Top Cast
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Ivan Kapralov
Balmashov, Red Army Soldier
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Leonid Yurenyov
Kolokolkin
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Aleksandr Sashin
Smuglov, Cossack
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A. Olenich-Alekseyeva
Kseniya
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Vasili Yaroslavtsev
Machinist
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Leonid Barbe
Hunchback with the Dog
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Pavel Gerov
Blind Man #1
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Arkadiy Malskiy
Blind Man #2
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Anna Goricheva
Fat Bourgeois Woman
Overview
A detachment of Red Army soldiers gives shelter to a woman with a newborn. After the child is revealed to be a doll, the woman gets shot.
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A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences.
The Dollmaker
Young Macy is abducted by a deranged, monstrous figure who wants to raise her as its child.
Dolly
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...
The White Sun of the Desert
In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
Battleship Potemkin
The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik band who are planning to attack the village. Yarinka appeals to the local Bolshevik commander for his faction's help. The Bolsheviks quickly come up with a plan to save the village... but the plan requires Yarinka to enter into a pretend marriage with Gritsian.
Wedding in Malinovka
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
The Mother
A mockumentary exploring the life of the Blair Witch and the three missing student filmmakers.
Curse of the Blair Witch
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.