Boris Godunov (1986)
Gênero : História, Drama
Runtime : 2H 10M
Director : Sergey Bondarchuk
Sinopse
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.
Baseado em fatos reais, o filme narra a explosão e o naufrágio do submarino russo Kursk no ano de 2000. Os tripulantes precisam sobreviver às águas geladas do Mar de Barents enquanto esperam por um resgate que pode não chegar por causa do descaso das autoridades.
Um pouco antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial John Reed (Warren Beatty), um jornalista americano, conhece Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), uma mulher casada, que larga o marido para ficar com Reed e se torna uma importante feminista. Eles se envolvem em disputas políticas e trabalhistas nos Estados Unidos, e vão para a Rússia a tempo de participarem da Revolução de outubro de 1917, quando os comunistas assumiram o poder. Este acontecimento inspira o casal, que volta aos Estados Unidos esperando liderar uma revolução semelhante.
Um museu como um ser vivo, uma entidade que respira e tem personalidade própria. Sokúrov empresta alma ao colossal palacete do Hermitage, em São Petersburgo, um dos maiores museus do mundo. Arca Russa foi filmado em um único plano-seqüência, sem cortes, que dura 97 minutos e atravessa 35 salas do museu, transformando a tela de cinema em um quadro vivo por onde desfilam personagens importantes da história da Rússia: Pedro, o Grande; Catarina, a Grande; Catarina II, Nicolau e Alexandra.
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.
The explosion at Chernobyl was ten times worse than the Hiroshima bomb and was due to a combination of human error and imperfect technology. An account of the sixty critical minutes prior to the explosion of the nuclear power plant on the night of April 26, 1986.
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on the night of April 26, 1986, its causes and consequences are examined. In addition, a report on efforts to strengthen the structures covering the core of the nuclear plant in order to better protect the population and the environment is offered.
Em 2000, quando Vladmir Putin foi o presidente em exercício da Rússia com a saída repentina de Boris Yeltsin, candidatos tiveram três meses de campanha para uma nova eleição da presidência. Ao invés das táticas de campanha comuns, ele contratou o cineasta Vitaly Mansky para acompanhá-lo para um documentário para TV. Anos depois, Mansky retorna às imagens que ele captou naquele ano e constrói uma nova perspectiva sobre uma figura que se tornou tão decisiva para a política internacional, refletindo sobre o que permitiu que Putin consolidasse seu poder.
Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.
Japão e Rússia entram em confronto no que ficou conhecido como Guerra Russo-Japonesa. Numa tentativa falhada de tomarem a fortaleza de Porto Artur com a frota e o exército japones, os russos avança com uma frota sobre o Mar do Japão. O almirante Heihachiro Togo envia a sua frota para enfrentar os russos, com resultados que surpreenderam ambas as nações. Enquanto isso, o major Genjiro Akashi negoceia secretamente com os revolucionários bolcheviques na Rússia, negociações essa que têm repercussões muito para além do conflito em questão.
St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first politicians to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States in 2016, but over time the relationship between the two heads of state has had its ups and downs. Are they friends or enemies? Has their mutual admiration turned into mutual distrust?
Russian Dramedy
Uma história pungente e trágica sobre eventos dos quais o próprio conde Liev Nikolaevitch Tolstói é um participante. O tenente da capital, Grigory Kolokoltsev, inspirado por ideias avançadas, é enviado para servir em um regimento de infantaria, no qual ocorre um crime de guerra. O soldado, sobre cujos ombros recai a culpa, enfrenta um tribunal militar. Kolokoltsev pede ajuda ao conde Tolstói, que decide proteger os inocentes. Uma história comovente sobre a complexidade das escolhas e a lealdade aos próprios ideais. Baseada em eventos reais.
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.
O fim da Guerra Fria não provocou um degelo definitivo nas antigas repúblicas da União Soviética, de modo que hoje existem vários conflitos congelados, não resolvidos durante décadas, naquele vasto território. Como na Transnístria, um Estado não reconhecido, se separou da Moldávia desde 1990. Kolja é uma testemunha silenciosa de como as fronteiras e a burocracia moldam a vida dos cidadãos, finalmente forçados a perder sua identidade.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men who changed the shape of the world at that time and forever, but perhaps the actual events happened in a way different from that narrated in the history books…
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.
