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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Russian
Description
In a land torn apart by war, two men on opposite sides are about to find out they have one thing in common. Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, a young war widow. None of them understands the others' languages, but it doesn't seem to matter. After a hard day at work on Anni's farm, who needs words?
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Russian
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"Fathers and Sons" is not only a portrait of individual characters but also a reflection of the broader societal changes taking place in 19th-century Russia. Turgenev's narrative captures the tension between traditional aristocratic values and the rise of revolutionary ideas that would shape the course of Russian history. He offers a poignant critique of both generations, showcasing their strengths, weaknesses, and their struggle to adapt to the shifting...
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Russian
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“The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov is a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences from around the world. An iconic play set in pre-revolutionary Russia, it tells the story of a family struggling with the impending loss of their beloved home and orchard. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, and longing, full of humor and poignancy. The play is often read as a dramatization of the decline of the aristocracy and other socio-economic...
7) The ascent
Series
Criterion collection volume 1063
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
Russian
Description
The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, Larisa Shepitko's final film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus.
8) The mirror
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Tarkovsky's looking glass is not merely cracked but shattered and we see the jagged, jumbled reflections of its shards, images of Tarkovsky's childhood mixed with fragments of his adult life -- a child's wartime exile, a mother's experience with political terror, the breakup of a marriage, life in a country home -- all intermingled with slow-motion dream sequences and poetic chunks of stark newsreels.
Series
Criterion collection volume 601
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
After mapping a new diamond mine, four geologists are trapped by a fire in the woods of Siberia.
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
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2 videodiscs (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Russian
Description
Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
When Veronica's lover, Boris, goes to war, she moves in with Boris' family. His cousin seduces her and out of guilt she marries him. Unhappy in her marriage and still in love with Boris, she leaves her husband to wait for Boris to return. Later she learns Boris has been killed in the war.
13) Come and see
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1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
An innocent young farm lad goes off to join the partisans fighting the Nazis and comes to experience, if not understand, the horrors of war.
15) Stalker
Series
Criterion collection volume 888
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Language
Russian
Description
Inside a mysterious realm called the Zone there is the Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of the Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.
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1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Founded in 2011 after Vladimir Putin was given a third term as Russian president, Pussy Riot is a feminist art collective/punk band based in Moscow. The group's protest inside the cathedral was intended to protest Putin's union of church and state. On Feb. 21, 2012 they participated in a 40-second "punk prayer protest" on the altar of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral before being detained. Arrested and tried for trespassing, wearing "inappropriate"...
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1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Investigates the theory that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine had been orchestrated by the Soviet Union as a screen for the decommissioning of the Duga (i.e., Woodpecker) ballistic missle advance warning system (based in the vicinity of the reactor) because of the inevitable change in relations between Ukraine and what was soon to become post-Cold War Russia.
20) Russian ark
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
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