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Movie Nazib Zhiganov. (1969)

Nazib Zhiganov 1969

Movie, 1 part, Duration: 0:29:26

Movie Song of the Unhappy in Love. (2008)

Song of the Unhappy in Love 2008

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:28

In the story "The Murder of a Poet" Apollinaire seemed to predict his own fate: seriously wounded in the head at the front, he could not recover, and died on November 9, 1918 at the age of 38. Wilhelm - Albert - Vladimir - Alexander - Apollinary Kostrovitsky (pseudonym Guillaume Apollinaire) was the illegitimate son of Angelika Kostrovitskaya. His grandfather was a staff captain of the Russian army, but after the defeat of the Polish uprising of 1863, he was forced to emigrate to Italy. According to family legend, Apollinaire was the son of Napoleon's grandson, who lived in the Vatican at that time. True, in the official registration card of foreigners in Italy in the column "nationality" it is written: "Italian. Russian." In the film, we are limited to the poet's love lyrics, in which the bitter fate of the "unloved" sounds, or literally from French "badly loved."
Movie Joseph Brodsky. (2002)

Joseph Brodsky 2002

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:19

Joseph Brodsky's story about himself and his life. The film is based on interviews with the poet, archival newsreel footage and photographs
Movie Merry Step. (2005)

Merry Step 2005

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:48

The film is a requiem dedicated to the lives and fates of Soviet poets, raised by the Soviet government, who went to the front as volunteers and died on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War.
Movie Gogol's Child. (2009)

Gogol's Child 2009

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:40

Gogol and Russia based on the works written by A. Blok, A. Bely, V. Rozanov for the writer's 100th anniversary. And also the mystical fate of Gogol's ashes and his monument.
Movie The sons of Russia.The film is the first "Konstantin Korovin says". (2012)

The sons of Russia.The film is the first "Konstantin Korovin says" 2012

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:00

The first film documentary Novels "The Sons of Russia" dedicated to the artist Konstantin Korovinu- the brightest representatives of Russian impressionism. The film tells of several episodes from the life of Korovin, his travels and meetings with prominent people of that time. The protagonist and narrator is the voice-over artist himself - the author of the remarkable memoirs.
Movie Sons of Russia. Film two "The Lonely Star of Yevstigney Fomin". (2012)

Sons of Russia. Film two "The Lonely Star of Yevstigney Fomin" 2012

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:25:47

The second film of the documentary duology "Sons of Russia" is dedicated to the outstanding Russian composer of the 18th century Yevstigney Fomin. His work was not accepted by Catherine II and the royal court. For many years, the composer's name was forgotten. And only in the middle of the 20th century Fomin's music returned to Russia. After all, the light of an extinguished star always reaches the earth...
Movie Agnes, Cyrus and goby. (2011)

Agnes, Cyrus and goby 2011

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:27:05

The film is a portrait of the famous children's writer of the Soviet period, Agnes Barto Barto. On the one hand, almost every citizen of our country, heard her name, just remember about "our Tanya, who was crying loudly," or about "the bull that goes - swinging." But in fact, very few people know what was her life, what kind of person she was.
Movie Quay incurable. (2011)

Quay incurable 2011

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:52

Tuning forks are poems Brodsky film about love. They Brodsky presented not as a poet-thinker, but as a lover boy. The plot was a collection of "New Stanzas to Augusta." In the film, Brodsky himself in verses, which were written more than a dozen years, tells of his love.
Movie Now I'm at home more often. (2008)

Now I'm at home more often 2008

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:54

Much material has been filmed about Tonino Guerra. Of course, he is one of the co-authors and eyewitnesses of the birth of great Italian cinema. For Tonino Guerra himself, what seems especially important and interesting now is not so much and not only cinema, but "the soil on which it was made" - the lives of his friends Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov and others. The life, fate, interests of Tonino Guerra himself, his hobbies, his friends, his Laura and his love for Russia - this is the soil on which all the works of the famous screenwriter "grew". You can understand what kind of screenwriter he is by watching his films. And what kind of person is he? What worries him today? What does he reflect on? How does he combine love for acting and thoughts about what death is?
Movie The Lost Tram. (2012)

