Aleksandr chabrov

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poster Princess Tarakanova

Princess Tarakanova

19mn - Drama, History

Russia, 1775. Count Orlov writes a letter to Empress Catherine II the Great in which he denounces Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and pretender to the throne.

1812

41mn - Drama, History

Made in 1912, this film has become known as one of the greatest pieces of pre-Soviet cinema. The silent film tells the story of the Patriotic war of 1812 when Napoleon attempted to invade Russia. This joi…

poster The Portrait of Captain Grogg

The Portrait of Captain Grogg

7mn - Animation

An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait

poster Banda batki Knysha

Banda batki Knysha

Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang…

poster The King of Paris

The King of Paris

The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target o…

poster Anniversary of the Revolution

Anniversary of the Revolution

122mn - Documentary, History

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

poster The Beilis Case

The Beilis Case

0mn - Drama, Crime

Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey Yushchinsky. Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual mu…

poster Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assi…

poster The Bride

The Bride

90mn - Mystery, Horror, Thriller

When a young bride travels to her fiancé's rural ancestral home in Russia, she discovers an eerie family tradition involving ghost photography and possession. As she uncovers disturbing secrets about her …

poster Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

2mn - Comedy, Drama

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompa…

poster Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

A tragic story of a ballerina.

poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand

Robert Macaire and Bertrand

11mn - Comedy, Crime

Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.

poster The World and Its Woman

The World and Its Woman

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and…

poster The Mysterious Portrait

The Mysterious Portrait

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

poster Antosha, Ruined by a Corset!

Antosha, Ruined by a Corset!

Taking advantage of his wife's temporary leave, Anton and his female friends are having fun. In the midst of all the revelry, he receives a telegram that she is to return this morning. General turmoil ens…

poster A Sammy in Siberia

A Sammy in Siberia

A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.

poster Hadj Cheriff

Hadj Cheriff

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…

poster As Curas do Professor Mozart

As Curas do Professor Mozart

24mn - Documentary

Rukus

87mn - Drama, Animation, Fantasy

A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds.

poster The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades

15mn - Horror, Drama

Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying …

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