Destiny of a Man ( Fate of a Man ) (1959)

Director: Sergei Bondarchuk

Starring: Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. Sergei Bondarchuk directs and acts in this screen adaptation o... Read more

Earth / Bezhin Meadow (1930)

Director: Alexander Dovzhenko, Sergei Eisenstein

Starring: Stepan Shkurat

"Earth" - Alexander Dovzhenko, one of the four giants of early Soviet revolutionary cinema (along with Eisenstein, Pudovkin and Vertov), shattered the... Read more

Elena (2011)

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Starring: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Rozin

Elena (Nadezhda Markina) and Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) come from very different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy, cold man, while his submissive wif... Read more

Essential Ballet: The Kirov Ballet (1993)

Starring: The Kirov Ballet

Ballet has always been one of Russia's most cultivated art forms. "Essential Ballet: Kirov Ballet" comprises two contrasting gala performances, showca... Read more

Faust (2011)

Director: Alexander Sokurov

Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Georg Friedrich, Johannes Zeiler, Isolda Dychauk, Anton Adasins...

Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the f... Read more

Faust (Blu-ray) (2011)

Director: Alexander Sokurov

Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Georg Friedrich, Johannes Zeiler, Isolda Dychauk, Anton Adasins...

Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the f... Read more

Friends from France ( Les interdits ) (2013)

Director: Anne Weil, Philippe Kotlarski

Starring: Soko , Jeremie Lippmann

Summer 1982, Leningrad. Jerome and Carole are waiting in line to go through the customs service in order to enter the USSR. They are cousins and both... Read more

Gagarin: First in Space (2013)

Director: Pavel Parkhomenko

Starring: Yaroslav Zhalnin

On April 12 1961, Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off into space not knowing what fate awaited him. He was one of the legendar... 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

Girl Model (2011)

Director: David Redmon, Ashley Sabin

"Girl Model" follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking f... Read more