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    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle 2021 POSTER

    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    2021

    English

    6.3

    92%

    Action

    cinema on cinema

    Documentary

    found footage

    portrait of an artist

    propaganda

    russian history

    soviet union history

    Bill Morrison Bill Morrison Director Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Zharov as (archive footage)
    Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.
    American Experience The Great Famine 2011 POSTER

    American Experience The Great Famine

    2011

    English

    7.3

    2

    Biography

    Documentary

    environmental documentary

    famine

    herbert hoover

    History

    international aid

    natural disaster

    russian history

    Austin Hoyt Austin Hoyt Director Aysyuak Yumagulov Aysyuak Yumagulov as Bell Tribute Andrey Noskov Andrey Noskov as Office Worker George H. Nash George H. Nash as Self - Hoover Biographer David Ogden Stiers David Ogden Stiers as Self - Narrator
    When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Examine Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration—an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit and generosity. By the summer of 1922, American kitchens were feeding nearly 11 million Soviet citizens a day.
    Russian Ark 2002 POSTER

    Russian Ark

    2002

    Russian

    7.2

    14

    89%

    80%

    Action

    Drama

    Fantasy

    History

    museum

    Mystery

    one take

    russia

    russian history

    st. petersburg, russia

    time travel

    Aleksandr Sokurov Aleksandr Sokurov Director Anna Aleksakhina Anna Aleksakhina as Alexandra Fyodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II Vadim Gushchin Vadim Gushchin as Grandee of Catherine The Great Sasha Durpfen Sasha Durpfen as Marie Sinclair Aleksandr Sokurov Aleksandr Sokurov as The Time Traveller
    A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
    Putin's Witnesses 2018 POSTER

    Putin's Witnesses

    2018

    Russian

    7.0

    7

    83%

    83%

    christmas reunion

    Documentary

    documentary filmmaking

    presidential election

    rise to power

    russian history

    vladimir putin

    Vitaliy Manskiy Vitaliy Manskiy Director Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin as Self Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev as Self Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev as Self Ksenya Ponamarowa Ksenya Ponamarowa as Self
    Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.
    The Command 2018 POSTER

    The Command

    2018

    English

    6.6

    86

    72%

    59%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on a true story

    based on true story

    Drama

    History

    russian history

    russian politics

    struggle for survival

    submarine

    Thriller

    Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg Director John Hollingworth John Hollingworth as Bruce Hamill Colin Firth Colin Firth as Commodore David Russell Zlatko Buric Zlatko Buric as Kulkin Léa Seydoux Léa Seydoux as Tanya Averina
    Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
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