A feature film that depicts scenes from the census of Imperial Russia in 1882 and the upcoming census of the Soviet Union as of January 17, 1939. The census takers interview citizens, fill out census forms in the homes of urban residents, collective farmers, and among the guests of the "Moscow" hotel.
Nikolai Nikitich
Pavel Rozhitsky
Vladimir Yershov
Boris Tolmazov
Boris Terentyev
Fyodor Seleznyov
Pyotr Savin
Lev Potyomkin
Nina Petropavlovskaya
A feature film that depicts scenes from the census of Imperial Russia in 1882 and the upcoming census of the Soviet Union as of January 17, 1939. The census takers interview citizens, fill out census forms in the homes of urban residents, collective farmers, and among the guests of the "Moscow" hotel.
Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.
On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather at a dilapidated country estate.
Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with disturbing stories about his younger days in the Army. After next picking up a young woman who works as a prostitute and is wary of the territory, Georgy finds himself lost, and despite asking some homeless men for help, he’s less sure than he was before of how to make his way back where he belongs. As brutal images of violence and alienation cross the screen, Georgy’s odyssey becomes darker and more desperate until it reaches an unexpected conclusion.
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital.
The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black "ZIM" limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General's disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.