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- Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather.
- In 1917 Lenin and the communists founded the Soviet secret service - Cheka, the predecessor of the KGB.
- Transatlantic flight 713 is in trouble because the pilot and crew are poisoned while flying above the ocean. Now the passengers have to take control to save their lives.
- Every second is precious for a Russian submarine crew, as they are stranded 72 meters below the ocean's surface.
- Chinese TV series in 20 episodes based in the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev. Sergeant Vaskov (Sokolov) is stationed at a remote artillery post in the Soviet Union during World War II. He is in charge of six women recruited for military training. Suddenly their position is surrounded by 16 German paratroopers.
- TV adaptation based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev. Set in the Soviet Union in 1941, during the Second World War, Sergeant Vaskov of the Red Army is stationed at a remote artillery post. Vaskov is in charge of five young women recruited for military training. One day they are surrounded by a group of German paratroopers who were dropped into Soviet territory behind the front lines. Now Vaskov and his trainees must stop the enemy in an unequal fight.
- The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
- Amra is the most beautiful girl in town and her new friend Alou is in love with her. Two other guys are frustrated and jealous. Help comes from Amra's father Khasarman.
- Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
- Anna is torn between her love to Count Vronsky, and her loveless marriage to Mr. Karenin. Based on the book by Leo Tolstoy.
- Countess Anna Karenina is torn between her lover Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love to Vronsky causes her much pain and social pressure. Her passion to Vronsky drives Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky goes to war, leaving her helpless. Anna feels so meaningless and lonely, that she becomes suicidal and throws herself under a train.
- This is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Anna Karenina. Anna and a younger Vronsky are expressing their love through dance.
- This film is the record of the stage performance in 1953 by the cast of the Moscow Art Theater. Based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Arkadievna Karenina is 20 years younger than her tough husband Aleksei Aleksandrovich Karenin. Anna meets the handsome Count Vronsky, and they fall in love with each other, and make a baby. But their happiness is under the pressure from Anna's husband, who is obstructing their divorce. The lovers are trying to escape from the society that is not accepting their love. But Count Vronsky does not want to abandon his social life. Anna becomes traumatized and depressed by the unbearable conflict with reality.
- A Russian silent film based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.
- The film is based on the biography of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She became an internationally regarded ballerina after her performances in 1909 with the Dyaghilev's Ballet in Paris and in London. Anna Pavlova eventually formed her own troupe. She made a successful world tour together with Viktor d'Andre, who was her husband and manager.
- Antonina realizes that her entire life was a fake.
- Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.
- A group of Soviet juvenile prisoners is selected for a deadly operation against Nazi Germany.
- The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration is shown through the eyes of the defeated Tsarist Generals - Vrangel, Khludov, Charnota, as well as intellectuals and aristocracy. Amidst the chaos of emigration rough generals Khludov and Charnota become involved in the unfolding love story of professor Golubkov and Serafima. While General Khludov is having hallucinations about the Civil War, General Charnota is more tough and practical. He goes to Paris to frame a wealthy Russian tycoon Korzukhin to support his former wife Serafima and other suffering Russian emigrants.
- Set in 1962 Soviet Union. A Soviet Army general (Porechenkov) is manipulated by his aging mother into marrying someone in a hurry. After meeting and sleeping with several women the general goes for a beautiful flight attendant, but she and people around her make him too many problems causing him mishaps, misunderstandings and confusions. So he gives up and asks a complete stranger to marry him, just to please his mother. This is obviously a bad match, but the general, still under his mother's spell, cannot see the truth, until his best friend comes to help...
- The Film depicts last month of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev as the head of USSR and also how he became the man he was.
- A look at the horrors of the Eastern Front of World War II from the points of view of repressed soldier of penal battalion and his young daughter, who stayed behind enemy lines.
- This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and later in the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian revolution. This man of action is fighting on the side of the poor people. His troops consist of peasants, just like him. Unable to write, he can brilliantly demonstrate various battle tactics by moving potatoes on the table. He is street smart. He never lost a battle against the experienced Generals of the Tzar's Army.
- A murderer is trying every possible trick to escape from justice. He is extremely crafty. He becomes a politician with growing connections. Now he has a big clout and official immunity from prosecution.
- Political talk-show in Moscow, Russia.
- Russian and American Navy are working together in a sea rescue operation, trying to prevent a major ecological catastrophe. The disaster may be caused by the nuclear reactor, that was smuggled out of Russia and then dropped into the Pacific Ocean from exploded cargo airplane.
- Major oil pipeline construction is going on in the USSR under the heavy bombings by the Luftwaffe.
- Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Cossacks are living in their village like one big family under the guidance of a strong leader - Ataman.
- First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.
