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1) Russian Ark
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Russian
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Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (THE SUN) broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN ARK. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). RUSSIAN ARK is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses...
2) 1945
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Russian
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On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople – suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning – expect the worst and behave accordingly. The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village's deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back. Nominated for Best Fiction Film at the **Berlin...
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Russian
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When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the **Venice Film Festival**.
4) Sobibor
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Russian
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A war drama based on the history of the Sobibór extermination camp uprising during WWII and focuses on Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. When he was a POW in SOBIBOR, he managed to do the impossible - to organize a revolt and mass escape of the prisoners. Many of the escapees were later caught and died - the rest led by Pechersky managed to join the partisans. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**.
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Guy de Maupassant is a famed French man of letters, who was able to feel himself a writer only for a decade. We offer you collected works by the great writer, into which his short stories and the novel "a Life" are included. The book is illustrated with canvases of Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Maurice Leloir, Arkhip Kuinji etc.
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"Medieval France. On the sunny coast is a fishing village. The wandering adventurer André Hermite comes here at the invitation of servant Lou to meet Christmas with his family. On the eve of the holiday, there is a brutal murder. These lands are under the authority of the Catholic Church: if it is not possible to find the guilty, local residents are, threatened by the Inquisition. Andre will, have to seek the truth in the midst of general mistrust...
7) The Fencer
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Russian
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Fleeing police, an Estonian fencer finds work as a teacher and introduces his students to the sport. The children now wish to compete in a national tournament, forcing him to choose between risking his safety or disappointing his students. Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language at the **Golden Globes**. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the **Palm Springs International Film Festival**. *"An effective mix of underdog sports drama...
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Russian
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The USSR, 1957 – a time of hope and genuine belief that the future will be bright. The Soviet satellite is conquering space, and on the Earth, in a little port city, the bright beaming eyes of Konyok and Lara - a naive restaurant cook and his waitress girlfriend - follow the movement of the satellite with hope and excitement. Their romance is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious stranger, Gherman. He knows for sure that one can not run away...
9) Lourdes
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Russian
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This is one of the novels of anticlerical trilogy of the author “Three Cities”. It was written in 1894. The French city Lourdes-is a very popular pilgrimage center in Europe. The drama of the character of the novel abbot Piere Froman, who is looking for justice, is an aspect of criticism of mark system that opens the door to accommodation with it. The abbot removes his cassock, and his sons serve as evangelists of reform.
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Being in emigration, in his work the author creates the situation of the revolutionary overthrow, which happened in Russia. The setting takes place in the country of Panduria. Many heroes can be correlated to the historical figures in Russia. The end of the novel is the one the author wanted to see in his own country-king Adrian comes back to the rebels in time and conquers the tyrants.
11) The Masterpiece
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'The Masterpiece’ is a work of a French writer and publicist E. Zola (1840 - 1902). It describes the small bourgeoisie family in the Second Empire period. It's based on real life events of the author's life and his friends of youth, P. Cezanne, E. Manet, B. Bile, C. Monet, and others. The author supports impressionists. The novel problematizes attitude towards reality. After the book had, appeared the controversies began. In this book, an advanced...
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Russian
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"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is one of the most famous adventure novels by Mark Twain and one of the first novels, narrative of travels through time. Mark Twain created this novel, exhibiting his legendary and signature sense of humour and talent of a narrator, which has made him immortal.
13) The Beast in Man
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Russian
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The Beast in Man (1890) - is a work by Emile Zola (1840-1902), a French writer and publicist. This is the seventh novel in Les Rougon-Macquart series. It's an awesome story of a family. The story describes a murder of a woman committed by her husband-rapist and its investigation. Even though critics blamed the author for dirty romanticism, the book was really popular among readers.
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Russian
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A gripping and true story set in 1956 in East Germany of a group of students who saw their life changed forever by a harmless human act of solidarity during the early stage of the Cold War, where freedom of thinking and integrity could make anyone an enemy of the state… or an ordinary hero. This is a film about the extraordinary courage of young individuals in a time of political oppression. Nominated for four awards at the **German Film Awards**...
15) Taras Bulba
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Russian
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"Taras Bulba" by Nikolai Gogol is a historical novella set in 16th-century Ukraine. It follows the exploits of the Cossack warrior Taras Bulba and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a fierce conflict between the
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Russian
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A journey into the depth of Russian countryside where intimate connection with nature comes as a natural way of life. Meet Kassyan, who can communicate directly with birds and other forest creatures. Discover mysterious sweet-voiced oracle bird, The Gamayune living among trees with leaves that fall not, neither in autumn nor in winter, and apples grow of gold, on silver branches, and every man lives in uprightness and content.
17) Stalingrad
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Russian
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An epic look at the battle that turned the tide of World War II. A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there. The scale of the battle contrasts dramatically with the human drama of the Russian soldiers, the few remaining civilians and their invaders into Stalingrad.
18) Beanpole
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Russian
Description
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
20) War and peace
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Russian
Description
A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
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