Browse by Country - Russia
Russian Ark (2002)
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Director Alexander Sokurov's ("Mother and Son") audacious cinematic tour-de-force follows an unseen narrator who magically finds himself transported t... Read more
House of Fools (2002)
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Stanislav Varkki, Vladas Bagdonas, Bryan Adam...
Based on a true story, this offbeat Russian drama concerns a mental hospital on the border of Chechnya and its assortment of eccentrics. When the arri... Read more
The Barber of Siberia (1999)
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Starring: Julia Ormond, Richard Harris, Oleg Menshikov
In 1905, Jane Callaghan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son at a famous military academy. Her memories take us back twenty years to when she... Read more
Genghis Blues (1999)
Director: Roko Belic
Starring: Paul Pena, Kongar-Ol, Richard Feynman
This captivating, Oscar-nominated offering centers on blind San Francisco blues musician Paul Pena, who taught himself the unusual art of 'throat sing... Read more
Mother and Son (1998)
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Gudren Geyer, Alexei Ananishnov
This emotionally and visually stunning offering from Russian director Alexander Sokurov awakens the senses to the world of nature, human relationships... Read more
Coppelia (1993)
Director: Colin Nears
Starring: Irina Shapchits, Mikhail Zavialov, Petr Rusanov, Elvira Tarasova
Delibes' delightful ballet 'Coppelia' receives a colourful production courtesy of The Kirov Ballet. Choreographed and staged by Oleg Vinogradov and st... Read more
The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
Director: Sergei Paradjanov
Starring: Levan Outchanechvili, Zourab Kipchidze, Yuri Goyan, Veronika Metonidze, Levan Na...
THE LEGEND OF SURAM FORTRESS (1985) - Based on an ancient legend, this dazzling film follows repeated efforts by the Georgian people to construct a de... Read more
Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Starring: Nikolai Cherkassov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Before his birth in 1530, many omens were observed and many prophecies made about the child to be born to the second wife of Vasily III as he was to b... Read more
Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1945)
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Starring: Nikolai Cherkassov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
A.k.a. 'The Boyars' Plot'. The continuation of this complex story, full of intrigue, high level political in-fighting, family resentment and suspicion... Read more
War and Peace (1966)
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Starring: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk's massive epic production of Tolstoy's masterpiece is remarkable for its production values - it took five years to complete and cost... Read more