Nikolai Cherkasov
1903 - 1966Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор
Sergei Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Sergei Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Александр Невский
Dmitriy Vasilev, Sergei Eisenstein
Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
Alexander Nevsky
Дон Кихот
Grigori Kozintsev
Nikolai Cherkasov, Yuriy Tolubeev
Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.
Don Quixote
Петр Первый
Vladimir Petrov
Nikolai Simonov, Mikhail Zharov
This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.
Peter the First, Part I
Весна
Grigori Aleksandrov
Lyubov Orlova, Nikolai Cherkasov
A drab woman scientist, working on machine to harness solar energy, and a pert concert singer look-alike being courted to play her in a movie swap identities and find personal growth, professional success, love, and happiness.
Spring
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Anthony Veiller, Ion Antonescu
The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
All Remains to People
Georgi Natanson
Nikolai Cherkasov, Sofiya Pilyavskaya
Renowned scientist Dronov works in Novosibirsk on the creation of ultra-modern engine. He has a bad heart, he was afraid not to have time to finish the job, and test engine at a factory in Moscow, unfortunately, is not the first time passes unsuccessfully. Dronov abandons the rest of the work, even the leadership of the Institute entrusts to his disciple Morozov.
All Remains to People
Подруги
Lev Arnshtam
Zoya Fyodorova, Irina Zarubina
Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from the advance of the whites.
The Girlfriends
Deti Kapitana Granta
David Gutman, Vladimir Vaynshtok
Nikolai Vitovtov, Mariya Strelkova
The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures in Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand... Based on Jules Verne novel.
Capt. Grant's Family
Граница
Mikhail Dubson
Nikolai Cherkasov, Elena Granovskaya
Жители местечка Старое Дудино, расположенного в четырех километрах к западу от советской границы, находятся в полной зависимости от богача Новика, интересы которого защищают местная полиция и духовенство. Новик усиленно раздувает национальную рознь между еврейской беднотой и польскими рабочими. В момент совершения традиционной церемонии «черного венца» (обряд венчания старика и старухи) группа фабричных рабочих, возглавляемая коммунистом Гайдулем, объединившись с еврейской беднотой, нападает на полицейских и освобождает Бориса Бернштейна, приговоренного к смертной казни.
Granitsa
