Sergej Eisensteins mesterverk Panserkrysseren Potemkin har blitt utnevnt til ”Verdens beste film” adskillige ganger etter urpremieren i 1925. Men den anses også å være historiens mest betydningsfulle propagandafilm, med voldsomme bilder som både opprører og inspirerer den dag i dag – ikke minst den verdensberømte scenen med barnevognen som triller nedover Odessatrappen mens menneskene massakreres av tsarens soldater.
Den ulykkelige aristokraten Anna Karenina står overfor store forandringer i Russland sent på 1800-tallet, og innleder et kjærlighetsforhold til en rik greve i denne tolkningen av Leo Tolstoys klassiske roman.
In this TV-series the events of the beginning of the 20th century in Russia are highlighted. Revolutioners, terrorists, spies - and investigator Putilovskii and his team fight them as best they can.
Russian Empire. The second decade of the twentieth century. As a result of the conflict between the Entente and the bloc of the Central Powers led by Germany, which erupted in August 1914, Russia is drawn into the First World War. A wave of unrest is rolling through the country. Revolutionary moods are increasing every day. Counterintelligence is trying with all its might to suppress the activity of German spies active in the territory of the country ...
A Prussian princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
