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Autsors (2025)

Plot Summary: In a remote Kamchatka prison in 1996, a young warden carrying out death sentences begins to believe that grieving families deserve the right to personally execute their killers. What starts as a moral conviction quickly becomes a dangerous and profitable scheme. Based on: «The Daughter of a Military Pensioner» by Denis Dragunsky Director: Dusan Gligorov Screenwriter: Anna Kozlova Composer: Sergey Kashirin Starring: Ivan Yankovsky as Konstantin (Kostya) Volkov Eldar Kalimulin as Alexander Rybkin (Sasha) Danil Steklov as Roman Savelyev (Roma) Dmitry Sumin as Andrey Valentinovich Mikhailov Leonid Telezhinsky as Pyotr Alekseevich Kulakov Mila Ershova as Natasha Daria Savelyeva as Yulia Karina Alexandrova as Katya Dasha Kotreleva as Nina Jump to the Full Episode Guide ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️   A Cold Landscape Ful...

The Kitchen in Paris (2014)

Plot Summary: The beloved team from Moscow's Claude Monet restaurant is thrust into a high-stakes mission: cook a state dinner for two presidents. What follows is a parade of mishaps, personal dramas, and shenanigans abroad, best appreciated by those already deeply invested in the characters from the TV series. Russian Title: ΠšΡƒΡ…Π½Ρ Π² ΠŸΠ°Ρ€ΠΈΠΆΠ΅ (Kukhnya v Parizhe) Director: Dmitriy Dyachenko Writers: Dmitriy Yan, Vasiliy Kutsenko, Pavel Danilov, Igor Tudvasev Based on: Kitchen (TV series) by Dmitriy Dyachenko, Zhora Kryzhovnikov and Anton Fedotov Starring: Dmitry Nazarov as Viktor Barinov, the head chef Mark Bogatyryov as Maxim "Max" Lavrov, a cook Yelena Podkaminskaya as Viktoria "Vika" Goncharova, the restaurant's director Dmitry Nagiyev as himself, the owner of both restaurants Oleg Tabakov as Petr Barinov, Viktor's father and head chef of the restau...

Strictly Business (1962)

Plot Summary: A Soviet anthology film featuring three comedic stories that explore morality, deception, and irony, adapted from O. Henry’s works. Each tale brings characters into humorous and thought-provoking situations, showcasing human nature through a lens of wit and satire. Director: Leonid Gaidai Producers: Mosfilm Screenplay: Vladimir Vladimirov Starring: Vladlen Paulus as "Shark" Dodson (voiced by Oleg Dal) Aleksandr Shvorin as Bob Tidball Rostislav Plyatt as landlord Yuri Nikulin as thief Georgy Vitsin as Sam, adventurer Aleksei Smirnov as Bill Driscoll Sergei Tikhonov as Johnny Dorset (voiced by Margarita Korabelnikova, in some scenes speaks in his own voice) ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ Story 1: "The Roads We Take" Today, we took a little break from Frank Oz's filmography and watched a Soviet movie by the very ...

Ayka (2018)

Plot Summary: The film follows Ayka, a migrant worker in Moscow, who escapes from a hospital window shortly after giving birth. She is in dire need of money to repay her debts to criminals and struggles to find work and survive amidst the harsh winter conditions. The film is a raw and intimate portrayal of her fight for survival, emphasizing the physical and psychological toll of her circumstances. Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy Screenplay: Sergey Dvortsevoy, Gennadiy Ostrovskiy Starring: Samal Yeslyamova as Ayka Polina Severnaya as Hospital Administrator Andrey Kolyadov as Victor HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Harrowing Journey Begins We start our trip to Kazakhstan this week, in Russia... I had no idea what I was getting myself into when choosing to watch this movie...

The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)

Plot Summary: A two-part Soviet film examining societal apathy through a grieving widow unable to move past her husband's death and a high school teacher suffering from narcoleptic sleeping spells. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Boris Zhavoronkov Screenplay: Kira Muratova, Sergei Popov, Aleksandr Chernykh Starring: Olga Antonova as Natasha Sergei Popov as Nikolai Alekseevich Galina Zakhurdayeva as Masha Natalia Buzko as Masha's Friend Aleksandra Svenskaya as Teacher Music: Oleg Karavaichuk Cinematography: Vladimir Pankov Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Film Within a Film: Black & White Grief Meets Color Madness KRASNAYA: W...

Chekhovian Motifs (2002)

Plot Summary: Adapting two Chekhov works, a student attempts to escape his tyrannical father's household only to wander into an interminable, absurd village church wedding. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Sergei Chliyants Screenplay: Kira Muratova, Yevgeni Golubenko Starring: Sergei Popov as Father Shiryaev Irina Rakhmanova as Varvara Philip Panov as Pyotr Jean-Daniel Lvov as Priest Nina Ruslanova as Mother Music: Valentin Silvestrov Cinematography: Hennadiy Karyuk Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Rough and Difficult Watch FREDDY: Now this one is rough! A very hard movie to watch, especially because you are going to watch what feels a...