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The film is about the life and philosophy of the hero of the film Kamenskikh Igor Kuzmich, who lives in the village of Pavlovsk, Perm region, founded by the Stroganovs. In the appearance of Kuzmich, the image of Diogenes is recognized. A ramshackle leaning hut with broken windows, a never-heated stove, an old cousin on the next bed. And here, in the house, there is a goat and two horses, which in fact are both a symbol of Kuzmich's life and his stove. The transmigration of souls and the new coming of Christ to Earth, unity with Nature and God - this is his Faith. "When all borders between countries and people are erased," he says at the end of the film, "then the kingdom of God will come."

The artist uses old archive films in a new way by drawing and scratching on 35mm film. The original material is documentary movies produced by amateur Soviet studios in the 1970s.

Actor Barkhanov is hired as a bodyguard for a very rich person in this criminal comedy from mid-nineties.

By means of documentary films, the authors try to explore the deep essence of Stalinism as a phenomenon that was and is based on the historical, psychological and social traditions of Russian society.

Puppet cartoon in which a dreamy boy creates a whole world in his imagination, imagining himself as the captain of a sailing ship.

These images and sounds are poetic metaphors that transform “Elegy from Russia” into a document that provides a emotional–historical “memory bank” for all.

A young caterpillar yearns to fly like the butterflies and birds, but cannot launch himself high enough to do so ... until a couple start playing badminton nearby.

A detective investigates the sudden suicide of his father who was one of a responsible for hiding Communist Party money persons.

The 1998 live tour promoting the new album

The documentary tells about the Romanov family. It discusses versions about the possible salvation of the imperial family, tells about impostors who consider themselves descendants of Nicholas II, and the film also touches on the fate of the regicides.

For years the warships of the Soviet navy have been on sale. The destination of these ships on sale is Alang, a beach near Bombay. The cinematographic voyage shows a part of the last voyage of the cruiser "Admiral Fokin".

Biblical motifs combined with Suprematism, plus a brilliant idea of integrating the movement of water in the Volga–Don Canal into the action.

The group of stuntmen comes to the beach to shoot an adventure film. Guys are training all day long, polishing their skills. One of the stuntmen witnessed two men pursuing the girl. He saves her from bullies, and the fugitive finds protection and patronage in the crew. However, a woman's behaviour is strange: she keeps having nightmares, she's afraid of something or someone, but refuses to explain what was going on. Men realize that their new friend is hiding something ...

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today.

About three graceful tightrope walkers and one amusing simpleton.

The name of Alexander Rosenbaum, inseparably linked with Leningrad–Petersburg, is among the most renowned in Russia. His persona has become a symbol of our great, tragic, and transformative era. Poet and singer Alexander Rosenbaum is a true child of Leningrad. To him, Leningrad is, above all, the old city, the old buildings, the old courtyards. Childhood has long since passed, yet his songs still often carry a gentle sorrow for the old courtyards of Leningrad. He frequently returns to the past of his beloved city...

The film is based on live show of the band in Minsk, Belarus in 1994 and shooting at DDD Studios in St. Petersburg in 1997

This short film tells about the past, present and future of the capital's subway. It shows the labor of subway builders, new stations still under construction. Dmitry Gayev, the head of the Moscow Metro, shares his dreams and plans for the future.

Kashchei the Immortal became bored:There's nothing to do, and life is bustling around...And suddenly he remembered the Faraway kingdom, enchanted by him.:"The Kingdom of Heaven will always stand as long as there are Christmas trees in the houses for the New Year!""Ha! Will there be Christmas trees in them?..Kashchei the Immortal thought and sent his assistant to the Evil One, nicknamed Zloben, to enchant the Christmas trees.The king of the Faraway Kingdom looked down:what to do? And he called Prince Gleb for help. Gleb went in search of Christmas trees, followed by the tsar's daughter Nastya...

A cartoon for adults about how a chicken and a penguin accidentally met in a barnyard. And everything was fine with them and they had chickens, but evil tongues prevented their happiness. One day, when the penguin was playing blind man's buff with the chickens, he accidentally kissed the cow, and the neighbors saw this as treason and whispered to the chicken, and she drove the penguin away.

After Detective David King's wife is inexplicably murdered in his own home, psychic medium Grace Lee gets caught-up in the aftermath. With no signs of a break-in, the evidence seemingly points to one man. Alliances are formed, enemies are made, and everything they believed they understood about their world is destroyed.

About the competition for the best fairy tale in Gorelovskaya Grove.

About how the whole huge family tried to persuade Vasily the cat to say "meow" in order to get a piece of cheese.

The girl meets a strange boy, who seriously offers to fly to the moon, and she agrees ...

The lesson in class begins with a discussion of the essay "Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up"...

About the history of the creation of the monument to Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, a hero of the Great Patriotic War, in Yekaterinburg. The events take place on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory.

