Alert to film's value as both art and propaganda from early on, the Soviet Union oversaw one of the great cinematic industries in the world during the silent era, turning out narrative and documentary features influential around the world. The Stalinist era's derogatory effect on expression eroded that stature until a new wave of talent proclaimed itself during a Cold War "thaw" from the late s onward. Today's Russian filmmakers mix older high-art traditions with brashly commercial new ones. An epic journey through seven countries, into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the art After the sudden death of his wife, a tough guy asks a taciturn writer to accompany him on a long journey to dispose of her remains accor

Katya has a mystical gift, she sees ghosts. When her twin sister disappears, the girl alone rushes in search. Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living i An ordinary hunter accidentally helps a criminal to escape from his accomplices. Two completely different men One place.

This weekend Stage Russia has joined up with Russian Life magazine, Russian and Georgian filmmakers, plus libararies and universities around the world to offer three films for free livestreaming this weekend. In , Russia was wracked by revolution, famine, war and unrest. And yet, all during that year children were born and raised.

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