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Documentary Films
Adonis XIV
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 10
Its horn ornamented with little bells, a Judas goat serenely
leads a herd of animals to the slaughterhouse. Russian with English
subtitles.
Against the Current
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 1
A film about ecological crime. Despite being labeled extremists, the
residents of Kirishi protest a major synthetic protein plant. Russian with
English subtitles.
Alexander Blok
PG3453.B6 Z62 1991
Profiles the life and times of 20th century Russian poet Alexander
Blok, from his birth in Petersburg in 1880 to his death there in 1921. Shows
the intellectual and political influences on his life, the role he played in
the revolution, and his contribution to the theater of his day.
And the Past Seems but a Dream
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 6
In 1938 a group of children wrote an idealistic book called
We are from Igarka. The director planned to film their touching
reunion 50 years later. But another childhood was revealed: "... a time that
was much more painful than the worst nightmare." Russian with English
subtitles.
Andrei Voznesenky
DS135.N6 F7334 1999
Andrei Voznesensky, internationally renowned poet, reads from An
Arrow in the Wall on Nov. 19, 1990, in Los Angeles and speaks to students at
the University of Southern California. Poet James Ragan reads the English
translations and interviews Mr. Voznesensky--Container.
The Anna Akhmatova File
This documentary about
Anna Akhmatova and the historical context in which she wrote
includes rare film footage and photographs. Also includes discussion of her
friends and contemporaries: Boris Pasternak, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Mikhail
Sostchenko. Russian dialogue with English subtitles.
Anna Karenina
PN1997.A55.1997
The wife of a high-ranking member of 19th century Russian
society is ostracized when she forsakes all for a passionate affair with a
dashing military man. The decline of her life is contrasted with a friend's
increasing happiness and fulfillment in his marriage. In Russian with
English subtitles.
Anton Chekov
PG3458 .A75 1991
A profile of the life story of the
Russian author and playwright Anton Chekov, from his birth in 1860 to his
death in 1904. Shows a wide range of prominent literary acquaintances, his
family role and the course of his career.
Are You Going to the Ball?
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 12
An unprecedented look at the Soviet Union's women's
gymnastic team. Olga Korbut is featured. Russian with English subtitles.
The Avant-Garde in Russia
Presents examples of Russian art produced before and after the controls and
restrictions were placed on creative artists, and explores the effects and
impact of state-controlled art.
Awakening
Soviets: The True Story of Perestroika,
vol. 2
Examines resistance to the Soviet Communist Party. Interviews Andrei
Sakharov, who talks of his hopes and fears for his country. Includes a
segment on the reemergence of Christianity in the Soviet Union. Features the
movement for minority rights in the Nagorny-Karabakh region, and footage of
the violent demonstrations in Riga, Latvia. In Latvian, Armenian and
Russian; voice-over and subtitles in English.
The BAM Zone
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 4
The Baikal-Amur Mainline Railroad in Siberia is called the longest
monument to the stagnation of the Brezhnev years. Behind the marches and
songs praising the project, equipment was breaking down, lives were broken
and souls became calloused. Russian with English subtitles.
The Belovs
In this documentary of the day-to-day life of a Russian peasant family, Anna
and her brother, Michail Feodorovitch, along with two other brothers who
sometimes visit, reveal a rich interplay of human and social issues of their
life experiences in Russia. Russian with English subtitles.
The
Betrayed
Chronicles the struggles of a group of Russian mothers who are determined to
find out the fate of their missing sons who were conscripted into the
Russian Maikospki Brigade, which was sent to fight against the Chechens
fighting for independence. Russian authorities, anxious to conceal the
extent of their defeat in Chechnia, are avoiding the revelation of any
information concerning the missing brigade. 1995 Prix Italia winner for
best documentary; 1995 Best television documentary award winner, British
Academy of Film & Television Arts. In English and Russian with
English translation.
The Birth of Soviet Cinema
Examines the golden age of cinema in the 1920s in
Russia by presenting excerpts from the masterworks of Eisenstein, Pudovkin,
and Dovzhenko. Explains why the 1920s was a productive time for cinema in
general. Includes footage of Eisenstein's Strike, Potemkin, and October;
Pudovkin's Mother, End of St. Petersburg, and Storm Over Asia; and
Dovzhenko's Arsenal, and Earth.
