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- DirectorVladimir PetrovStarsNikolai SimonovNikolay CherkasovAlla TarasovaA historical film about the life and state activities of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.
- DirectorAleksandr MittaStarsVladimir VysotskiyAleksey PetrenkoIvan RyzhovLoosely based on Peter the Great's Negro, Alexander Pushkin's unfinished novel based on his own great-grandfather, a black African brought to Russia.
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsDmitriy ZolotukhinTamara MakarovaNatalya BondarchukPart one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsDmitriy ZolotukhinTamara MakarovaNatalya BondarchukBased on the novel by A. N. Tolstoy "Peter I" (1945). Continuation of the film "Peter's Youth" (1980). At the end of the XVII century, Russia suffered huge losses in trade, as it had no access to the sea. The young Peter I begins the construction of the Russian fleet in Voronezh and takes the Azov fortress. At this time, dissatisfaction with the rule of the young monarch is brewing among the courtiers.
- StarsStepan StarchikovBoris NevzorovAleksandr FatyushinHistorical epic that takes place during the times of Peter the Great. It shows the changes brought to Russia through the fates of three different people.
- DirectorJerzy AntczakStarsJadwiga BaranskaMariusz DmochowskiStanislaw Jasiukiewicz"The Countess Cosel" is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704. Against the backdrop of life at Augustus' court the movie follows the arrival at Dresden of 24-year-old Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, who is an inordinately beautiful and scrupulously devout young married woman; her romance with the king and her "ten year reign" as his mistress - a role she consents to in the belief that she has won the king's love and commitment; and finally, her heartbreak, disillusion and struggle against him. The conflict between Anna and the king arises from the fact that Anna takes seriously not only the relationship, but the written promise of marriage which she manages to secure from him during their courtship. Neither the relationship nor the contract is held in much esteem by Augustus, who replaces her, as he has always done, with another mistress, as soon as she loses for him the charm of novelty. Her valiant refusal to return the marriage promissory note upon request enrages him and delivers her to her miserable fate.
- DirectorZoltán VárkonyiStarsIstván KovácsVera VenczelImre Sinkovits1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsTadeusz LomnickiMagdalena ZawadzkaMieczyslaw PawlikowskiIn 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
- StarsIgor VolkovOleg MenshikovNatalya SaykoA biographical epic about the legendary Russian scientist, historian, linguist and writer Mikhailo Lomonosov and his lifelong search for truth.
- StarsAndrey MironovVladislav StrzhelchikZinoviy GerdtCharming womanizer and playboy Leonidas Fadinar wants to quit his bachelor life and marry the daughter of local rich gardener.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaLyudmila MyznikovaYuri TavrovSurreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczStarsIvan MozzhukhinOlga ObolenskayaLidiya TridenskayaBased on Gogol's story: It's Christmas Eve, and everyone in the village has plans. The devil and the witch Solokha are looking for ways of causing mischief. Chub the Cossack just wants some vodka. Solokha's son, Vakula the smith, wants to court Chub's charming daughter Oksana, who sets him on a quest: if Vakula will bring her the tsaritsa's shoes, Oksana will marry him. Meanwhile, the popular Solokha has a series of male visitors to contend with. When Vakula interrupts her, it sets off a chain of events that leads to a busy night for everyone.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaMikhail ShapiroStarsGrigoriy BolshakovSofya GolembaLiliya GritsenkoSolokha, the mother of the blacksmith Vakula, receives guests in his absence: the demon, the Head, Dyak and Chub - Oksana's father. The guests hide in bags, and the saddened Vakula, who returned from the capricious beauty Oksana, decides to put things in order in the hut. He takes the bags out into the street, where lads and girls, including Oksana, are merrily caroling. She asks the blacksmith to get her little slippers, which the queen herself wears. Vakula sits astride a demon, rushes to the royal palace and asks the Empress for a little slipper. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Dikanka discovered that Vakula was missing. Oksana regrets that she treated him like that. Having received a valuable gift from Vakula, Oksana agrees to marriage.
- DirectorMikhail DollerVsevolod PudovkinStarsNikolay P. CherkasovAleksandr KhanovMikhail AstangovPrimarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine, General Suvorov broke with her successor, Paul I, the Mad Emperor, over questions regarding army policy. He went into retirement and wrote "The Science of Victory," containing maxims such as "Swiftness of movement accompanies victory," and "the real general is he who defeats the enemy before reaching him." The czar recalled Suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of Rissia and Austria against Napoleon.
- DirectorSergey GerasimovStarsNikolai MordvinovTamara MakarovaMikhail SadovskyThe story begins when beautiful Nina (Makarova) loses a bracelet during a masked ball. Another woman finds it and without revealing who she is, gives it to an ardent cavalry officer admirer at the ball. This officer had earlier spent the evening learning how to gamble from Nina's husband Arbenin (Mordvinov). When the young officer shows the bracelet to Arbenin, he starts to suspect that he has been betrayed by his wife. The film depicts the effects of Arbenin's jealousy on everyone around the couple, leading to a quarrel with and calculated humiliation of the officer, Arbenin poisoning his wife, and finishing with a strange out of left field "I told you so" from someone who Arbenin had injured a decade earlier.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
- DirectorVladimir MotylStarsIrina KupchenkoAleksey BatalovNatalya BondarchukIn December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring (or even acknowledging) the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them. Among these remarkable women is a princess exiled from France who falls in love with a man soon to be exiled. The film is the story of their unfathomable sacrifice and their dogged desire to be reunited with the men they love, despite the conditions and the circumstances.
- DirectorRoman TikhomirovStarsTamara SyominaEvgeniy LeonovDmitri SmirnovBatmanova, once a serf, sets Paris aflame with her singing and now returns to the court of the Prince in 19th-century Russia. The Prince wants Batmanova for himself, but she loves a young nobleman who is technically still a serf because his papers have been lost.
- DirectorMikhail RommStarsIvan PereverzevGennadi YudinVladimir DruzhnikovThe historical and biographic movie about the glorified Russian naval commander Ushakov. France begins aggressive wars. The Russian and allied troops freeing Italy are headed by A. V. Suvorov. The victory in the fortress of Corfu is ensured by operation of the admiral Ushakov.
- DirectorMikhail RommStarsIvan PereverzevBoris LivanovSergey BondarchukHistorical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLarisa GolubkinaYuriy YakovlevIgor IlyinskyA young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
- DirectorVitaliy MelnikovStarsNikolay YeryomenkoSvetlana KryuchkovaAnna SamokhinaIn 1775 Catherine II sends infamous count Orlov to capture and bring to Russia the supposed pretender to the Russian throne. Who has been claiming to be Elizabeth of Russia's daughter.
- DirectorAleksandr ProshkinStarsVladimir MashkovMateusz DamieckiVladimir IlinA historical drama based on the novel of the same name.