Maksim Shtraukh

The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.

A few stories about Vladimir Lenin.

During the brutal siege of Leningrad in the Second World War, musicians are able to stage a public performance of the Seventh Symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich.

A story about tragic events in France during the German occupation in WWII.

While investigating a regular traffic accidents detectives find evidence of foreign intelligence involvement.

In an Eastern European country, a strong political struggle breaks out over the possibility of accepting aid from the Marshall Plan or signing a cooperation treaty with the Soviet Union.

Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.

Memories of the old Baltic sailor who participated in a revolution and a few wars...

The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.

After the victory on Napoleon a hussar returns to Moscow. He is met by a desperate man who offers him a deal: marry his daughter before she turns 18 and inherit a huge fortune from her rich, eccentric aunt. There is also another condition...

A story about the friendship between two young men, two soldiers - Arkady from Odessa and Sasha from Ural.

The film tells about the founder of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, the leader of the Mongolian People's Revolution - Damdin Sukhe-Bator.

The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.

A funny comedy about doctor Aybolit and his assistants and patients - all animals.

The film’s content makes no concessions to the usual expectations of Soviet audiences of the 1930s. The cast of characters is extremely unlikely in almost every conventional respect. The action involves the household of the prominent Dr. Stepanov and his young wife, Masha, who share their large and richly adorned mansion with the parasitical Fedor Tsitronov, whose presence in the household is given only the most implausible of explanations. Equally implausible is the acquaintance of the family with the young and proud Grisha Fokin, whose leadership role in the Young Communist League is never clearly defined and who is never seen engaged in any work or professional activity.

Directed by Ivan Pyryev.

Directed by Hans Richter.

During the Russian Civil War, pilot Sergey Sedov engages in battle with the Black Cat enemy fighter, controlled by the famous pilot Baru. In the battle, Sedov wounded Baru, but Sedov's plane fell apart in the air. Sedov was only miraculously saved. A few years later, Sedov and Baru meet in international competitions in Tehran. Baru are to defend the honor of a French company, Sedov and his student Ivanov - the honor of their country. In the end, the defeated Baru can only express hope of a rematch during a new meeting with Sedov in a future war. The film has not survived.

A humble and honest cashier is robbed while carrying a large sum of money and the bag ends up in the basement of a building. When he later discovers that the robber has not taken it with him, he decides to keep the money making everyone believe that the thief has the bag.

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian to industrial culture in an epic ode to farm-collectivization progress.

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.

1905년, 제정 러시아 시대. 전함 포템킨의 수병들은 장교들의 학대와 열약한 근무 조건에 불만을 가지게 된다. 썩은 고기를 식량으로 사용한 사실은 그들의 반란의 기폭제로 작용한다. 수병을 없애버리라는 장교의 명령에 포병들은 거역하고 수병과 포병은 힘을 합쳐 동지가 된다. 전함을 완전히 장악한 이들은 승리감에 젖어 흑해 오뎃사 항구로 향하고 이 소식을 전해들은 시민들은 수병들을 환영하러 부두로 나온다. 한편 짜르의 명령을 받은 정예 코자크 군대가 출동하여 그들에 반항하는 시민들에게 무차별 공격을 가한다. 전함 포템킨에 탄 수병들을 환영하려 했던 시민들은 갑작스런 군대에 의해 피를 흘리며 쓰러져 간다. 수 많은 희생자가 나지만, 분노한 시민들은 수병들과 합세하여 봉기, 짜르의 군대와 싸우며 혁명의 대열에 서는데...

겉으로는 평온해 보이는 공장. 하지만 저 깊은 수면 아래에서 노동자들은 파업을 준비하고 있다. 파업의 기미를 보고받은 경찰은 스파이를 보내 노동자들을 염탐하게 한다. 그러던 어느날 측미계가 없어지자 공장 측은 한 노동자에게 누명을 씌우게 되고, 그는 자신의 결백함을 보이기 위해 자살하고 만다. 이 사건을 계기로 노동자들의 분노는 폭발하고 마침내 파업이 시작된다. 노동자들은 자신의 요구사항을 공장주에게 말하지만 그들은 수용하지 않는다. 파업이 장기화됨에 따라 극심한 생활고로 노동자들의 가정에서는 불화가 잦아질 뿐 아니라 가재 도구를 내다 팔기도 한다. 또한 스파이들의 회유와 협박에 넘어간 어느 노동자가 지도자를 밀고하기에 이른다. 경찰은 파업을 해결하기 위해서 부랑자들을 시켜 노동자들을 선동해 어용 주점을 방화, 약탈하도록 한다. 그들의 계획적인 음모를 눈치챈 노동자들은 집으로 돌아가려 하지만, 경찰들의 수공으로 심한 타격을 받고 활동가들과 지도자들은 모두 체포된다. 이 사건으로 권력을 가진 자들은 더욱더 철저하게 노동자들을 탄압할 수 있도록 군의 파견을 결정하고 잔혹한 진압을 자행하는데...

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 exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.