Soviet Animation - Capitalist Sharks And Communist Dreams

Stalker

Based on the novel 'Roadside Picnic' which centres around a number of zones created by visiting extra-terrestrials. These zones hold special powers; they can grant wishes or set traps. Russian dialogue with subtitles.

Star, The

Strike (Subtitled)

Sergei Eisenstein's first film, and one that stands out in the history of cinema, containing many of the montage ideas for which he became justly famous. The story follows a revolt in a factory, and its murderous suppression. Russian dialogue with...

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (Various Artists)

Tchaikovsky's opera tells the tale of Eugene Onegin and his relationship with Tatyana, a bookish daydreamer who longs to win his heart.

Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame (aka Tchaikovsky - The Queen Of Spades) (Various Artists)

A performance of Tchaikovsky's PIQUE DAME.

The Kirov Ballet - The Magic Of The Russian Ballet (Box Set)

A compilation of the ballet from Russia. Includes the complete 'The Nutcracker', 'The Firebird', 'Petrushka', 'Scheherazade' and shorter ballet extracts.

They Fought For The Motherland

From Russian filmmaking visionary Sergei Bondarchuk (WAR AND PEACE) and based on the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, this epic drama chronicles the events of July 1942, as the fatigued Russian army retreats back towards Stalingrad.

To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die

From director Djamshed Usmonov (ANGEL ON THE RIGHT) comes TO GET TO HEAVE YOU HAVE TO DIE FIRST, a film that has been compared to the best work of visionary filmmaker Krysztof Kieslowski. Centring on Kamal (Khurched Golibekov), a man who sets out a...

Tovarisch - I Am Not Dead

BAFTA-winning director Stuart Urban (OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH) explores the incredible survival stories of his father in his documentary film TOVERISCH, I AM NOT DEAD. Garri Urban chronicled his experiences during both the Holocaust and Gulag in in...

War And Peace

This classic Russian tale of love and conflict intertwines the romance between a young countess and her unhappily married lover with the grim battlefields of the 1812 Napoleonic invasion.

War And Peace (Collector's Edition)

This 1968 adaptation of the Tolstoy tome is a lavish affair and calculating for inflation, is the most expensive film ever committed to celluloid. This classic Russian tale of love and conflict intertwines the romance between a young countess and a...

War And Peace - Prokofiev (Various Artists)

A performance of Prokofiev's opera at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Opera Orchestra. Sung in Russian.

War Film Collection - Brotherhood/9th Company/Intimate Enemies (Box Set)

This collection includes; BROTHERHOOD (2004), brothers Jin-Seok and Jin-Tae come from a poverty-stricken family who have placed all their hopes in Jin-seok, the younger of the two. When Jin-seok is drafted during the Korean War, Jin-Tae also joins...

You I Love

Examining the increasingly liberal social attitudes of post-communist Russia, 'You I Love (ya lyublu tebya)' concerns a bisexual love triangle amongst the young and wealthy in cosmopolitan Moscow. Vera and Tim are a power couple, making money and a...