Gypsies are Found Near Heaven

$23.95 | 101 minutes

Based on the early short stories of renowned Soviet writer Maxim Gorky, this poetic period drama interweaves three passionate love stories against the backdrop of a 19th century Gypsy camp on the outskirts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Golden-haired Yulishka falls in love with the horse thief (and folk hero) Loiko Zobar, but he has&hellip…

Hamlet

$23.95 | 140 minutes

Grigori Kozintsev's beautiful adaptation of the Bard classic is presented in Russian with English subtitles. Based on a translation by author Boris Pasternak, this version features simple yet effective imagery&hellip…

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Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1

$19.95 | 99 minutes

Originally conceived as a historical epic in three parts, Sergei Eisenstein's epic biography of Czar Ivan IV, the murderous 16th-century unifier of the Russian people, was truncated by the director's death in 1948, as he was about to begin part three. A spectacle of impressively baroque splendor, it remains one of the great anomalies&hellip…

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Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2

$19.95 | 85 minutes

In the second part of Sergei Eisenstein's grand film, a grieving Ivan (Nikolai Cherkassov) withdraws from Moscow to his estate at Uglich after the death of the empress, less trustful than ever of those who surround him. His solitude is augmented by the defection of his military chief, Prince Kurbsky (Mikahil Nazvanov), to Poland. But&hellip…

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Ivan's Childhood

$25.95 | 95 minutes

Visionary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's first film, MY NAME IS IVAN, is a powerhouse of visual and emotional impact and a portend of many themes Tarkovsky would develop throughout his legendary career. Ivan (Nikolai Burlyayev) is a 12-year-old boy roaming the destroyed landscapes of World War II Russia along the German front. Between&hellip…

King Lear

$23.95 | 140 minutes

Set against a powerful Shostakovich score, Grigori Kozintsev's highly acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic play features a screenplay by Boris Pasternak. In Russian, with subtitles&hellip…

Morning, Day, Evening, Night...And Morning Again - DOWNLOAD

$7.99 | 8 minutes

Winner of the 2005 First Prize High School Animation Award from the Ottawa Animation Festiva, Lev Polyakov's bittersweet "Morning, Day, Evening, Night...And Morning Again" tells the story of the impermanence of love: a man falls in love with a half-woman, half-butterfly, only to have her crumble in his arms after making love to her&hellip…

Moscow Elegy - Andrei Tarkovsky

$23.95 | 90 minutes

Masterly Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky is the subject of this lovingly made and thought-provoking documentary. Alexander Sokurov, a filmmaker belonging to the Tarkovsky lineage, directed this portrait for Leningrad State Documentary Productions, and includes footage from Tarkovsky's films, commentary on the repressive nature&hellip…

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Mother and Son

$19.95 | 73 minutes

A moody tale, set in a stone cottage on an uninhabited countryside, of the dedication and love that exists between a Mother and her Son. They recall times past as the woman attempts to hide the fact that she's dying, although well aware that the boy will soon be left alone in this isolated land. Moving spiritual images aid in the contemplation&hellip…

October: Ten Days That Shook the World

$19.95 | 103 minutes

One of the finest examples of intellectual montage, consisting of more than 3,200 shots in its 103 minutes, TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD has been described as a Constructivist poster come to life. Again working from a commission by Lenin, in this case, to make a film commemorating the 10th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kerensky&hellip…