- Demon (1960) is a Russian musical based on the eponymous opera by Anton Rubinstein with lyrics by Mikhail Lermontov. Lermontov's Demon is a long poem in Russian featuring some of the most mellifluous lines in the language. God, in Lermontov's interpretation, is the hardest of all tyrants, who takes control over human thoughts and lives, thus pushing people to more sins. Demon is the only man who can liberate people and wake them up to reality, and guide them to their true feelings. He gives beautiful Princess Tamara his demonic love which celebrates the carnal passions of the "eternal spirit." Demon is played by the brilliant Estonian singer Georg Ots. Lermontov's poem "Demon" was banned from publication for decades, and the Anton Rubinstein's lush opera was also banned by censors who deemed it sacrilegious.
- Dervenskiy detektiv (1968) (aka...Rural detective) is based on the eponymous book by Vil Lipatov. About the detective Aniskin, who lives in the village, where everyone likes him.
- Based on the trilogy of books by Anatoly Rybakov: "Deti Arbata", "Strakh", and "Prach I Pepel". The events circle the 1930's to 1940's. The film leads the viewer into the Kremlin offices, communal flats, university lecture halls and even into prison cells. The viewer also gets to feel what various aspects of life felt like, including Siberian village life, life in various Russian provinces and the tragic events of the breakout of World War II. The story's heroes are the simple lads and girls of the Moscow Arbat and the high-ranking powers: Stalin and his colleagues, workers, head's of scientific institutions and large contractors. The film lets you feel what life was like for these people, their lives and work and the enormous influence of war on the fate of the people.
- Marina is a girl who saves a colt from being put down because of a trauma, and she gives him the name - Grand.
- Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is about to get married to another when he first lays eyes on Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.
- The story of the formation of the Finnish Republic and its independence from Russia.
- Dubrovsky is a Russian Robin Hood. He is fighting against the Tzar and nobility and helping the poor and miserable people to defend their rights.
- Valeri Sikorski knows from his doctors that his days are numbered because of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He wants to make a last adventure in his life and goes to England, but first he stops in Berlin to pick up his best friend Victor. But Victor has disappeared. Now Valeri's journey turns into a search for his old friend Victor.
- Major oil pipeline construction is going on in the USSR under the heavy bombings by the Luftwaffe.
- Soviet propaganda film set in Russia under the Tsar, just before the February Revolution of 1917. A Bolshevik Communist, politician Kirill Astakhov, is transfered from a regular prison to a severe Siberian location, because he attempted a violent revolution. He is guarded by a pro-Tsar policeman, Stepan Filimonov, who hates communists as the worst of all political prisoners.
- Front bez flangov (1974) is the first episode in the trilogy about the partisan's fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia during the WWII.
- Front v tylu vraga (1981) is the final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set in 1944, when Russian partisans are making progress in their fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia, Poland and Czechozlovakia. Lt. Colonel Mlynsky is now in charge of an international clandestine operation. He is the commander of the special group of partisan-fighters. Mlynsky is organizing the Russian, Polish and Czechoslovakian partisans to join foces for an attack behind the enemy lines.
- Film is a sequel to "Front bez flangov" (1974). About the partisans fighting against the Nazi's occupation of Rissia during the WWII.
- Set in the Soviet Union in 1982. A beautiful lady, Vera Kolosova, is struggling with her personality change from a delicate woman to a ruthless boss. She stops at nothing to become an exemplary communist and vice-mayor of a Russian city. But her stellar career causes her painful conflicts with family and friends.
- A film-in-film story of a star actress Julia Martynova (Sayko), who is suddenly hospitalized with terminal illness in the middle of a film production. She makes trips from hospital to studio for voice-over (dubbing) for her character. But the illness brought dramatic changes to her personality and voice, and she finds herself becoming a different person from who she was at the beginning of filming. Crew members are helping her in every possible way, and her voice brings a new dimension to the film.
- This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue. Brothers Isaak and Borukh are both in love with Sarra, but Sarra chooses Isaac and they got married. However, Sarra could not conceive for ten years, and their Rabbi tells them that according to Jewish law, they must divorce. Isaak's parents push him to sign the divorce paper, then their Rabbi drops the divorce paper to Sarra's feet. She tells Isaac about her grief, and Isaak commits suicide. Soon after-wards, Sore realizes that she is pregnant, but she is now single.
- Chess Grandmaster Sergei Khlebnikov is a highly talented and unusual person, living in the 1970s Soviet Union. His is obsessed with making a beautiful game. But his emotional and irrational way is the reason why he never won a major competition. At last his moment comes and he wins the Tournament of Contenders for the World Championship. Next he has to play against the World Champion...
- Schoolboy Maksim meets an extra-terrestrial boy named Gum Gam. He came from the Blue Planet, where children are playing with toys instead of going to school. Gum Gam's mission is to deliver toys for the children of Earth.
- Documentary film about artist Henri Matisse.
- Life in a 19th century Russian town is focused on a group of wealthy Cavalry officers, who are enjoying their 'life in style'. Officers are flirting with beautiful women, playing cards and are having lots of fun. One winter day a visiting foreigner is invited to join the Russian officers for a card game.
- A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.