who is a cop) breaks all the rules and goes out for revenge. close
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its more
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ("Freeze-Die-Come to Life"). At the end of that film, set at the conclusion of World War II, the young Valerka was striving hard to overcome the inertia of just getting by, along with his sometime friend Galiya. In this one, he is adjusting to Galiya's death and is back in school and is living with his mother, a prostitute. After a girl at the school is found to have been gang-raped, the headmaster chooses Valerka to be one of the scapegoats, though he had nothing to do with the deed. The punishment seems mild enough, he was simply expelled from school. However, after quarrelling with his mother about the incident, he takes to the road, and discovers a society so bleak, degraded and hopeless that it is a wonder he remained alive. close
Katerina Izmailova, a beautiful and uneducated merchant's wife, feels lonely and bored somewhere in the Russian provinces while her older husband is often more
Katerina Izmailova, a beautiful and uneducated merchant's wife, feels lonely and bored somewhere in the Russian provinces while her older husband is often away. Years go by in her childless marriage, without an outlet for her youthful energy, resulting in constant idleness and frustration. Along comes Sergei, an unscrupulous young worker who is happy to improve his lot by seducing Katerina as he has done with others before. Katerina falls for Sergei, and this love quickly becomes her only reason for living, turning to destructive passion and ultimately to tragedy for many. close
The huge hero Big Tyll, who lived on the island of Saaremaa with his wife Piret, was a real hero. In any battle, his help to the people was invaluable, more
The huge hero Big Tyll, who lived on the island of Saaremaa with his wife Piret, was a real hero. In any battle, his help to the people was invaluable, for he defeated the enemies in droves. Attacked him unclean, throwing stones in his field, and at the same time the Danish knights came to conquer foreign lands. The rear, participating in the battle, defeated many enemies, and then drowned the unclean in the sea. Only the wife had to be buried: she died from grief from the machinations of the unclean ...
The animated film director Rein Raamat "Big rear", created on the basis of folk legends, is original in animation style and has a great soundtrack. The film has won a number of awards, including the first prizes of the international film festivals in Ottawa and Varna in 1980. close
The animated film consists of three mini cartoons: “Not divided”, about two schoolchildren who shared a book so much that they tore it. “The power of more
The animated film consists of three mini cartoons: “Not divided”, about two schoolchildren who shared a book so much that they tore it. “The power of the word”, about a schoolboy who taught something, but mixed everything into such “porridge”. "Cold, Cold, Cold," about a boy who hid his diary while his parents searched for it. close
On a frozen and forbidding shoreline of northern Sakhalin Island, to the north of Japan, live the Nyvkh people, whose austere, heroic struggle for survival more
On a frozen and forbidding shoreline of northern Sakhalin Island, to the north of Japan, live the Nyvkh people, whose austere, heroic struggle for survival depends solely on their ability to hunt the seal and to fish. This blunt glimpse into their quarters, animistic rituals, and daily (and nightly) lives has all the appearance of a well-shot documentary but is in fact a scripted film with convincing special effects, based on a novella of the same title by the gifted and controversial Soviet Kirghiz writer, Chingiz Aitmatov. "Dog running at the edge of the sea" is what the Nyvkhs call the forbidding place they have domesticated as their home, husbanding and speaking of it by means of myths and "poetry of the concrete" with which they commemorate their savage lives. close
Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent. close
On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: more
On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: an overbearing madam, a henpecked stammering husband and a mystical red-head. They announce that they want to spend their vacation in the farm ... "We are from capital, we will pay". This quiet vacation turns out to be a frantic day with romance, unexpected turns and fisticuffs between suitors. close
Vitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement. Vitya is devastated, and in this state of shock he falls prey to a supposed mystic called Cassius.
Vitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement. Vitya is devastated, and in this state of shock he falls prey to a supposed mystic called Cassius. close
Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves more
Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves in the occupied territory in the area of operations of the Belarusian partisan detachment. To find the people's avengers, the Nazis decide to use children. close
His proposal of the hand and heart is a former high-ranking official (Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR), and now a high-ranking more
His proposal of the hand and heart is a former high-ranking official (Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR), and now a high-ranking pensioner Konstantin Kozhemyakin. Love Polishchuk ) - an ordinary employee of an elite sanatorium, where an unusual guest rests. She has many problems - and the unsettled life of an adult daughter, and a son-in-law with a fastidious character - and marriage to a man twice her age promises Irina a decent life not only for herself. Once in Moscow and using her husband’s connections, Irina gets the opportunity to study her father’s case. The signatures she sees in the documents lead her to a terrifying discovery. close
The film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. more
The film is about a Turkmen who defends his homeland from invasion. He is captured, tortured, and brainwashed into serving his homeland's conquerors. He is so completely turned that he kills his mother when she attempts to rescue him from captivity. close
While watching Dovzhenko's Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authorities more
While watching Dovzhenko's Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authorities arrive with Soviet wrath for tradition and religion. close
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish (Semen Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains of more
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish (Semen Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – Treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Said Sergei Eisenstein of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema". close
The hero of social drama, a young prosecutor, is engaged in repressed cases in the mid-50s. Behind each of the fabricated charges is a human tragedy; more
The hero of social drama, a young prosecutor, is engaged in repressed cases in the mid-50s. Behind each of the fabricated charges is a human tragedy; together they form a monstrous picture of lawlessness triumphing in the country. However, there are other laws - the laws of conscience, which no power can not cancel and destroy ... close
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