Vsevolod Pudovkin

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.

Originally titled Vozvrachenia Vassilya Bortnikov, Vassili's Return was the last directorial effort by the great V.I. Pudovkin, who died in June of 1953. Like many of Pudovkin's later works, the film was diluted by interference from communist party officials; what remains, however, is well worth having, if miles removed from the brilliance of his earlier Mother, End of St. Petersburg and Storm over Asia. Based on a novel by G. Nikolayeva, the story centers upon a Russian named Vassili (Serge Lukynaov), who leaves his wife to do battle against the Germans in WW II. When Vassili is reported to have been killed in battle, his wife Avodtya (Natalya Medvedeva) marries another man. Per the film's title, Vassili returns, only to find his wife ostensibly out of his reach. Vassili and his former spouse eventually reunite as friends if not lovers, working side by side on a state-approved collective farm.

A biographical film about the fate of the great Russian mechanic and creator of aerodynamics Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky.

A biography of a famous Russian Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov.

A biography of a famous Russian Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov.

Durante a primeira parte do seu reinado, Ivan, o Terrível, enfrenta traição da aristocracia e até dos seus amigos mais próximos, à medida que procura unir o povo russo.

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "the Physicist", "Judicial Process", and "the Jewish Wife".

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "the Physicist", "Judicial Process", and "the Jewish Wife".

The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.

The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.

The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.

Primarily 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 Russia and Austria against Napoleon.

Produção soviética de cunho patriótico sobre os heróis defensores russos contra a invasão de Moscou por tropas polonesas em 1611.

A wise and forgiving communist leader decides to send a young worker, Karl Renn, as an international delegate to the Soviet Union after the worker had deserted a picket-line and had expressed doubts about the methods of class struggle in in his own country.

As a response to criticism for the allegedly excessive “mass appeal” of his earlier epic STORM OVER ASIA (1928), Vsevolod Pudovkin unleashed his flair for experimentation in what was supposed to be the director’s first sound feature. Everything went wrong: technical problems forced him to complete the film as a silent; viewers were baffled by the lack of a recognizable plot; then, the ideological climate of the Soviet Union changed. He was now being blamed for catering to bourgeois taste! Time has come to set the record straight. Here’s lyrical cinema at its best, deliberately operatic and yet intimate as it matches the characters’ inner life with the solemn rhythms of nature, and depicted through breathtaking black-and-white photography. A sensation at last year’s Pordenone fest, Pudovkin’s long-forgotten swan song to the art of montage is resurrected by Gabriel Thibaudeau’s emotionally charged live music performance. –PCU (USSR, 1930, 75m)

A jovem vendedora Louise vai para as barricadas da Comuna de Paris e seu amante se torna um punidor.

Um simples pastor da Mongólia vê toda sua vida se transformar depois que é capturado pelo exército que ocupa seu país. Um amuleto é a prova de que o pastor é descendente direto do lendário Gengis Khan. Seu suposto parentesco faz com que os invasores o usem como testa de ferro em um novo governo.

Um camponês vai para São Petersburgo à procura de trabalho. Sem ter a intenção, ele acaba ajudando na prisão de um antigo amigo de seu vilarejo natal, que agora é líder sindical. Mais tarde, o camponês também é preso e enviado para lutar na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Quando retorna, três anos depois, ele está pronto para participar da revolução.

Um camponês vai para São Petersburgo à procura de trabalho. Sem ter a intenção, ele acaba ajudando na prisão de um antigo amigo de seu vilarejo natal, que agora é líder sindical. Mais tarde, o camponês também é preso e enviado para lutar na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Quando retorna, três anos depois, ele está pronto para participar da revolução.

"Though not given a New York showing until 1935, V. I. Pudovkin's Mechanics of the Brain (Mekhanika Golovnovo Mozga) was written and directed by Pudovkin in 1926. A full year in the making, this scientific documentary concentrates on the behavioral studies conducted by Prof. Ivan Pavlov. The laboratory dogs used in Pavlov's research don't seem too happy about it, and as a result this film might be hard to take for the more sensitive viewers (the vivisection sequence is particularly rough). The progress of the research is detailed with charts and graphs, hardly the "cinematic" touches one might expect from Pudovkin. Interestingly, Mechanics of the Brains was released two years before the results of Pavlov's studies were printed in book form."

Na cidade operária de Sormovo, um ferreiro bêbado e fura-greves é morto acidentalmente por um militante, amigo de seu filho. A viúva, acreditando agir corretamente, ajuda os investigadores, porém, seu filho é preso e ela se arrepende profundamente. Com isso ela participa de uma manifestação revolucionária de solidariedade proletária.

Na cidade operária de Sormovo, um ferreiro bêbado e fura-greves é morto acidentalmente por um militante, amigo de seu filho. A viúva, acreditando agir corretamente, ajuda os investigadores, porém, seu filho é preso e ela se arrepende profundamente. Com isso ela participa de uma manifestação revolucionária de solidariedade proletária.

With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.

With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

O senhor West, presidente da Sociedade de Jovens Cristãos da América, e seu guarda-costas Jeddie decidem visitar a União Soviética dominada pelos bolcheviques. Lá, presenciam eventos estranhos.

O senhor West, presidente da Sociedade de Jovens Cristãos da América, e seu guarda-costas Jeddie decidem visitar a União Soviética dominada pelos bolcheviques. Lá, presenciam eventos estranhos.

O senhor West, presidente da Sociedade de Jovens Cristãos da América, e seu guarda-costas Jeddie decidem visitar a União Soviética dominada pelos bolcheviques. Lá, presenciam eventos estranhos.

A down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero