Movies and TvShows featuring "intelligentsia" theme.

The Old New Year is a comedy set in the Soviet Union, following the story of unlikely friends who navigate through winter holidays. It explores themes of friendship, family arguments, and starting a new life from scratch. With parallel editing, the movie showcases the anarchy and aggression in society, while also highlighting the intelligentsia and higher education. The plot revolves around a cast of characters dealing with various aspects of winter, including snow, driving, and the Christmas tree. Moscow serves as the backdrop for this humorous tale.

The story is about how a metropolitan writer, concerned about the “fifth point of his questionnaire,” instead of the noble or, at worst, rabbit fur assigned to him by rank, was given a “medium fluffy domestic cat” at the Literary Fund, and how he, previously quiet and inconspicuous, ventured to a “mutiny on a ship” confidently cutting through the waters of “socialist realism.”

Slovo House (2017) is a documentary that delves into the lives of the intelligentsia in Kharkiv, Ukraine during the 1930s. It explores the socio-political climate of the time, the effects of the Soviet regime, and the cultural genocide that occurred. The film showcases reenactments and provides an in-depth look into the lives of the residents of Slovo House.

Based on the works of Ivan Shamyakin. The heroes of the film are representatives of the creative intelligentsia. Yesterday, their works were considered a national treasure, but now they are no longer needed. The famous writer Ivan Andreevich is forced to earn a living by selling his own books with autographs. More fortunate was his friend, the famous artist Mikhail Antonovich. All his paintings were bought by a western collector. But the banquet arranged by the artist on this occasion turned out to be completely depressing...