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3) Dersu Uzala
Language
Russian
Description
Tells of the friendship between Vladimir Arsenyev, a well-known Soviet explorer, and his guide, Dersu Uzala. It is the story of a man's unity with nature and of the struggle for survival in the wilderness.
Publisher
RUSCICO
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Russian
Description
Anna, vacationing in turn of the century Yalta, walks her dog each day on the beach and is worhipped from afar by banker Dmitri. Even though both are married, they begin an affair that eventually leads to clandestine meetings back home in Moscow.
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Russian
Description
Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
11) Snegurochka
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
Russian
Description
Fairy tale about the daughter of Father Frost and Spring.
13) Tchaikovsky
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
1993
Language
Russian
Description
Starring Innokenti Smoktunovskiĭ, Antonina Shuranova.
14) Morozko
Publisher
RUSCICO
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
Russian
Description
The evil witch Baba Yaga puts a beautiful maiden into a frozen sleep from which only true love can free her. Father Frost helps the maiden and her hero, Ivan, overcome the many difficulties placed before them.
Publisher
RUSCICO
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Russian
Description
A recently discharged soldier makes his way across the desert, seeking only to get to his native village. He happens to be in the area usually occupied by a bandit and his gang. The bandit has left, abandoning all the women connected with the gang, and it falls to the soldier to help them get to safety.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001], ©2001
Language
Russian
Description
Part I starts with the coronation of Ivan the Terrible and concludes with his return to power after the death of his wife. Part II covers the attempt to assassinate him in 1564. The third part of the saga was never made due to the death of Eisenstein.
17) Сталкер
Series
Criterion collection volume 888
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©1979
Language
Russian
Description
Inside a mysterious realm called the Zone there is the Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of the Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.
18) Alexander Nevsky
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Russian
Description
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
Georgian
Description
The Georgians' repeated efforts at building a fortress against invaders fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.
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