Black Square
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 7
The story of Russia's artistic avant-garde from the 1950s to the
1970s. A cinematic appreciation of works only recently allowed to be
exhibited and of the artists that created them. Russian
with English subtitles.
Alexander Blok
PG3453.B6 Z62 1991
Profiles the life and times of 20th century Russian poet Alexander
Blok, from his birth in Petersburg in 1880 to his death there in 1921. Shows
the intellectual and political influences on his life, the role he played in
the revolution, and his contribution to the theater of his day.
Boris Pasternak
PG3476.P27 Z57 1991
A profile of the Russian writer Boris
Pasternak, from his birth in 1890 to his death in 1960. Shows the influence
on his life of his mother, Rainer Maria Rilke, Tolstoy, and especially of
the political regime of his time, which led to the writing of his major
novel, Dr. Zhivago. Author reads some of his own poetry.
Joseph Brodsky
PG3479.4.R64 Z76 1997
A lifelong outsider, Joseph Brodsky was a disciple of Anna
Akhmatova. The most apolitical poet of the period, he was perceived by the
Communist government as subversive, and imprisoned, confined to mental
hospitals, and sentenced to forced labor. In 1972 he was allowed to emigrate
to the U.S. on the condition that he never return. Over drinks with Derek
Walcott, the Nobel laureates share memories and observations.
Chernobyl: Chronicle of Difficult Weeks
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 4
This film crew was the first in the disaster zone following the
meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986.They shot continuously
for more than three months. Portions of the film are exposed with white
blotches due to radiation leakage. Russian with English subtitles.
Chernobyl: The Taste of Wormwood
A Japanese documentary about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which includes
on-site photography of the blast site and of people and areas affected.
Also included are interviews with victims, bystanders, medical personnel who
treated burn victims, physicists, and politicians. Includes an examination
of the contamination that occurred in the Scandinavian countries, especially
Sámiland, and the effect this had on their ecosystem. Primarily in English,
Russian and Sámi with English subtitles.
Conquerors: Peter the Great
DK131 .C66 1996
Details the life of the Russian emperor who strove to bring
his country into a modern age and who created strategic political alliances
which advanced the country's economic position.
Crime and punishment = Prestuplenie i nakazanie
PN1997 .C748 1989
A former law student kills two women and is tortured by
remorse.
In Russian with English subtitles.
Dialogues
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 11
A bacchanal of rock-jazz music erupts in an abandoned Leningrad
palace. Collective singing, dancing, and playing makes this group of people
a community and an ensemble, not just a crowd. Russian with English
subtitles.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
This film shows the director Andrei Tarkovsky in action as he makes his own
picture
The Sacrifice. The program explains the motivation behind the
film and contains illumination of Tarkovsky's working methods and style and
how he overcame various technical problems during the film-making. Includes
interviews with members of the cast and crew. Dialogue in Russian and
Swedish with English subtitles.
Do You Hear Us?
Soviets: The True Story of Perestroika,
vol. 3
Veterans describe life on the front in the Afghanistan war in which 60,000
Soviet troops died and many more were maimed. Also explores nonconformist
groups spawned by glasnost, including Latvian hippies, admirers of
controversial novelist Bulgakov, and the "Pamyat" (Memory) movement. In
Latvian and Russian; voice-over and subtitles in English.
Early on Sunday
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 3
On a Sunday morning in winter several old village women go to the
forest to gather wood. Their unpretentious observations evoke bursts of
laughter, feelings of compassion, and an immense respect for the dignity and
patience of these women. Russian with English subtitles.
The End of St. Petersburg
Shows changing conditions in Russia as seen by a young peasant who lived
through the upheaval in St. Petersburg that culminated in the revolution of
1917. Made for the 10th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Russian
intertitles with English subtitles and orchestral score.
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Evening Sacrifice
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 11
Captures the spirit of a crowd. Russian with English subtitles.
