Daniel olbrychski

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poster Boyar Orsha
Boyar Orsha
9mn - History, Drama
Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyar Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.
poster The Palace and the Fortress
The Palace and the Fortress
100mn - Drama, History
An adaptation of Olga Frosh's novel about the life of Mihail Beideman.
poster The Polish Dancer
The Polish Dancer
(3.0/5)
62mn - Drama, Romance
A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.
poster The Miracle at the Vistula
The Miracle at the Vistula
(2.6/5)
51mn - Drama, Romance, War
Eastern Borderlands, 1919. The Bolsheviks, taking part in the Polish-Russian war, appear at the Granowski manor house. It's a story based on the war of 1920, which ended with the Battle of Warsaw going do…
poster The Beilis Case
The Beilis Case
(2.9/5)
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 The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan
(3.6/5)
49mn - Drama
After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinel…
poster Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves
(3.3/5)
110mn - Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
poster The Last Tango
The Last Tango
(2.8/5)
10mn - Drama, Romance
The film is based on the words of a song performed by Iza Kremer in Odessa.
poster Ludzie bez jutra
Ludzie bez jutra
(3.3/5)
84mn - Drama, Romance
A bleak tale of an affair between an actress and a Russian officer, based on the real story of the affair between Maria Wisnowska and Aleksandr Barteniew.
poster The Chinese Shadows
The Chinese Shadows
3mn - Comedy, Animation
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.
poster Banda batki Knysha
Banda batki Knysha
66mn - Crime
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 Polikushka
Polikushka
(3.5/5)
50mn - Drama
"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the lite…
poster Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
4mn - Drama, History
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
poster 1812
1812
(2.8/5)
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 Kamarinskaja
Kamarinskaja
1mn - Documentary
Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.
poster Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
(2.8/5)
5mn - Fantasy, Comedy
Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape ex…
poster The Ancient Law
The Ancient Law
(3.6/5)
128mn - Drama
Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor.
poster The Little House in Kolomna
The Little House in Kolomna
(3.1/5)
31mn - Comedy
Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pa…
poster The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac
(3.5/5)
113mn - Crime, Drama, Horror
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
poster The Ballet Master's Dream
The Ballet Master's Dream
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to sleep he paces the floor and tries out dance steps. Fi…
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