Best Of...
Russian cinema: All genres
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
In 1242, Russia finds herself being invaded on two fronts. On the East, the country is attacked by Mongol raiders, and on the West by Teutonic knights...
[More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Tarkovsky
In the year 1400, three monks, Andrei, Danil and Kirill, leave Andronikov Monastery and set out for Moscow in search of work...
[More...]
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Grigoriy Chukhray
During World War Two, Alexei Nikolaevich Skvortsov, a 19-year-old Russian soldier, destroys two enemy tanks single-handedly when he is taken by surprise...
[More...]
Grigoriy Chukhray
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
1905. Throughout Russia, discontent is spreading amongst the working classes. The spirit of revolution is in the air. Aboard a battleship off the coast of Odessa, sailors object to eating the rotten meat they are given...
[More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
The Cranes are Flying (1957)
Mikhail Kalatozov
In Soviet Russia, Veronika and Boris are two young people who are deeply in love, but before they can marry World War II intervenes to separate them...
[More...]
Mikhail Kalatozov
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Akira Kurosawa
In 1902, Captain Vladimir Arsenyev leads a topographical expedition into the eastern extremities of Imperial Russia. It is whilst mapping the Ussuri region that he comes across an old Nanai tribesman named Dersu Uzala whose instincts for survival soon make a deep impression on Arsenyev and his men... [More...]
Akira Kurosawa
In 1902, Captain Vladimir Arsenyev leads a topographical expedition into the eastern extremities of Imperial Russia. It is whilst mapping the Ussuri region that he comes across an old Nanai tribesman named Dersu Uzala whose instincts for survival soon make a deep impression on Arsenyev and his men... [More...]
The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
Vsevolod Pudovkin
A village lad leaves his impoverished home and heads for St Petersburg, hoping to find work in the city. He seeks out another man from his village but is given a cold reception... [More...]
Vsevolod Pudovkin
A village lad leaves his impoverished home and heads for St Petersburg, hoping to find work in the city. He seeks out another man from his village but is given a cold reception... [More...]
Est - Ouest (1999)
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
The Forty-first (1956)
Grigoriy Chukhray
In 1919, at the height of the Russian Civil War, the remnants of a Red Army battalion are fleeing across the Karakum Desert after being routed by the White Army... [More...]
Grigoriy Chukhray
In 1919, at the height of the Russian Civil War, the remnants of a Red Army battalion are fleeing across the Karakum Desert after being routed by the White Army... [More...]
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
In 1547, the young archduke Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of Russia. He pledges to build a strong and unified country, by reforming the church and the army, and by recovering lands that have been lost to foreign powers... [More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
In 1547, the young archduke Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of Russia. He pledges to build a strong and unified country, by reforming the church and the army, and by recovering lands that have been lost to foreign powers... [More...]
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Andrei Tarkovsky
During World War II, the Soviet army is fighting to repel the advancing German army on the Eastern Front. 12-year-old orphan Ivan goes on reconnaissance missions for the Soviets, taking advantage of his diminutive size to avoid being spotted and captured by the enemy... [More...]
Andrei Tarkovsky
During World War II, the Soviet army is fighting to repel the advancing German army on the Eastern Front. 12-year-old orphan Ivan goes on reconnaissance missions for the Soviets, taking advantage of his diminutive size to avoid being spotted and captured by the enemy... [More...]
Letter Never Sent (1959)
Mikhail Kalatozov
A party of four young geologists undertake an expedition to the central plateau in Siberia in an arduous quest for diamond deposits... [More...]
Mikhail Kalatozov
A party of four young geologists undertake an expedition to the central plateau in Siberia in an arduous quest for diamond deposits... [More...]
The Mirror (1975)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
As a middle-aged man lies dying in hospital, he is oblivious to his present surroundings and seeks refuge in his memories, fractured imprints of a life that is rapidly nearing its end... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
As a middle-aged man lies dying in hospital, he is oblivious to his present surroundings and seeks refuge in his memories, fractured imprints of a life that is rapidly nearing its end... [More...]
The New Babylon (1929)
Grigori Kozintsev
Paris, 1871. As French soldiers set out to fight in the war against Prussia, the Parisian bourgeoisie continue to amuse themselves, revelling in all the delights the city has to offer... [More...]
Grigori Kozintsev
Paris, 1871. As French soldiers set out to fight in the war against Prussia, the Parisian bourgeoisie continue to amuse themselves, revelling in all the delights the city has to offer... [More...]
October (1928)
Grigori Aleksandrov
February 1917. As one entity, the people of Russia arise to overthrow the Tsarist regime. In its place, a provisional government is set up, headed by the ambitious Alexander Kerenski... [More...]
Grigori Aleksandrov
February 1917. As one entity, the people of Russia arise to overthrow the Tsarist regime. In its place, a provisional government is set up, headed by the ambitious Alexander Kerenski... [More...]
Solaris (1972)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
For the past decade, a space station has been orbiting Solaris, an ocean planet in a distant galaxy. The success of the mission is under threat from an outbreak of emotional crises which are preventing the crew from carrying out their research duties... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
For the past decade, a space station has been orbiting Solaris, an ocean planet in a distant galaxy. The success of the mission is under threat from an outbreak of emotional crises which are preventing the crew from carrying out their research duties... [More...]
Stalker (1979)
Andrei Tarkovsky
In a bar in a grimly forlorn industrial landscape three unkempt middle-aged men meet. One is a disillusioned writer, another is an introverted scientist... [More...]
Andrei Tarkovsky
In a bar in a grimly forlorn industrial landscape three unkempt middle-aged men meet. One is a disillusioned writer, another is an introverted scientist... [More...]
Storm Over Asia (1928)
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Mongolia, 1918. With his father too ill to sell furs at the market, Bair, a young herdsman, must take his place. The only buyers at the market are western traders who pay as little as they can, knowing that the locals are so poor they will sell at any price... [More...]
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Mongolia, 1918. With his father too ill to sell furs at the market, Bair, a young herdsman, must take his place. The only buyers at the market are western traders who pay as little as they can, knowing that the locals are so poor they will sell at any price... [More...]
Strike (1925)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Russia, 1912. Sick of the conditions under which they have to toil for a meagre salary, the workers at a factory are on the brink of rebellion... [More...]
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Russia, 1912. Sick of the conditions under which they have to toil for a meagre salary, the workers at a factory are on the brink of rebellion... [More...]