Released Date:
1960-07-31
Languages:
Italian, German, Russian, English
Countries:
Italy, France
Runtime:
82 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (406 Reviews)
Director:
Roberto RosselliniSergio Amidei
Diego Fabbri
Brunello Rondi
Roberto Rossellini
During WW2, in Rome , a trio of escaped Allied POWs find themselves in limbo as they try to avoid re-capture and reach their dispersed units. Michael Pemberton is a British Major, Fyodor Aleksandrovic Nazukov is a Soviet Sergeant and Peter Bradley is an American Lieutenant. A beautiful young Italian woman, Esperia Belli, agrees to give them shelter. She knows that despite Italy's efforts to break with Nazi Germany and join the Allies there are some Italians who are Fascist sympathizers and would gladly denounce Esperia to the German authorities. Hiding enemy soldiers or escaped POWs is punishable by death. Esperia hopes to get in contact with the Italian anti-Fascist resistance which could help the three escaped Allied POWs rejoin their respective armies. Until then, the fugitives are stuck in Esperia's attic.
Released Date:
1959-04-12
Languages:
Russian, German
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
103 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (1440 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukYuriy Lukin
Fyodor Shakhmagonov
Mikhail Sholokhov (story)
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...
Released Date:
1960-08-12
Languages:
Russian
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
80 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (248 Reviews)
Genres:
DramaGeorgiy Daneliya
Vera Panova (novel)
Vera Panova (screenplay)
Igor Talankin
Released Date:
1966-07-23
Languages:
Russian
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
147 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (563 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukLeo Tolstoy (novel)
Sergey Bondarchuk (screenplay)
Vasiliy Solovyov (screenplay)
Released Date:
1968-04-28
Languages:
Russian, German, French
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
427 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (4410 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukSergey Bondarchuk
Vasiliy Solovyov
Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.
Released Date:
1971-07-26
Languages:
Russian
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
104 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (362 Reviews)
Director:
Andrey KonchalovskiyGenres:
DramaAnton Chekhov (play)
Andrey Konchalovskiy (screenplay)
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. For many years the brother (Uncle Vanya) has sent the farm's proceeds to the professor, while receiving only a small salary himself. Sonya, the professor's daughter, who is about the same age as his new wife, also lives on the estate. The professor is pompous, vain, and irritable. He calls the doctor (Astrov) to treat his gout, only to send him away without seeing him. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. The presence of Yelena introduces a bit of sexual tension into the household. Astrov and Uncle Vanya both fall in love with Yelena; she spurns them both. Meanwhile, Sonya is in love with Astrov, who fails even to notice her. Finally, when the professor announces he wants to sell the estate, Vanya, whose admiration for the man died with his sister, tries to kill him.
Released Date:
1975-05-12
Languages:
Russian
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
137 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (1060 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukSergey Bondarchuk
Mikhail Sholokhov (novel)
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Red army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating soviet troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
Released Date:
1979-11-01
Languages:
Russian
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (995 Reviews)
Director:
Sergei M. EisensteinGrigori Aleksandrov (additional material)
Sergei M. Eisenstein (original screenplay)
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Released Date:
1986-10-31
Languages:
Russian, French
Countries:
Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Runtime:
130 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (138 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukAlexander Pushkin (play)
Sergey Bondarchuk
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