The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelt...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Cast

Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spe...

Runtime

3h 3m

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Cast

Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Mykola Hrynko

A group Russian soldiers is send to an outpost to guard the area. They pass the day patroulling the area, while being shot at from the forest. They never know if the civillions are hostile or friendly to them.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Cast

Aleksei Buldakov, Andrey Krasko, Denis Kirillov