Aleksandr Zhukov

Friends From the Camp

Wish upon a Pike

Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Em…

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demean…

By the Bluest of Seas

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where…

Ruddy's Career

The movie tells about the first years of Nazism. In the center of the plot is a German student gradu…

Marionettes

The Soviet Union wants more influence in Europe and decides to get more power by giving the nation o…

The Thaw

A story about capitalistic corruption in a small village and the personal struggles of Anka (Vera Ma…

Be Like This

Based on the story by Arkady Gaidar "R.V.S." The film is silent and black-and-white. It has not surv…

Her Way

When Praskovya’s new husband attempts to hurt her on their wedding night, she fights back, and when …