White Feast

White Feast 1996

6.00

Knowing that he will soon pass on, elderly Valentin Grack hires private detective Stanislav to follow him around for an entire day and write down everything that he does. It is a cold day and during Grack's travels he encounters a younger woman who addresses him as professor. He then meets a prostitute who turns out to be his daughter, and finally he meets an old woman, his worried wife who has been searching eight days for him. In between meeting the women, Grack finds himself in some almost surreal situations and having flashbacks about his youth.

1996

And Quiet Flows the Don

And Quiet Flows the Don 1930

4.80

The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.

1930

Sniper

Sniper 1932

5.80

During World War 1 a Russian soldier (Pyotr Sobolevsky) serves in Russian Expeditionary Force in France where he is chosen for his marksmanship and trained as a skilled sniper. After the Russian revolution the soldier returns home while his commander (Boris Shlikhting) fights against the Soviet Russia. In 1930 the former soldier works on a factory and also he is the instructor in shooting club. Once the town that is near the Soviet border is attacked by foreign troops (the hostile state isn't named but the uniform of the soldiers resembles Finnish). The character meets againt with his former commander who serves in invading forces.

1932

The Law

The Law 1990

1

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 ...

1990

In Search of the Golden Phallus

In Search of the Golden Phallus 1992

1

The priceless treasure “The Golden Phallus” - a unique work of art of the ancient civilization of the Indians of South America - turned out to be in a bizarre way in Russia during the time of Peter the Great. These days, he was captured by a criminal Moscow group ...

1992

Men and Jobs

Men and Jobs 1932

3.00

An American engineer, consulting on a Soviet construction project, inspires a backward and timid new foreman to learn better about his job, assert himself, solve problems and inspire his own men to bring the job in ahead of schedule.

1932

Krupnaya Nepriyatnostʹ

Krupnaya Nepriyatnostʹ 1930

4.00

Fairy tales story about culture revolution in a small russian village. Two inventors head to propose a machine for easy soap packaging while evil capitalist tries to destroy the machine and gaslighting friends.

1930