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    Courier 1986 POSTER

    Courier

    1986

    Russian

    7.7

    ♡ 7

    Action

    audacious

    Comedy

    complex

    Drama

    introspective

    playful

    Romance

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Alyona Khmelnitskaya Alyona Khmelnitskaya as Krasivaya devushka Inna Churikova Inna Churikova as Lidiya Alekseyevna Miroshnikova Alika Smekhova Alika Smekhova as Nina Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Menshov as Oleg Nikolaevich
    Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
    Vsadnik po imeni Smert 2004 POSTER

    Vsadnik po imeni Smert

    2004

    Russian

    6.3

    1900s

    Action

    Drama

    early 1900s

    moscow, russia

    terrorist group

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Valeriy Storozhik Valeriy Storozhik as Elena's Husband Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Rappoport as Erna Dmitriy Gusev Dmitriy Gusev as Gashkes Anna Gorshkova Anna Gorshkova as Rogoznikova
    In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.
    American Daughter 1995 POSTER

    American Daughter

    1995

    Russian

    6.3

    ♡ 3

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Ardov Malcolm Brownson Malcolm Brownson as Bill Karl-Heinz Teuber Karl-Heinz Teuber as (uncredited) Vladimir Mashkov Vladimir Mashkov as Varakin
    A lonely Russian man is trying to see his daughter, who lives with her mother far away in the USA.
    Zerograd 1988 POSTER

    Zerograd

    1988

    Russian

    7.3

    ♡ 3

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Mystery

    phantasmagoria

    Sci-Fi

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Leonid Filatov Leonid Filatov as Aleksei Varakin Aleksey Zharkov Aleksey Zharkov as Investigator Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as The Factory Director Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Menshov as The Prosecutor
    Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
    Khitrovka. The Sign of Four 2023 POSTER

    Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

    2023

    Russian

    5.3

    ♡ 2

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Mystery

    Sci-Fi

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Ivan Kolesnikov Ivan Kolesnikov as Chekhov Mikhail Porechenkov Mikhail Porechenkov as Gilyarovskiy Boris Kamorzin Boris Kamorzin as Testov Denis Tkachyov Denis Tkachyov as Zhitel
    Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help.
    Ward No. 6 2009 POSTER

    Ward No. 6

    2009

    Russian

    6.3

    ♡ 2

    67%

    70%

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Anna Sinyakina Anna Sinyakina as (as A.Sinyakina) Aleksey Vertkov Aleksey Vertkov as Gromov Evgeniy Stychkin Evgeniy Stychkin as Khobotov Aleksey Zharkov Aleksey Zharkov as Old chief physician
    Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.
    Tsareubiytsa 1991 POSTER

    Tsareubiytsa

    1991

    Russian

    6.8

    ♡ 3

    Drama

    History

    psychiatric hospital

    romanov dinasty

    russian revolution (1917)

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Aleksandr Yegorovich Oleg Yankovskiy Oleg Yankovskiy as Dr. Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II Malcolm McDowell Malcolm McDowell as Timofeyev / Yurovsky Albina Skarga Albina Skarga as (uncredited)
    A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their conversations it transpires that the patient is a kind of philosopher, not without a gift for suggestion. In a while the doctor himself falls under his patient’s influence: he tends to relive that fatal night of June 16-17, 1918 when, without any investigation or trial, Tsar Nicholas II, who had recently abdicated, was murdered, together with his wife, daughters and incurably ill heir. Soon the doctor realizes that the tragedy of the last Russian tsar is in part his own tragedy, too...
    White Tiger 2012 POSTER

    White Tiger

    2012

    Russian

    6.1

    ♡ 16

    59%

    59%

    Action

    Adventure

    Fantasy

    obsession

    spirit of war

    tank battle

    War

    world war ii

    world war ii eastern front

    Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Director Vitaliy Dordzhiev Vitaliy Dordzhiev as Berdyev Karl Kranzkowski Karl Kranzkowski as Gitler Gerasim Arkhipov Gerasim Arkhipov as Sharipov Valeriy Grishko Valeriy Grishko as Zhukov
    WWII, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
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