Preference on Fridays 1984 ( 5.8)

A young zoologist interrupts his scientific expedition after learning about the sudden death of his father, a major trade figure. From the notes left behind by his father, the young man discovers with horror that he could not bear the betrayal revealed to him by his closest friend and ally, who also turned out to be his wife’s lover.

Pasternak 1990

Boris Pasternak, creator of the immortal Dr Zhivago, discredited by Stalin and denied the Nobel Literature Prize by Khrushev, Pasternak's Dr Zhivago was banned in the USSR until 1988. Only now in the new spirit of freedom and reconciliation that exists the story of Pasternak can be told. The words of Pasternak are spoken by Robert Powell, with Imogen Stubbs as Lara and Olga.

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova 1966 ( 7.1)

In the end of 1809, Natasha attends her first ball. Andrei falls in love with her and intends to marry her, but her father demands they wait. The prince travels abroad, and Natasha desperately longs for him. But she then meets Anatol Kuragin and forgets of Andrei. At the last minute, she regrets and abandons her plans to elope with Anatol. Bolkonsky hears of this and declares their betrothal is over. Pierre, trying to calm her down, suddenly announces he loves her.

War and Peace 1965 ( 7.6)

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

General Suvorov 1941 ( 5.8)

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.

Ashberry Waltz 2010 ( 2.8)

They were young, their life was in bloom and their hearts were longing to love.

Forest 2006 ( 7.8)

Alexander Ostrovsky's textbook comedy in the modern interpretation of Kirill Serebrennikov: about the price of freedom and love in the same ruble equivalent.

The Puppet Syndrome 2015 ( 5.95)

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

N/A N/A ( 9.7)

From a simple misunderstanding, a kind, funny story has grown about charming village people, about ridiculous situations in which they periodically find themselves.

N/A N/A

On the highway at the entrance to a small quiet town, the body of a teenager Alik is found. Not far away in a ravine – the car of a stranger Shatsky, who was traveling from Moscow. The initial version of the accident is dismissed when water is found in the lungs of the deceased. If he was killed, then who? The young investigator Anna suspects an outsider, her boss Mikhail Sergeyevich believes that the killer is someone from his own. During the investigation, to which Shatsky joins, wanting to justify himself, it turns out that many in this town had motives for murder.

Truth 2024 ( 7)

Again, a commotion in a small Volga town, a girl disappeared again, they are again looking for a maniac. Zhenya is the only one who knows the truth: the death of the child was an accident. Actually, the girl died almost before his eyes. Only he does not dare to tell this truth to anyone. The fact is that Zhenya was released from prison a couple of days ago, and the sister of the deceased child is Zhenya's ex-girlfriend who left him. The ideal accused. And Zhenya embarks on a difficult, humiliating, dangerous operation to secretly bury a corpse, but if he can go to the end in his deceit, he will lose himself.

Illusions 2021

Two young couples come to a family therapist to speak out about the anxieties and feelings that have accumulated during their marriage through a metaphorical story about the life of two elderly married couples.

The Book of the Sea 2018

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

Каждый 88 2015 ( 7.8)

N/A N/A ( 4.1)

Poor Nastya is a Russian telenovela originally aired from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in Ukraine, China, Israel, Serbia, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11,8million, it is the most expensive Russian television project of all time. The sequel was planned, but had not been made yet.

Life. Instructions for Use 2013

A film that will help you determine your goal and what is really important to you.

Inevitability of the Empire 2010

The film attempts to comprehend the phenomenon of the Empire in a broad cultural context on the example of the great empires that have existed for centuries, experienced a rapid flourishing and sometimes mysterious death.

Brawler, or Letters of Love 2009

A film about the life and work of the outstanding Russian literary critic, writer, screenwriter, leader of the Russian formal school Viktor Shklovsky. Tracing the brightest moments of this life, tightly intertwined with the life of the twentieth century, is the main task of the film. And, of course, the creators of the documentary could not ignore the writer's love interests, which he wrote about in the famous "letters not about love."