Forget the Word 'Death'

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writ...

Runtime

3h 15m

Director

Warren Beatty

Cast

Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosiński

An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Sergey Vasilyev

Cast

Boris Babochkin, Leonid Kmit, Varvara Myasnikova

The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Aleksei Balabanov

Cast

Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Andrei Panin

The civil war in Russia, guerrillas fighting with Kolchak formations. As a result of sabotage, accident with white Russian train takes place. In disaster area the flag with the inscription "Wagtail's Army" is found. Kolchak commanders think that they are Bolsheviks, but guerrilla leader does not know anything. It turns out that this is...

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Aleksandrs Leimanis

Cast

Viktor Kholmogorov, Yuri Korzhov

A young ordinary communist, Vasiliy Gubanov, was among many who took part in the construction of the most important facility for the young republic, the power plant. He did his job in a way that was beyond human ability. He could love, too, with a passion and a passion for self, but his life was cut short very early.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Yuli Raizman

Cast

Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Sofya Pavlova, Boris Smirnov