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The Cranes Are Flying

  As the clouds of war spread over Russia during Germany’s surprise invasion in 1941, the fervent young lovers, the sensitive Veronika and the stalwart Boris, are parted when the Read More

Vovochka

  Vovochka is 10 years old, tireless and irrepressible and has a God-given talent for stirring up trouble. He’s also a particularly inventive daredevil who’s more than a match for Read More

The Barber of Siberia

  Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his Read More

Beware of the Car

  Yuri Detochkin (Smoktunovsky) is a humble Soviet insurance agent who steals cars from corrupt Soviet officials in a manner akin to Robin Hood, disappointed by the militsiya being unable Read More

Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

  A czar tries to thwart a fairy creature’s claim on his son by swapping babies with a fisherman, but complications arise later on when the creature’s beautiful daughter needs Read More

A Cruel Romance

  The film is a cinematographic adaptation of the classical Russian play “Dowry-less” by A. Ostrovsky which features a widowed noblewoman Kharita Ignatyevna Ogudalova, who comes from a very respected Read More

Donkey’s Hide

  Based on the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault, this delightful story follows Therese, daughter of the widowed King Gaston IX. Therese’s christening conjures a wicked fairy who foretells Read More

The Diamond Arm

  Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn’t know is that this was a signal for a gang of smugglers Read More

Gentlemen of Fortune

  The movie follows the story of an amiable kindergarten principal named Troshkin who looks exactly like a cruel criminal nicknamed Dotsent who has stolen Alexander the Great’s helmet at Read More

The Golden Horns

  A long time ago a splendid deer with golden antlers lived in the woods, always protecting the poor and weak and disdaining evil. In a little village nearby the Read More