The Face of Russia
Explores the art and culture of Russia in a journey
across history, encompassing Russia's architecture, paintings, music,
literature and cinema. Part 1 examines icon painting, the first Russian art
form, and reveals the spiritual ideas that have animated Russia for 1000
years, and witnesses recent restorations of churches and monasteries from
Kiev to the Kremlin. Part 2 examines Russian architecture from
Eastern-inspired onion domes to Western-type palaces. Also looks at the work
of Gogol who revealed the human suffering behind Russia's facade. His Dead
Souls inspired 19th-century radicals and Soviet dissidents, and continues to
influence Russian artists today. Part 3 explores Russian music and cinema
and looks at how new media forms are shaping Russia today. Musorgsky's opera
Boris Godunov dramatized the conflict between power and the people. Sergei
Eisentsein retold history with silent films of such power that they became
more real than actual events. Originally released in 1998 as a television
series by Malone Gill Productions, the Library of Congress, and WETA
Washington, D.C. in association with Public Media, Inc. and Media-Most,
Russia. pt. 1. The face on the firewood -- pt. 2. The facade of power --
pt. 3. Facing the future. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
The Fall of the Romanov Empire
A documentary portrait of the fall of the Russian Czarist regime and the
rise of Communist rule using clips from many films, including personal
footage by the Czar's own cameramen. Silent with music; in Russian with
English subtitles.
Final Verdict
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 11
Tells the story of a student imprisoned for the shooting deaths of a
woman and her guest. The director and the killer try to understand the
motivation behind the tragedy. During twenty painful months alone on death
row, the killer discovers he is no longer the person he once was. Russian
with English subtitles.
Freedom to hate: anti-semitism in Russia.
DS146.R8 F74 1993
A documentary about the new form of anti-semitism emerging
in the former Soviet Union. The freedom unleashed by Glasnost, Gorbachev and
Yeltsin has included the freedom to hate. A must see film for anyone
concerned with the emergence of neo-fascism and religious hatred.
From Chechnya to Chernobyl
DK507.54 .F766 1997
The country of Belarus has suffered more than any other in
the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Thousands of villages
and towns were abandoned or evacuated, and their populations resettled to
safer areas. This film documents the choice that many refugees from the war
in Chechnya have made to settle in the irradiated lands of Belarus rather
than continuing life in war-torn Chechnya.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
PG3328 .F96 1991
The life of the great Russian novelist, with an emphasis on
the places where he lived.
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Homecoming
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 8
Veterans of the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan returned home
with unresolved feelings about a demoralizing and unpopular war. The first
film to document the human impact of the Afghan war. Russian with English
subtitles.
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The Homecoming
After 20 years in exile, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel
Prize-winning writer, returns home, filled with uncertainty about the new
Russia. Russian dialogue has English voiceovers.
I Served in Stalin's Guard, or, An Experiment in Documentary
Mythology
Stalin's last personal guard is interviewed; includes film of Stalin.
Russian with English subtitles.
If The People Will Lead
Reviews the events of the 3 days in 1991 leading up to the
collapse of the Communist Party government in Russia and the role of the
Russian people in securing their own freedom.
Inside the Soviet Union. Before Gorbachev : from Stalin to Brezhnev
DK266 .I58 1990
Made in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the October
Revolution this ambitious film documents the history of the USSR for those
60 years, emphasizing progress and the success fo the communist sytem. Using
some extraordinary footage this film chronicles "The Road to Happiness"
provided by Lenin and his theories. A crash-course in 20th-century Russian
history, from a very Soviet point of view. Russian dialogue with
English dubbing.
Interpretation of Dreams
BF173.F85.I5.1994
The writings of Freud...juxtaposed with actual events throw
into relief such cataclysmic events as the reign of Stalin and the Cold War.
In Russian with English subtitles.
I worked for Stalin, or Songs of the oligarchs
DK268.S8 I26 1990
Combines the testimony of eyewitnesses with rare archival
photographs and film in an examination of the strong men who ran the Soviet
state for Stalin. From Zhdanov, Andreyev, Krushchev, Malenkov and Suslov to
Molotov, the documentary describes the Soviet Union from Stalin to
Krushchev. Russian with English subtitles.
KGB: the Soviet Sword and Shield of Action
JN6529.I6 K53 1987
A three-part exploration of the KGB and Soviet Intelligence
in the modern world. It reveals the details of the objectives and means of
Soviet intervention through intelligence and subversion.
The Kuzbass
The New Russia, vol. 2
Describes the Kuzbass region of Siberia and interviews local residents. The
area is bordered by forests and mountains, but is also home to the heavy
industrial city of Novo-kuznetsk.
