
Known for
A political satire on one of the enemies of the Soviet regime, the leader of the English Labour Party, James Ramsay Macdonald. The plot unfolds at a fast pace, using grotesque satirical techniques to prove that the royal power in England is a fiction.
MacDonald
1925
6.4Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.
Bed and Sofa
1927
NRLost movie.
Potholes
1928
5.7The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.
The Ghost That Never Returns
1930
4.5Little dog Kashtanka is stolen, sold, tossed out into the street and saved by a clown. Young Fedyushka gets lost looking for the dog and ends up a prisoner of the sinister Mazamet who compels him to rove from house to house to make money, while Fedyushka’s father wanders through the streets in search of his lost child.
Kashtanka
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Judas
1930
Film credits
1930s · 7 titles
5.7The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.
The Ghost That Never Returns
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Judas
1930
NRThe tragic story of a young woman named Yulia, who fell in love with a married man and lost her only child.
Two Mothers
1931
8.0A humble and honest cashier is robbed while carrying a large sum of money and the bag ends up in the basement of a building. When he later discovers that the robber has not taken it with him, he decides to keep the money making everyone believe that the thief has the bag.
The Civil Servant
1931
5.8The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
Petersburg Nights
1934
5.1The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.
And Quiet Flows the Don
1931
6.8The story of a British POW who converts to communism.
Siberian Patrol
1931
1920s · 15 titles
A political satire on one of the enemies of the Soviet regime, the leader of the English Labour Party, James Ramsay Macdonald. The plot unfolds at a fast pace, using grotesque satirical techniques to prove that the royal power in England is a fiction.
MacDonald
1925
6.4Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.
Bed and Sofa
1927
NRLost movie.
Potholes
1928
4.5Little dog Kashtanka is stolen, sold, tossed out into the street and saved by a clown. Young Fedyushka gets lost looking for the dog and ends up a prisoner of the sinister Mazamet who compels him to rove from house to house to make money, while Fedyushka’s father wanders through the streets in search of his lost child.
Kashtanka
1926
6.5A travelling circus troupe during the Civil War. A kommissar tries to transfer the wagon into an agit-prop van. The Whites conquer the town. The kommissar hides among the artists.
The Last Attraction
1929
5.2An agent working for the Tsar fools a group of Bolshevik sailors but is captured and punished after the revolution.
The Traitor
1926
Partially lost.
Маленькие и большие
1928
Lost movie.
The Race for Moonshine
1924
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Fankony Cafe
1927
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Старец Василий Грязнов
1924
NRLost movie.
Heroes of the Furnace
1929
NRPartially lost adventure film for children based on popular short stories by Sergey Grigoryev.
Anya
1927
6.2A machinist on a Navy ship has two sons, both bolcheviks. When the revolution comes the Tsarist police captures the machinist to put pressure on his sons.
The Bay of Death
1926
NRAdaptation of book by Boris Lavrenyov about the work of the underground fighters in a Ukrainian town occupied by the White army in 1919. Lost.
Leon Couturier
1927
A detachment of Red Army soldiers gives shelter to a woman with a newborn. After the child is revealed to be a doll, the woman gets shot.
Salt
1925
