Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Sergei M. Eisenstein

In 1242, Russia finds herself being invaded on two fronts. On the East, the country is attacked by Mongol raiders, and on the West by Teutonic knights...   [More...]

Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Tarkovsky

In the year 1400, three monks, Andrei, Danil and Kirill, leave Andronikov Monastery and set out for Moscow in search of work...   [More...]

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Sergei M. Eisenstein

1905. Throughout Russia, discontent is spreading amongst the working classes. The spirit of revolution is in the air. Aboard a battleship off the coast of Odessa, sailors object to eating the rotten meat they are given...   [More...]

The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
Vsevolod Pudovkin

A village lad leaves his impoverished home and heads for St Petersburg, hoping to find work in the city. He seeks out another man from his village but is given a cold reception...   [More...]

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Sergei M. Eisenstein

In 1547, the young archduke Ivan IV is crowned Tsar of Russia. He pledges to build a strong and unified country, by reforming the church and the army, and by recovering lands that have been lost to foreign powers...   [More...]

The New Babylon (1929)
Grigori Kozintsev

Paris, 1871. As French soldiers set out to fight in the war against Prussia, the Parisian bourgeoisie continue to amuse themselves, revelling in all the delights the city has to offer...   [More...]

October (1928)
Grigori Aleksandrov

February 1917. As one entity, the people of Russia arise to overthrow the Tsarist regime. In its place, a provisional government is set up, headed by the ambitious Alexander Kerenski...   [More...]

Storm Over Asia (1928)
Vsevolod Pudovkin

Mongolia, 1918. With his father too ill to sell furs at the market, Bair, a young herdsman, must take his place. The only buyers at the market are western traders who pay as little as they can, knowing that the locals are so poor they will sell at any price...   [More...]