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Russian
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The Ascent tracks two Byelorussian peasant soldiers - one on the path to redemption, the other to hell - as they try to evade Nazi forces during World War II.
Wings: Suffocated by modern-day living, a buttoned-down headmistress reminisces about her glory days as a World War II pilot.
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Russian
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A father and son live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world. Sometimes they seem like brothers, at other times they appear to be like lovers. Following in his father's footsteps, the son, Alexei attends military school. He likes sports and has problems with his girlfriend. She is jealous of Alexei's relationship with his father. Alexei's father knows he should maybe accept a better job in another...
4) Solaris
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
Language
Russian
Description
Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of theSolaris 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.
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Russian
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Don Rumata is one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to the planet Arkanar with the proviso that they must not interfere in the planet's political or historical development. Treated by the planet's natives as a kind of divinity, Don is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.
6) Russian ark
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Russian
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
7) Tangerines
Language
Russian
Description
The story of awakening humanity in the midst of violence. Nominated for an Academy Award as well as a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film in 2015. An older Estonian man cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990s-era war in Georgia.
8) Elena
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Russian
Description
The story of Elena and Vladimir, an older couple. The wealthy but stingy Vladimir treats Elena more like a servant than a wife. They each have children from their first marriages, a son and a daughter. Elena's son is unemployed and can't feed his wife and two children; they live only on the money Elena provides them, while Vladimir's daughter lives a bohemian life. In the hospital following a heart attack, Vladimir's daughter visits him. Their time...
9) Sputnik
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Russian
Description
A doctor whose controversial practice has threatened her license is recruited by the military to treat a cosmonaut. Returning from space after a mysterious accident, the man has brought with him a nocturnal passenger which thrives on destruction; Tatyana wants to stop it from killing while the military wants to keep it as a secret weapon.
10) The fool
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Russian
Description
A dramatic tale worthy of Dostoyevsky, The fool tells the story of one man's fight against a corrupt political system. Dima is a young man eking out a living in modern day Russia as a plumber's assistant while working to finish college. Called out late one night to inspect a leak at a derelict housing community, he discovers a major structural problem and a building on the verge of collapse. In his attempt to save lives of the eight hundred residents,...
11) Stalingrad
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Russian
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An epic look at the battle that turned the tide of World War II. A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there. The scale of the battle contrasts dramatically with the human drama of the Russian soldiers, the few remaining civilians and their invaders into Stalingrad.
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Russian
Description
Kolya lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son Roma. The town's corrupt mayor is determined to take away his business, his house, and his land.
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In December 1941, a German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Soviet pilot Nikolai Komlev's Il-2 is shot down in enemy territory. To survive, Komlev must face hunger, extreme cold, evading wild wolves, and avoiding Nazi soldiers. When he finally makes it back to safety, he faces the strongest challenge of them all.
14) Beanpole
Language
Russian
Description
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
15) Zerograd
Language
Russian
Description
Follows an Everyman engineer named Varakin who arrives in a remote city where nothing quite makes sense, but everyone acts as if it does. He's quickly drawn into the investigation of the suicide (or possibly murder?) of a local restaurant chef, Nikolaev, who may (or may not) be Varakin's missing father. The more complex and absurdist the mystery becomes, the more poignant and plaintive Varakin's predicament, 'I have to get back to Moscow,' he pleads...
16) The horde
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Russian
Description
In the 14th century, half of Eurasia is occupied by the Golden Horde. Europe waits in trepidation for its attack, anticipating the death of the Christian civilization. When the Great Khan is killed by his brother, Janibeg, their mother, Taidula, must pass judgment-persecute the conspirator or bless his reign.
17) Vor =: Thief
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Russian
Description
In 1946 a soldier fathers a child and dies before his birth. Six years later, the mother and the child meet a handsome soldier in a train. An incredible story of much deceptions, heartbreaks and betrayals ensue.
18) Leviathan
Language
Russian
Description
Kolya lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son Roma. The town's corrupt mayor is determined to take away his business, his house, and his land.
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Russian
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A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
20) Loveless
Language
Russian
Description
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.