A famous actor, heartthrob, and 'genius of love' finds himself surrounded by three charming women on New Year’s Eve, each of whom he shares a complicated relationship with. One of them, a businesswoman, even offers his wife a million dollars for the chance to live with her idol for a year. What will the hero choose: stability, wealth, or youth?

The Band's 15th anniversary live show held on June 26, 1995 at the Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg.

The tale of two people living across a river who decided to have a senseless fight. Based on the poem by Roman Sef.

Based on a Russian folk tale.

Journalist Zhenya works on St. Petersburg television and one day meets a kind, honest and decent parachutist. But his virtues tire the heroine, and she marries a famous “black journalist” who does dirty tricks to her friend. Having seen the light, Zhenya turns to his senior comrade, the director of the shipping company, for help. He first helps the parachutist leave the country, and then find a groom for Zhenya in Hamburg…

Six films telling about the gems of the Hermitage collection. The museum holds a most comprehensive collection of paintings and sculpture, which, for its diversity and scope, is rightfully considered one of the best in the world. The Treasures of the Hermitage film series presents an absorbing narrative about the collection creation, the great masters whose works adorn the Hermitage's fabulous rooms, and the works themselves.

A small radio can disrupt family life and lead to the disappearance of folk culture.

The characters in this film all lived in the same building: the Knights' House, at 35 Arbat Street in Moscow. Built at the beginning of the century for a few privileged families, this sumptuous residence will become after the revolution a collective apartment building. Like millions of Russians, those who lived together in this building were marked by the trials and tragedies of history. Marina Goldovskaya went in search of the former inhabitants, now dispersed. They speak to us with modesty and emotion about their memories, their secret garden and... their neighbors at 35 Arbat Street.

In the film, the outstanding contemporary avant-garde poet Vladimir Ignatiev, the heir of OBERIUT, appeared. He played himself and read his own poetry. The film was shot 25 years ago soon after Vladimir received a serious craniocerebral injury, received as a result of the bandit attack.

The afterlife of Russian literature was clearly filmed at the same time as Gory, in the first half of the 1990s. However, after Pushkin's transformation into a statue, we see a blinded Novikov holding a golden hatchet.

Night comes. For a boy in a dark room, this is a time of fear.

Documentary about the abbot of Raifa Monastery, Archimandrite Vsevolod.

In To My Women Friends, revealing interviews with six Russian lesbians convey the joys and hardships of being a lesbian in the former Soviet Union. The six women are interviewed separately, but splices of party/meeting scenes show a vital and strong community. While Tatjana speaks hesitantly about her sexuality, believing it to be a private matter, Muchabat charmingly flirts with the filmmaker. This fascinating documentary touches on a range of issues including women's prisons, transsexuality, lesbian and gay community organizing (the Wings Association, a lesbian group), coming out and homophobia. Under article 121 (which criminalizes homosexuality) lesbians and gay men in the former Soviet Union faced the threat of imprisonment, blackmail, government harassment and family rejection.

The film tells us about the history of the Moscow Donskoy monastery and the personality of Patriarch Tikhon. During the difficult years of persecution of the Russian Church, from November 1917 to April 1925, he led it, trying to keep the Orthodox faith pure.

Documentary on the New Year's eve assault on Grozny during the Russian-Chechen War

Experimental short where a man's entering his small room, checking the lights and eating behind the mirror.

The film was made in the days of the August 1991 coup in Leningrad, USSR . Respecting the manner of a proprietary parallel cinema with the use of hand-held camera . Subsequently, Lars von Trier in his " Dogma " went on the same way , using a handheld camera without a tripod or placing special light. The soundtrack of the film is the soundtrack Emergency Committee appeal for the All-Union Radio August 19, 1991 . The film captured the moment of change red tricolor flag on the roof of the Mariinsky Palace on August 20, 1991.

"Agape", translated from ancient Greek, means sacrificial, disinterested love, the desire to give everything, without demanding anything in return - Former accordionist of the Mosobl Concert Savely Berkutov is interrupted by odd jobs, playing in an underground passage. Like in a fairy tale, he inherits a villa on the exotic coast of Australia. It would seem that the life of Savely has abruptly changed for the better - But the criminal authority of Vadim Krokin, who has his own plans for real estate on the fifth continent, does not think so.

This is the story of a woman whose name has become synonymous with love and fidelity. In a moving tale, Ruth follows her mother-in-law Naomi back to Naomi's native Bethlehem after the sad deaths of both women's husbands. Working hard in the fields to feed herself and Naomi, Ruth finds her feelings for her kinsman Boaz run deeper than gratitude for his help with the work. Prepared to marry him for Naomi's sake, Ruth's loyalty touches Boaz and he decides to challenge the claim of a closer relative for Ruth's hand. The grace and simplicity of Ruth's story are conveyed perfectly by wonderful model animation.