Leo Tolstoy
PG3385 .L426 1991
The life and times of Leo Tolstoy (1928-1910), author of
"War and peace", illustrated by old photographs and modern views of
contemporary scenery and supported by commentary based in part on his diary.
The Life and Times of Josef Stalin
A documentary story of the Joseph Stalin, the man who many feel subverted
the Russian Revolution. The program follows the struggles and betrayals of
the '20s, the atrocities of the '30s, the carnage of the War, including the
siege of Leningrad, the sleight of hand by which Stalin imposed his
conditions on Roosevelt and Churchill, and Stalin's final days. Includes
archival footage.
The Long Way Home
Documentary about a Russian rock group, Aquarium, and
its dedicated and popular leader, Boris Grebenshikov. The group struggles to
make music despite censorship, and when glasnost loosens up the restraints
Grebenshikov travels to New York to record an album. Now the question is,
will he return to his bandmates and loyal fans?
Magnitogorsk: Forging the New Man
A documentary about the fortunes of three
generations living in the shadow of Russia's most breath-taking industrial
project of the thirties. The bare steppes of the Urals were transformed at
breakneck speed into a blast-furnace complex, and a city was raised out of
the ground - Magnitogorsk. With fragments of Joris Iven's 1932 film, Song
of the Heroes, about the building up of the Soviet Union, he used
Magnitogorsk to show how the new world and the new man were being forged.
Dutch and Russian with English subtitles.
The Making of Russia, 1480-1860
The World: A Television History, vol. 21
Describes how Russia began with the expansion of the Vikings, the
development of Muscovy, and the conquest of Siberia. Tells how Peter the
Great built St. Petersburg, and how Russia expanded under Catherine the
Great and her successors.
The Man With a Movie Camera
PN1997 .M364 1996
A dawn-to-dusk view of the Soviet Union, this "camera-eye"
documentary follows the activities of a news cameraman as he peers into the
lives of his countrymen. Includes trick photography, slow-motion, and
animation.
Marshal Blucher: A Portrait Against the Background of an Epoch
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 9
Unlocks the riddle of the dramatic 1930s in the Soviet Union through
the biography of one hero. Marshal Vasily Blucher was one of the best Red
Army commanders. Yet, in 1938 he was declared an 'enemy of the people' and
perished in Stalin's torture chambers. Rare archival footage illustrates the
excesses of the Stalin era. Russian with English subtitles.
Maxim Gorky
PG3465 .M39 1991
Extensive use of archival film shows the life and times of
Russian writer Maxim Gorky, from his early experiences in his birthplace,
Nizhniy Novogorod, his Italian sojourn on the Isle of Capri, and his return
to live in Moscow, until his death aged 68 in 1936. Literary and political
giants who came into his life include Chaliapin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Lenin,
and Stalin.
The Mighty Fistful
Flutist James Galway explains that until the nineteenth century fashionable
Russian audiences preferred Western music. This program covers the distance
from folk tradition to the founding of the Russian style of music by Glinka.
Includes excerpts from: Glinka's Russian and Ludmilla Overture;
Tcheshnikov's Let Us Give Prayer; Mussorgski's Boris Godunov,
Coronation Scene; Borodin's Quartet no. 2 in D major; Rimsky-Korsakov's
Flight of the Bumblebee, A Bride for the Czar; Tchaikovsky's
Violin Concerto, Swan Lake, Symphony no. 6 (Pathetique);
Scriabin's Prometheus; Stravinsky's The Firebird.
The Moscow Region
The New Russia, vol. 1
Describes Moscow and its surrounding region; looks at Moscow as the seat of
government.
Norilsk: Life in the Arctic
The New Russia, vol. 5
Describes Norilsk, a city of 200,000 inhabitants and the tundra that
surrounds it. The area is rich in minerals, but mining introduces the threat
of severe ecological damage. Also travels into the outlying regions to meet
nomadic groups and assess the impact of industrialization on their lives.
Our Russian front
D764 .O97 1980
A documentary utilizing rare and unique on-the-spot footage
dealing with the Russian people's determination and preparation for war
against the advancing German army.
Perestroika From Below
Chronicles a 1989 trip made by a delegation of labor historians to Donetsk,
Ukraine after the first mass strike in the USSR since the 1920s. English and
Russian with English subtitles.
