Movies and TvShows featuring "soviet-realism" theme.

In the midst of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the crew of the battleship Potemkin rebels against their oppressive officers, leading to a series of events that challenge the authority of the Imperial Russian Navy and ignite the social unrest in Odessa.

Man with a Movie Camera is an experimental documentary film that showcases various aspects of urban life in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It is known for its innovative filmmaking techniques and avant-garde style, including the use of montage and the incorporation of a film-within-a-film.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution, a group of Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky overthrow the provisional government and seize control of the Winter Palace. The film captures the unrest and social discontent that led to the revolution, as well as the ensuing power struggle within the Bolshevik party.

The End of St. Petersburg is a silent film that depicts the events of the Russian Revolution in St. Petersburg. It follows the story of a factory worker who becomes a Bolshevik and joins the armed uprising against the Russian Empire. The film showcases the poverty and harsh conditions faced by the working class, as well as the brutality of the capitalist system. It also highlights the conflict between communism and capitalism during this historical period.

Kino Eye is a documentary film set in the 1920s Soviet Union, showcasing various aspects of life including social issues, propaganda, and rural and urban settings. It follows the story of a young pioneer and explores themes such as socialism, poverty, and the effects of the war on the country.

A peasant girl from a rural area moves to Moscow and becomes the housekeeper in an apartment building. She gets caught up in a variety of comedic situations involving the residents and the union members. The film satirizes the social and political climate of the Soviet Union during that time.

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 story of Stalin and the Soviet people.

A satiric comedy which dissects the iconography of the 'Soviet Hero'. Original footage of a propaganda film from 1941 is the starting point for this parody of the ideological cliches of Soviet cinema. It follows the story of a Russian crew across the North Pole.

The film tells about the Decembrists’ revolt in the south of Russia. Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that it's time for a game. But on whom to make a bet? He asks the cards. But he's not the only one who makes the choice.

Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of different ethnicities, pointing out the benefits that the communist organization had brought to their daily lives. A special emphasis is placed on their status as mothers and on the role of nurseries and socialist kindergartens not only in making their lives easier, but also in giving them the time they need to build a career. Another concern of the filmmaker, starting from the concrete case of one of the protagonists, is to highlight the differences between the happy present and the not-too-distant past in which someone with her social status should have dedicated herself exclusively to raising children, in hygienic and extremely difficult lives.

Typically of the heady days of early Soviet cinema, this is constructed according to the fast, sharp editing principles advocated by Eisenstein, complete with symbolic inserts; but in terms of subject matter, it's much less explicitly political than most movies emerging from Russia in the '20s. Chronicling a young sailor's descent into a murky, treacherous underworld of pimps and thieves, after having encountered a Louise Brooks lookalike at a fairground and missed his departing boat, it's a lively moral fable that delights in vivid visual effects and quirky characterisations. If the plot occasionally reveals gaping holes, and the tacked-on ending urging the clearance of the Leningrad slums seems to be rather gratuitous, there's enough going on to keep one attentive and amused.