Posted on November 13, 2018
The Bolsheviks seize power in Russia and Russian students instead of studying begin to focus on politics. Teachers and scientists do not trust the new government, but the elderly Read More
Posted on November 13, 2018
Five young Soviet Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving Read More
Posted on October 26, 2018
Drawing on sixty volumes of diaries and other recently revealed archival materials, this program presents the struggle between Joseph Stalin and Sergei Eisenstein, who fought for freedom of expression Read More
Posted on October 26, 2018
This film presents a travelogue of the Soviet Union: Russia, formidable and impressive! So huge it covers one sixth of the earth’s land surface, enfolding 129 ethnic cultures. Cataloger Read More
Posted on October 26, 2018
A compilation of four early Russian films produced between 1908 and 1912 by Russian cinema’s leading producer Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, and pioneer director Vasilii Goncharov. In a Gypsy Camp (1908) Read More
Posted on October 26, 2018
A compilation of two early Russian films produced between 1910 and 1913. Many Pushkin adaptations appeared during the establishment of the Russian film industry which helped popularise the author. Read More
Posted on October 25, 2018
Films made by foreign companies, like Pathé’s A Fish Factory in Astrakhan, stimulated a demand for home-produced films which was finally answered by the enterprising Drankov. His Sten’ka Razin Read More
Posted on October 25, 2018
Protazanov, together with Bauer the leading director of the early Russian cinema, did not shrink from controversy in either his highly successful pre- or post- 1917 careers. The Departure Read More
Posted on October 25, 2018
Traditional accounts of Soviet cinema have always stressed its difference from the the Tsarist period, implying that this earlier phase was actively hostile to social change. But The Revolutionary, Read More
Posted on October 25, 2018
Excerpts from Russian fiction, theatre and biography augment historical background to create a portrait of Russian social and literary development in the 19th and 20th centuries. This discussion is Read More