Peter the First
PN1997 .P465 1986
The story of Peter the Great's reign as the first Tsar in
Russia's post-fuedal period, the era that saw Russia's initial look westward
toward Europe and away from Asia, a characterstic of Russian foreign policy
that has remained through today, conflicted, but strong. Russian dialogue
with English subtitles.
Post-Soviet Russia: Promises Deferred
Examines how the Russian city of Gorky has adapted
to a free enterprise system. Shows public reaction to the auction of
government property, and the opening of private markets. Class divisions
become apparent in interviews with the Russian nouveau riche, the Mafia, and
average citizens. Ordinary people, tired of waiting for economic benefits
promised through privatization, support communist political candidates who
promise renewed state control and a return to traditional Russian values.
Depicts the city as being torn apart by violent tensions and antagonisms
that exist between advocates of reform and Neo-Communists. Swedish
narration with English subtitles.
Privatizing Soviet Collective Farms
Documentary that shows the difficulties involved
in Russia's attempt to privatize its collective farms, seen through the eyes
of a young Canadian volunteer. Archival footage traces the brutal history of
collectivization under Stalin in the 1920s. Includes an interview with a
farmer opposed to the breakup of the collective, outlining the difficulties
involved in reeducating farmers reared under Communism. A farmer who has
prospered under privatization talks about the benefits of land ownership.
Summarizes the struggles facing post-Soviet Russia.
Alexander Pushkin
PG3350 .A52 1991
The life and times of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, from
his birth on 6th June 1799 to his death resulting from a duel on 29th
January 1837, illustrated by contemporary prints and scenes from some of the
events and places which inspired his poetry.
Rasputin
The story of the rise of Grigori Rasputin, his influence
over the royal court, and his lust for power that eventually threatens the
House of Romanov and all of Russia. Videocassette release of a film made in
1977, but not allowed by Soviet authorities to be shown until 1985. In
Russian with white English subtitles.
Rasputin, the Holy Devil
DK254.R3.R37.1999
The story of Grigory Rasputin, considered both a mystical
healer and a heretical hellion, told with archival photos and footage of key
people and events, dramatizations, and excerpts from his own writings, his
police dossier and autopsy findings.
Realms of the Russian bear
QH161 .R43 1992
Presents natural history of Russia and the Central Asian
Republics.
v. 1. Green jewel of the Caspian -- v. 2. The Arctic frontier -- v.
3. The red deserts -- v. 4. The celestial mountains -- v. 5. Siberia : the
frozen forest -- v. 6. Born of fire.
Red Army Chronicles
UA772 .R432 1993
The history of the Red Army from its beginnings during the
Civil War (1919-1921) through the fall of the Soviet Union.
The Red Aviator
TL526.S65 R43 1993
Documents Russia's emergence into aviation, from its first
full-scale airplane in 1882 through WWII, where it destroyed 57,000 German
aircraft.
Red Hot
Soviets: The True Story of Perestroika,
vol. 1
Shows survivors of the Armenian earthquake. Interviews angry workers in a
Yaroslavl engine factory, where one of the first strikes in decades took
place. Visits Chernobyl, where people are illegally returning to their homes
in the still-radioactive zone around the nuclear reactor. Shows footage of
the bloody unrest among the Mhesks in Uzbekistan. Features commentary by
composer Alexei Rybnikov. In Armenian and Russian; voice-over and subtitles
in English.
Red Navy Chronicles
VA573 .R44 1993
History of one of the world's greatest naval powers, from
the invention of the first metal submarine in 1834 to the introduction of
aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines.
Repentance= Pokayaniye
PN1997 .R46 1989
A mysterious woman is put on trial for repeatedly digging up
the body of the town's recently deceased ruler. The trial progresses and it
is learned that the woman's parents perished under the ruler's vicious,
despotic reign of terror. In Georgian with English subtitles.
The riches of the Russian Empire
N3350 .R53 1997
The video explores the Hermitage and its collection of
wealth from the age of the Tsars (especially the reigns of Elizabeth I and
Catherine the Great) including jewels, artifacts and paintings. Scythian
artifacts are also examined.
Russia : Then & Now
DK29 .R87 1994
Travels through Mosow, St. Petersburg, Ukraine, Yalta, Sochi,
Samarkand, Trans-Siberian Railroad, Lake Baikal, and more. Clay Francisco's
30 years of filmmaking journeys to Russia and the other former Soviet
republics has produced a remarkable video report contrasting life before and
after the breakup.
