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A ZORI ZDES TIKHIE / The Dawns Here Are Quiet

Director: Stanislav Rostotsky

Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal Vaskov is stationed with a group of many young women in training. One of the women while sneaking from camp to visit her young son sees two German paratroopers. Vaskov takes five of the women to stop the two paratroopers, but finds sixteen paratroopers instead, leaving the small group of patriots to engage the enemy in an unequal fight.

And Quiet Flows the Don / TIKHIJ DON

Director: Sergei Gerasimov

A six-hour long epic (original director's cut) about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori Melekhov's personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia.

ANDRIEJ RUBLOW

Director: Andriej Tarkowski

Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.

BALLAD OF A SOLDIER / BALLADA O SOLDATE

Director: Grigorij Czuchraj

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

Cranes Are Flying / LETJAT ZHURAVLI

Director: Michaił Kałatoziszwili

Veronica and Boris are walking in the streets of Moscow and they love each other. Veronica is laughing, cause they are happy together this morning. They see some cranes in the sky. When arriving to Veronica's house they talk about a rendezvous at the bank of the river. And the 2nd World War begins in Moscow. Boris works in a factory and he hasn't got time to speak with Veronica. He has to go to the war ..

Destiny of a Man

Director: S. Bondarczuk

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughter were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

Father of a Soldier / OTETS SOLDATA

Director: Rezo Chkheidze

In this war drama, set towards the end of WW II, a Georgian farmer embarks upon a dangerous journey to find his son. His travails begin after he learns that his boy, a soldier recently wounded in battle, is recuperating in the hospital. The farmer sets off to see him. This man has an abiding love and respect for the beauty of the land. As he journeys he is appalled at the destruction that surrounds him. Once lush and beautiful, the bombed out land has become deeply scarred and barren. He arrives at the hospital to discover that his son has been sent back to his tank unit. The dogged farmer then sets off to find it. He soon finds himself in the midst of a battle. This leads him to join the Soviet army. He fights hard until his tank unit is assigned to attack German vineyards. The destruction of such fertile land appalls him and he stops them. When he finally does catch up with his son, the boy has again been shot and dies in his father's arms.

Ivan the Terrible

Director: Sergiej M. Eisenstein

Distant Russian history serves as an allegory for the Stalin dictatorship in this epic two-part film biography by renowned Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) reigned as... Distant Russian history serves as an allegory for the Stalin dictatorship in this epic two-part film biography by renowned Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) reigned as czar of all Russia in the mid-16th century. The film begins with Ivan's lavish coronation ceremony and follows him through a maze of court intrigue as he attempts to control jealous family members eager to topple his regime and willingly sacrifices his own son in order to maintain power.

IVANOVO DETSTVO

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

12-year old Ivan works as a spy at the eastern front. The small Ivan can cross the German lines unnoticed to collect information. Three Soviet officers try to take care of this boy-child.

IWAN WASILIEWICZ MENJAET PROFESSIJU

Director: Leonid Gaidai

Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to the 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.

Jolly Fellows

Director: Grigorij Aleksandrow

Music by Isaak Dunayevsky

Grigori Alexandrov's first musical comedy is a rags-to-riches tale of a young shepherd who becomes a famous jazz orchestra conductor. Russian comedy icon Lyubov Orlova co-stars, but as expected, she steals the show in a role that established her as the first recognized star in Soviet cinema.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / MOSKVA SLEZAM NE VERIT

Director: Vladimir Menshov

This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions. Different careers. And big late love.

OPERATSIYA Y I DRUGIYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA

Director: Leonid Gaidai

The movie consists of 3 short movies, each about Shurik - a nerdy student.. 1. "Naparnik" ("Partner"). Shurik has a fight in a bus with a bully named Fedya because Fedya didn't want to allow a pregnant woman to take his place. Fedya is punished by community work at a construction site, where Shurik also works part-time. Of course, Fedya wants revenge... 2. "Navazhdenie" ("Strange Impression"). It's final exam time. Shurik (like other students) is very busy trying to find material to study. Suddenly he notices necessary material in someone's hands. Shurik follows this person all over the city reading over the shoulder, not even noticing who this person is and where they are going. Next day, after having met a beautiful girl, Shurik constantly has an impression that he's already seen her, visited her apartment etc... 3. "Operatsiya Y" ("Operation Y"). A depository director, trying to cover up embezzlement on his depository, hires 3 crooks to simulate robbery. The plan is to get there at night, overpower an old lady guard and break a few things to make an impression of a big crime. The problem is that the very night the operation "Y" was planned for, the old lady-guard asked the tenant of her apartment (that of course happened to be Shurik) to guard the depository for her.

