A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.
Kartasov
幾度となく映画化されてきたロシアの文豪・トルストイの傑作ラブストーリーを、アレクサンドル・ザルヒが脚色・監督した文芸篇。政府の高官と政略結婚させられたアンナ。愛のない生活に満たされない日々を送っていた彼女は、ある日青年将校・ウロンスキーと出会う。ふたりは互いに惹かれ合うのだが…。
撮影はカラー作品は初めてというレオニード・カラーシニコフ、作曲はロジオン・シチェドリン、演奏はモスクワ室内オーケストラ。指揮はルドルフ・バルシャイである。美術はアレクサンドル・ボリソフ。出演は「戦争と貞操」のタチアナ・サモイロワ、舞台出身のワシリー・ラノボイ、「戦争と平和」のアナスタシア・ヴェルチンスカヤ、「小犬を連れた貴婦人」のイヤ・サーヴィナ、ニコライ・グリツェンコほか。アグファーカラー、70ミリ。
Naturally, the circus milieu of 2 Buldy 2 (1929) encourages stunts. A father and son, both clowns, are to perform together for the first time, but the civil war separates them, and the elder Buldy, tempted for a moment to acquiesce to the White forces, casts his lot with the revolution. At the climax Buldy Jr. escapes the Whites thanks to flashy trampoline and trapeze acrobatics; the gaping enemy soldiers forget to shoot.
Henry Hughes
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.
Anti-German Patriot with Top Hat
A peasant in rural Russia comes to St. Petersburg to escape absolute poverty and find work at the outbreak of the First World War. He comes to stay with his friend, a Bolshevik worker who has organized a strike at his factory. The peasant betrays his friend to the factory's greedy management, leading to the arrest of the striker. Feeling remorseful at his actions, the peasant attempts to plead for his friend’s freedom, but the situation escalates and he is imprisoned without trial and sent to fight in the war. After returning from the front, the peasant joins the revolutionary fight along with the Bolshevik worker.