The Russian Front
D764 .B58 1998
v.1 Barbarossa: Hitler turns East
v.2 Turning point: Stalingrad
v.3 From Stalingrad to Kursk
v.4 The Battles for Berlin
Russia's Last Tzar
DK258 .R87 1995
Fabled Romanovs, led by Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra,
ruled imperial Russia in high splendor, despite the disintegration of their
divided, war-torn country. In 1918 the rise of Communism violently collided
with the rule of royalty when the tsar, his beloved wife, and their children
were murdered and buried in a secret grave. Story is told from newly
discovered photographs and archival film.
Russia's Road West
Great Journeys, vol. 6
Chronicles a journey by Prof. Norman Stone through the Soviet Union.
Includes an overnight train trip from Leningrad to the Baltic republics
during which Stone's fellow travelers reveal a passion for nationalist
identity and independence and a visit to Kiev where Ukrainians discuss their
frustrations with Perestroika and the future of Communism.
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Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
"Brings to life the story of the people of the
Soviet Union during World War II who struggled to survive the tyrannical
reign of Joseph Stalin. A compelling story of dictatorship, bloody
battles, and endless courage as the Soviet people combat not only Hitler
and the German Army, but their own leader as well. Hosted by former U.S.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, this 10-hour program features
never-before-seen Russian images, once-secret documents, and leading
Russian historians to explore Russia from 1924 through 1953."--From the
container.
- 1. The Darkness Descends | The Hour Before Midnight
2. The Goths Ride East | Between Life and Death
3. The Fight from Within | The Cauldron Boils
4. The Citadel | False Dawn
5. The Fall of the Swastika | The Cult of Personality.
Russian and Ukrainian Jews
Credo, vol. 1
After decades of oppression, Judaism is experiencing a revival in Russia and
the Ukraine, aided by the Western and Israeli Jewish communities. This
program contrasts Judaism in Moscow, where many young Jews have been
attracted to Orthodox Judaism, with that in the Ukrainian town of Chernovtse,
where only one synagogue survives out of the 80 that existed less than 40
years ago.
The Russian People: Revolution and Evolution
Explores the history of Russia in the twentieth century and the impact of
the changes that occurred under Chairman Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
Russian Prison N-240
HV9715.15 .R87 1997 c.1
Russia has over one million two hundred thousand prisoners.
Prison N-240 is considered to hold the most dangerous prisoners in Russia.
Interviews with prison guards and their wives present an overview of
Russia's prison system and its most notorious prison
Scenes at a Fountain
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 5
A powerful, 600-foot-high column of fire--the world's largest natural
gas fire--burned for over a year on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The film
dramatically documents the courageous firemen who risked their lives to cap
the howling blaze. Russian with English subtitles.
The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein
Based on Eisenstein's private memoirs as well as on materials from
archives around the world, this film is an intimate, inclusive portrait of a
master of cinema and his body of work. It follows Eisenstein from his
origins and early career in Russia, through his work and travels in the
politically shifting climates of Europe, the United States, and Mexico, and
back to the Soviet Union. It records his relationships and meetings with
contemporaries ranging from Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and D.W. Griffith
to Brecht, Joyce, Pirandello, Einstein, Cocteau, and his frequent
collaborator, Prokofiev.
Sex in the Soviet Union
HQ18.S65 S49 1990
As a society which has never taught sex education or
produced adequate supplies of birth control devices, the Soviet Union is now
grappling with old morals and new freedoms.
Solovkii power
DK606.S65 S6513 1988
Film is an expose' of the Solovkii prison, which was
established in the Solovkii monastery in 1923. Uses interviews with
survivors of Solovkii to recreate the horror of the prison, which itself
serves as an emblem of the Leninist-Stalinist system of gulags and
concentration camps. Russian with English subtitles.
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Stalin and Hitler: Dangerous Liasons
Describes the political and military
history of Germany and the Soviet Union in the period before and during
World War II. Includes archival film footage and eyewitness interviews.
Russian, Polish, French, and German portions have English
voiceovers.
