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Daniel Rok

The film discovered in 1916, is the second part of two circus-themed films released in the same year. Daniel Rok is pulp fiction, one of the many attempts to create an action film, following the footsteps of the Danish, the French, and the Americans. A good quarter of Russian pre-revolutionary film industry consisted of pictures like this. A circus drama was almost a sub-genre of its own. What distinguishes this film is the involvement of actual circus performers, some of the biggest names in the industry, many of them having never made another film. One could only wish that all of them would perform their signature acts, like Sergei Alperov and his son Dmitry Alperov, the legendary acrobats. Instead, Williams Truzzi, arguably the most famous Russian circus jockey of his time, plays the villain, Tamara Gamsakurdia, a horseback dancer, appears as his innocent victim, and Nikolai Nikitin, who would soon become the owner and director of the Moscow circus, becomes the noble hero.

Daniel Rok

NR 1916
Razin's Treasure

The story of four friends who accidentally found a treasure. From a seasoned fisherman, they learned about the secret of the treasure of Stepan Razin himself, who at one time atamanized on the shores of the Great Mother Volga, in the Samara Bow of the Zhiguli Mountains. It was there that he buried his untold treasure, performing a "funeral rite", sacrificing a young Persian princess. During a boat trip, friends get into a terrible storm, after which they find themselves on a desert island.

Razin's Treasure

NR 2024
Greeting From The Taiga

Two third-graders were heading to the Olympiad in the village of Russkinskaya, but they got separated from the bus. Now they must find their way home at all costs, overcoming the taiga and studying the ethnic group. During their amazing adventures, the boys meet a Khanty girl, Polina, who not only helps them get to the village, but also introduces them to the traditions and customs of the indigenous peoples. By learning about the Khanty culture, the boys become more and more imbued with the spirit of Yugra.

Greeting From The Taiga

NR N/A
Life is Everywhere

Lera is 8 years old, she lives in a small village. Hearing from adults that you can save a puppy from illness by drinking alcohol, she tries to do so. It suffocates in her arms. From that moment, she feels like a stranger in her family and among friends. She feels like everyone hates her. After almost 20 years, Lera arrives in the village of her childhood. She finally dares to confess that she still feels uncomfortable among them and is surprised to learn new details of this story.

Life is Everywhere

NR 2023
A Beautiful Life

A fugitive prisoner wanders into a distant hunting winter quarters, almost frozen in the taiga. A kind old hunter accepts him according to the Northern tradition: whoever the person is, he will first be fed, warmed, and only then asked where he is from and why. According to the same custom, everything that a traveler needs is left in the winter quarters: matches, dry firewood, salt, bread, cigarettes. But the villain did not appreciate the kindness of the hunter, stole his gun from him and the old man paid for the kindness with his life. Based on the story by V. Shukshin.

A Beautiful Life

NR 2004