OPERATSJA „S NOWYM GODOM”

Director: Aleksander Rogożkin

Świetna komedia, przesycona specyficznym rosyjskim humorem oraz charakterystycznym dla tego rejonu pijackim folklorem. W filmie nawet jedna sekunda oglądana na ekranie, nie jest na poważnie. Gag goni gag, jest to więc idealny film do oglądania na przyjęciu... najlepiej hojnie zakrapianym. Doskonale dobrani do odtwarzanych ról aktorzy to kolejny atut tej produkcji. Nowy Rok obchodzony jest w Rosji jako jedno z największych i najbardziej uroczystych świąt państwowych. Bohaterowie to grupa ludzie, wspólnie podążająca na imprezę w celu radosnego uczczenia nocy sylwestrowej. Taki też jest cały film, który charakteryzuje pełne pogody i optymizmu przesłanie, przedstawione z niczym nieskrępowanym humorem.

PECULIARITIES OF THE NATIONAL FISHING

Director: Aleksandr Rogożkin

Those two mainstays of Russian culture, fishing and vodka, form the focal point for this wry portrayal of a vacation gone wrong. How could a simple Russian fishing holiday end up with a trip to Finland with the fishing equipment and vodka somehow disappearing? Can total disaster be averted? See PECULIARITIES OF THE NATIONAL FISHING for all the answers!

Railway Station for Two

Director: Eldar Riazanow

A train station forms the setting for this chaotic tale of romance and coincidence. On his way to visit his father in the faraway town of Griboedov, pianist Platon decides to take a break for... A train station forms the setting for this chaotic tale of romance and coincidence. On his way to visit his father in the faraway town of Griboedov, pianist Platon decides to take a break for lunch. But when the food at a Zastupinsk railway station café fails to satisfy him, he refuses to pay, leaving a waitress named Vera in the lurch. Little does Platon know, his actions will come back to haunt him, getting him detained at the station and later accused of a crime he didn't even commit. Platon could also never predict that the waitress he stuck the check with would come back into his life in a series of humorous, unfortunate, and ultimately romantic ways.

SEMNADTSAT MGNOVENIJ VESNY

Director: Tatiana Lioznowa

The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his "colleagues", top Hitler's officers Borman, Mueller, Schellenberg are beginning to suspect him. Stirlits is constantly walking on the edge between his two identities, sending information to Russia, while skillfully maintaining the appearance of loyalty to fascist regime.

SIBIRIADA

Director: Andriej Konczałowski

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the destruction of the old cemetry and everything the people of the village cared for followed to get the 'black treasure' of Siberia.

SOLARIS

Director: Andriej Tarkowski

The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. He finds the station run-down and the two remaining scientists cold and secretive. When he also encounters his wife who has been dead for seven years, he begins to appreciate the baffling nature of the alien intelligence.

The Forty-first / SOROK PIERWYJ

Director: Grigorij Czuchraj

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

They Fought for the Motherland / Oni srazhalis za rodinu

Director: Siergiej Bondarczuk

The film is based on the eponymous book by Mikhail Sholokhov. Action is set in Russia in July of 1942 during the Second World War. The advancing Nazi Armies are approaching Stalingrad. The Russians are exhausted and outnumbered. But in a bloody battle the invading Nazi Armies are stopped at Stalingrad.

TIKHIJ DON

Director: Sergei Gerasimov

A six-hour long epic (original director's cut) about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between 1912 and 1922. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori Melekhov's personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia.

VOJNA I MIR

Director: Siergiej Bondarczuk

War and Peace (1968) is an eight-hour epic film based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.

VOLGA - VOLGA

Director: Grigorij Aleksandrow

Grigori Alexandrov's classic musical comedy set aboard a steamboat heading up the Volga River with an atypical band of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to compete in a talent contest.... Grigori Alexandrov's classic musical comedy set aboard a steamboat heading up the Volga River with an atypical band of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to compete in a talent contest. Russian comedy icon Lyubov Orlova, along with veteran Igor Ilinsky, lead the pack, resulting in a plethora of comedic situations. VOLGA VOLGA was a massive success in the Soviet Union and opened the floodgates to Orlova's mega-star status.

WSADNIK PO IMENI SMERT

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov

In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.

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