Soviet Union/Russian Cinema
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- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
- DirectorLeonid BykovStarsLeonid BykovSergey PodgornyySergei IvanovDuring World War II, a Soviet veteran pilot teaches newcomers that war is transient, and music is eternal.
- DirectorDziga VertovStarsMikhail KaufmanElizaveta SvilovaA man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsGrigoriy AleksandrovMaksim ShtraukhMikhail GomorovA group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy AleksandrovIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
- DirectorAleksandr DovzhenkoStarsStepan ShkuratSemyon SvashenkoYuliya SolntsevaIn the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyOleg EfremovLyubov DobrzhanskayaA very good cop tries to catch a very bad and extremely clever car thief. The irony's that the thief isn't very clever, nor is he a bad person. In fact, he's not just a virtuous person he's also the 'cop's best friend.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyEduard AbalovStarsNikolay BurlyaevValentin ZubkovEvgeniy ZharikovDuring WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsArchil GomiashviliSergey FilippovMikhail PugovkinTwo gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age.
- DirectorFrancesco ProsperiEldar RyazanovStarsAndrey MironovNinetto DavoliAntonia SantilliThe mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoNatalya VarleyVladimir EtushA young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoMikhail PugovkinAleksei SmirnovThree stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy NikulinNina GrebeshkovaAndrey MironovAn ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry.
- DirectorAleksandr StolperStarsPavel KadochnikovNikolai OkhlopkovAleksei DikijAlexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsEvgeniy MorgunovGeorgiy VitsinYuriy NikulinThree criminals contrive the entire moonshine facility inside a wilderness hut. Their law-abiding dog is going to stop that outrage.
- DirectorIlya FrezStarsTatyana AksyutaNikita MikhaylovskyElena SoloveyAdults try to interfere with the relationship of two teenagers.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr DemyanenkoAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.
- DirectorVladimir MotylStarsAnatoliy KuznetsovPavel LuspekayevSpartak MishulinAt the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorEmil LoteanuStarsGalina BelyaevaOleg YankovskiyKirill LavrovA romantic drama in which a beautiful but poor young woman has to choose between three suitors: an old widower, a decadent nobleman and a handsome but poor young man.
- DirectorMarika BeikuAleksandr GordonAndrei TarkovskyStarsYuliy FaytAleksandr GordonValentin VinogradovTwo men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
- DirectorVladimir BasovStarsValentina TitovaGeorgiy MartynyukOleg VidovVladimir is a young officer who settles in a small town. He falls for Maria, the pretty daughter of a widow from whom he rents a room. Neither are able to commit to each other until he is called away for active duty during the cold winter.
- DirectorVladimir PopovStarsYuriy NikulinOleg TabakovIn the absence of the owner, the dog throws a party with a homeless friend.
- DirectorAlexander AtanesyanStarsAndrey PaninAndrey KraskoAleksandr GolovinA group of Soviet juvenile prisoners is selected for a deadly operation against Nazi Germany.