Aram Khachaturyan

A disturbing moment on a calm summer's day in the countryside: while gardening, a young man sees his mother as a woman for the first time.

The Bolshoi’s grandiose epic Spartacus recounts the story of a Roman slave’s fight for freedom. With its famous Khachaturian score, since the 1960s it has been considered one of the greatest ballets in the Bolshoi repertoire. The choreography by Yuri Grigorovich fills the Bolshoi stage with dynamic scenes of tension and conflict, and gives full expression to the virility and strength for which Russia’s male dancers are renowned.

Internationally acclaimed as the greatest male dancer of his generation, Carlos Acosta stars as the rebel slave in the most spectacular of Soviet ballets. Filmed in Paris after triumphant performances in Moscow and London, the Bolshoi's classic production presents the Cuban star at the height of his physical and dramatic powers -- as the greatest Spartacus of our time.

AD 37년, 로마 황제 티베릴우스(Tiberius : 피터 오툴 분)의 폭정 시절, 황제가 입양아인 칼리큘라(Caligula : 말콤 맥도웰 분)보다 친손자인 제멜리스(Gemellus : 브루노 브라이브 분)를 더 귀여워하자, 칼리큘라는 자신이 왕위에 오르지 못하면 죽음을 당할 것임을 알고, 꼭 살아남아서 황제가 되어야겠다고 결심한다. 황제의 심복이며 칼리큘라를 싫어하는 네르바(Nerva : 존 질거드 분)는 그가 황제가 되면 로마가 망한다며 자살을 한다. 이에 충격을 받은 칼리큘라는 생명의 위협을 느끼기 시작하고, 궁정의 수호대장 메크론(Macro : 구이도 마나니 분)은 아내마저 칼리큘라에게 바칠 정도로 그에게 충성하지만 칼리큘라는 그 또한 믿을 수가 없다. 어느날, 티베리우스는 심장마비를 일으켜 침대 위에 누워만 있는 신세가 되자, 칼리큘라와 메크론은 누워있는 그를 베개로 눌러 죽이고 25세에 로마 황제로 즉위한다. 처음에는 치정에 전념하던 그도 점점 주위 사람들을 의심하고, 측근들을 사소한 트짐으로 하나씩 제거하면서 서서히 광기를 드러낸다. 여동생 드루실라(Drusilla : 테레사 안 사보이 분)를 동생 이상으로 사랑하여 동거하는가 하면 음란한 왕비 케소냐(Caesonia : 헬렌 미렌 분)가 낳은 딸을 아들이라고 우긴다. 칼리큘라는 또한 웅대한 이집트풍의 연극을 기획하고 부인과 함께 직접 출연하기도 한다. 칼리큘라의 폭정은 날이 갈 수록 심해져 드루실라가 열병으로 죽자 급기야는 황실 안에 커다란 매음굴을 만드는데...

A 1975 recording of the Bolshoi Ballet's performance of Yuri Grigorovich's production of "Spartacus".

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The story is set in the 1800s.Elena and Inzarov,a revolutionary Bulgarian ,fall in love.After secretly marrying they decide to join the liberation, but on the eve of departure Dmitry dies. Elena takes Inzarov's body to the Balkans .

Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.

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A Russian peasant woman is captured by Nazis and sold into slavery in Germany. Shown in Cannes in 1946.

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