Vassilisa the Beautiful

Vassilisa the Beautiful 1940

6.50

Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.

1940

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky 1938

6.10

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.

1938

Kashchey the Immortal

Kashchey the Immortal 1944

6.90

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry him. Before he can tell her the answers, the Russian land is invaded by the armies of Kashchei the Immortal, in whose footsteps death and destruction follow. Marya is abducted by Kashchei, and Nikita finds his home in ashes. Nikita meets a kindly wizard who gives him a cap of darkness. With it, the hero will find a way to save his bride and rout Kashchei.

1944

Wish upon a Pike

Wish upon a Pike 1938

4.20

Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.

1938

A Captain at Fifteen

A Captain at Fifteen 1945

4.90

A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.

1945

Once Upon a Girl

Once Upon a Girl 1944

4.50

Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

1944

The Village Teacher

The Village Teacher 1947

5.40

A life-long story of a romantic school teacher who left imperial St. Petersburg for teaching country children. Driven by noble intentions to enlighten people and examples by 1880s revolutionary "People's Will" member teachers, a young woman spent her life in a village and evidenced the changes a Russian village has undergone from pre-revolutionary tsarist times to late 1940s.

1947

A Great Life, Part 2

A Great Life, Part 2 1946

1

This is a dramatic story of the restoration of the mines after the liberation of Donbass from the Nazis during the Second World War.

1946

First-Year Student

First-Year Student 1948

5.30

Marina Orlova couldn't even imagine how many adventures are expecting to her in a first grade...

1948

The Romantics

The Romantics 1941

1

Set in the high North, this tale of a Russian teacher who begins to educate the children of the Chukchi tribe reinforces the director's firm belief in the power of education to overcome distrust and establish a shared civilizational foundation for all human beings.

1941

An Elephant and a Rope

An Elephant and a Rope 1945

1

All the girls of one of the Moscow houses can tirelessly jump over a skipping rope. But little Lida did: can't learn to jump. Once in a dream a wise elephant gives her a piece of advice: to learn how to jump, you must first do a good deed...

1945

Cruiser 'Varyag'

Cruiser 'Varyag' 1946

4.00

A story of heroic Russian war cruiser 'Varyag'.

1946

We from the Urals

We from the Urals 1943

5.70

A story about two teenagers and their life during WWII in Urals district of Russia.

1943

Spring flow

Spring flow 1940

4.00

After graduation, Nadia Kulagina comes to work in a school where she once studied. After her appearance, the most hopeless student Dimka Lopatin, who was even wanted to be expelled from school, becomes one of the best students and a faithful friend of the new class teacher.

1940

Duel

Duel 1944

6.00

The Second World War. A new L-2 heavy duty gun is being supplied to the Soviet Army. German intelligence needs to seize a new secret weapon.

1944

The Lonely White Sail

The Lonely White Sail 1937

5.00

Two young boys strive to save the life of an officer trapped by the White Russians. Their efforts are both comic and dramatic

1937

Timur and His Team

Timur and His Team 1940

4.90

A story about a young boy Timur and his team who are living in a small Moscow suburb during the years before WWII.

1940

Son of the Regiment

Son of the Regiment 1946

8.80

During the war years, russian soldiers pick up an orphaned boy. He refuses to go to the rear and becomes a scout, and then remains with the artillery battery. When the calculation of the battery dies in battle with the German tanks that have broken through, Vanya is sent to the Suvorov School, whose students participate in a military parade on Red Square.

1946