The Lost Tram 2012

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:25:57

The beginning of the 20th century is characterized by the breakup of the academic traditions that had become monolithic. The borders of the empire that opened up for the intelligentsia, the assimilation of Western culture made Russian art cosmopolitan. It was in these years that "isms" appeared. Symbolism, acmeism, egophototourism, cubophototourism, utourism, imagenism, what is now commonly called the "silver" age. This century was not long, but it did not pass in the history of Russian art.
Movie Baranovsky: getting closer to the personality. (2011)

Baranovsky: getting closer to the personality 2011

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:29

The film about Pyotr Dmitrievich Baranovsky is an attempt to return the name of a talented restorer, researcher and patriot to the wide circles of lovers of ancient Russian art. It was Baranovsky who was honored with the discovery of the grave of the great Andrei Rublev and the dating of the death of the holy icon painter. The work of his life was to protect the Pokrovsky Cathedral (St. Basil's Cathedral) on Red Square from demolition. The temple was saved, but Baranovsky was arrested and sent to the camps...
Movie circus actor. (2006)

circus actor 2006

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:48

Circus performer, trainer Daria Kostyuk talks about the circus, about how she came to her profession. The film also shows fragments of circus performances and rehearsals
Movie "Moscow - Batum". (2005)

"Moscow - Batum" 2005

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:38

This film is the author's interpretation of the relationship between M.A. Bulgakov and Stalin in the period 1926-1940: from the moment the Leader became acquainted with "Heart of a Dog" until the writer's death after the complicated story with the play "Batum". The film is based on authentic materials of Bulgakov studies. Visual material and music from the 1930s emphasize the everyday atmosphere in which the events of the film unfold.
Movie From the history of Russian photography. (2011)

From the history of Russian photography 2011

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:20:50

The film tells about the formation of Russian and Soviet photography, about the bright representatives and founders of photojournalism, as well as about the direction of pictorialism in photography
Movie House. (2008)

House 2008

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:38

On the night of 12 on May 13, 1956, Alexander Fadeev hardly slept. Insomnia and extreme nervous excitement he was persecuted for the past three years, and it sometimes seemed that he had died long ago, and he walks, speaks, acts before Soviet writers and workers, writes novels and articles, was not he but someone else, a stranger, an outsider. Taking the night ten "Nembutal" packages Fadeyev did not find the strength to get up for breakfast and asked for him to dinner. By one o'clock. Time passed unbearably slow. Again trying to doze off - and again to no avail. When the clock struck half of the first, Alexander took off his shirt, walked to the table, from which it took out a gun, put it straight to the heart and pulled the trigger. Compositionally, the film is built around the house in Peredelkino, where he lived, worked and put an end to the life of Alexander Fadeev. In the film, the sound of his last letter as a reflection of life - Civil War events and 30s, war and post-war devastation, the death of Stalin and the Twentieth Congress. This context - an attempt to show the diversity and contradictions of the personality of Alexander Fadeev.
Movie With the flow. (2008)

With the flow 2008

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:35

The term emigration in the explanatory dictionary, we find the following explanation - from the Latin emigro - evicted, leaving the citizens of his country to another country for permanent residence, or a more or less long-term political, economic and other reasons. The emigrants and emigration have been and probably always will be an integral part of any political regime, the regime of government. This process shows the interpenetration of ethnic groups, cultures, traditions, problems, which obviously can not be resolved, being permanently confined to one land, the country, one city and way. Naturally, the vast space once the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, and now the Russian Federation, numerous peoples inhabiting these spaces and political storms that raged in these spaces in the twentieth century, have given many reasons to talk about such a concept as the Russian emigration. Moreover, in a global context. The film "Adrift" is not trying to understand and explain the origins and consequences of Russian emigration as a whole. We just show the lives of some Russian emigres living in a small town in Florida.
Movie Gold coins, gold coins. (2007)

Gold coins, gold coins 2007

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:27:11

The film tells about the formation of the financial system of the young Soviet state, about the first People's Commissar of Finance Sokolnikov
Movie The story of one flight. (2002)

The story of one flight 2002

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:26:48

The film tells the story of polar pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Georgievich Golovin, the first pilot to fly over the North Pole in 1937.
Movie The street is a stage. (2004)

The street is a stage 2004

Movie, 1 film, Duration: 0:25:51

Music sounds on the streets, crossroads, and squares of German cities as a familiar detail of the overall street sound design. Familiar classical melodies: Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi… And the faces of the musicians are easily recognizable: ours, Russian
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