- 1. Strange Bedfellows
2. Appeasement Leads to War
3. The Confrontation.
The Stalker
PN 1997 S73 1993
At the center of an outlawed region called The Zone lies a
mystical room altered by unnatural forces. Armed guards are the first in a
series of lethal obstructions that prevent outsiders from reaching the place
where fantastic powers can fulfill man's greatest desires. Only the Stalker
can lead a scientist and writer through The Zone where an obstacle course of
mental and physical barriers tests the limits of their endurance. At the end
they must face a room where the center of power and evil confronts them and
the future of mankind". Based on the novel "Piknik na
obochine" = Picnic by the roadside / Arkady and Boris Strugatzki.
Russian dialog, English subtitles.
The Tailor
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 3
A sobering look at the spiritual void and disillusionment of the
current generation of middle-aged adults. By the dawn of the Brezhnev years,
they were aged before their time, having lost the opportunity for creative
self-realization. Russian with English subtitles.
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky demonstrates the inseparability of the
composer's music from his life, as each moment of happiness and tragedy is
expressed trhough the magnificent ballets, operas, symphonies and love songs
that flow from his pen. These masterpieces become an integral part of the
film. Includes selections from: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Eugene Onigen,
The Queen of Spades, and other pieces. In Russian with English subtitles.
The Temple
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 2
A film about the 1000th anniversary of Christianity in Russia. A
holiday celebration at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery at Zagorsk. A burned
house of worship is restored by the entire community. A talk with a young
monk and an 80-year-old parish priest. Russian with English subtitles.
Testing grounds: Poligon
TK1362.K3 T56 1991
Focusing on a Soviet nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk that
contaminated thousands of local residents, this film investigates the
hitherto obscure history of Soviet nuclear testing. The video contains
footage of actual Soviet nuclear tests, speeches from Soviet leaders, and
testimony from victims of Soviet nuclear testing. The film concludes with a
report on the rise of a protest movement in Kazakhstan that forced the
closure of the nuclear facility at Semipalatinsk. Russian language, English
narration.
This is How we Live
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 8
A look at the alienation of many Soviet young people. Russian with
English subtitles.
Tomorrow is a Holiday
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 12
Women workers stuff live chickens into metal containers. There is not
much difference between the executioners and the victims. Russian with
English subtitles.
The Trial
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 10
Portrays the awakening of contemporary civil identity. City
squares, auditoriums, theater stages, and museums are the settings for this
"court of conscience" on the past and future of the Soviet Union. Russian
with English subtitles.
A triumph of faith
BR936 .T75 1996
This video documents the aesthetic qualities of Russian
Christianity and its pilgrimages, and focuses on the tenacity of that
religion in the face of Communist repression.
The Twelve Chairs
When a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under
the new Soviet regime learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of
family jewels into one of twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across
Russia to find it--with an opportunist, a priest and his former servant all
in pursuit. Based on the book Dvenadtsat'stul'ev / Il'ia Il'f.
Vladimir Mayakovski
PG3476.M312 V43 1991
A portrait of the prolific Russian artist and poet Vladimir
Mayakovski from his birth in 1894 to his suicide in 1930. Makes extensive
use of archival film to show the social influences which made him an
enthusiastic Bolshevik and "Futurist" poet.
The Volga River
The New Russia, vol. 3
Describes the Volga river system, its reservoirs, hydroelectric dams,
pollution, and fishing industries.
The Wall
Soviets: The True Story of Perestroika, vol. 3
Examines the wall of bureaucracy that still surrounds many aspects of life
in the Soviet Union and also features an extensive interview with Boris
Yeltsin [produced in 1989]. In Russian; voice-over and subtitles in English.
Window to Paris
PN1997 .W54 1995
A Russian teacher of music discovers a magic window which
takes him from his rundown Russian apartment to the streets of Paris Russian
with English subtitles.
The Wood Goblin: Confessions of an Old Man
The Glasnost Film Festival, vol. 1
For 15 years he has lived alone in the woods in a house he built
himself. He commanded a tank company during World War II, and later was a
local Communist Party chief. But he was fired from his position after a
smear campaign. So he "joined the party of the green world," which he now
defends against woodcutters.
WW II, Russian Front
DK273 .W67 1994
Uses rare footage to cover Russia's WWII involvement, which
"consumed 20 million Russian lives and left the entire Soviet Union in
disarray."
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