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The Brothers Karamazov

  Three brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastary, one a gambler, and one an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia.

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

  Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin is a 1981 Soviet film by Elem Klimov.  It details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise Read More

The Burglar

  13-year-old Semyon is stuck in between of lifestyles of his father, who has a drinking problem, and nonconformity of his older brother, rock musician.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

  Deep in the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life, and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. While young Ivan’s mother mourns Read More

Rasputin

  As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II (Anatoliy Romashin), mystic Grigori Rasputin (Aleksei Petrenko) holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St. Petersburg, Russia, begin to Read More

Sekret Enigmy

  Three Polish mathematicians are the first to crack the sophisticated Enigma code used by the Germans just before the Second World War. They build replicas of the Enigma machines Read More

Red Pomegranate

  This avant-garde film by Russian director Sergei Parajanov depicts the life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova (Vilen Galstyan). Portraying events in the life of the Read More

Solaris

  The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious Read More

Stalker

  In a small, unnamed country there is an area called the Zone. It is apparently inhabited by aliens and contains the Room, where in it is believed wishes are Read More

Scarecrow

  A twelve year old girl, Lena, who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates.  She slowly reveals the Read More