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...]

Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Grigoriy Chukhray

During World War Two, Alexei Nikolaevich Skvortsov, a 19-year-old Russian soldier, destroys two enemy tanks single-handedly when he is taken by surprise...   [More...]

The Cranes are Flying (1957)
Mikhail Kalatozov

In Soviet Russia, Veronika and Boris are two young people who are deeply in love, but before they can marry World War II intervenes to separate them...   [More...]

The Forty-first (1956)
Grigoriy Chukhray

In 1919, at the height of the Russian Civil War, the remnants of a Red Army battalion are fleeing across the Karakum Desert after being routed by the White Army...   [More...]

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Andrei Tarkovsky

During World War II, the Soviet army is fighting to repel the advancing German army on the Eastern Front. 12-year-old orphan Ivan goes on reconnaissance missions for the Soviets, taking advantage of his diminutive size to avoid being spotted and captured by the enemy...   [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...]

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...]