By the Law (1926) is a tragic and suspenseful movie set in the Klondike Gold Rush. It follows a group of people trapped in a cabin who are forced to confront their inner demons and face the consequences of a tragic accident. Paranoia, sadism, and the search for gold drive the characters to the edge as they struggle to survive.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks is a silent film from 1924 that follows the story of an American man named Mr. West who travels to Russia during the time of the Bolshevik Revolution. While in Moscow, he becomes the target of a criminal gang and must navigate a series of comedic and adventurous situations. Along the way, Mr. West encounters cultural differences, suspicion, and fear, but ultimately finds himself learning and growing from the experience.
The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
A documentary about the Armenian avant-garde filmmaker, Artavazd Pelešjan.
Two six-graders are trying to find the Stalin's pipe and return it to the owner.
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.)
Khokhlova, a girl-reporter on a Moscow newpaper, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness--virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.
The film is about Russian silent movie star Alexandra Khokhlova. She was the first Soviet blacklisted actress. In her 90es, Khokhlova acts in this extraordinary documentary: she acts herself. Film critics recognised her appearance here as the last and brilliant role of great actress.
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