Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

  • Title: Aleksandr Sokurov
  • Popularity: 3.219
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1951-06-14
  • Place of Birth: village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
  • Homepage: http://sokurov.spb.ru/
  • Also Known As: Alexander Sokurov, Александр Сокуров, 알렉산드르 소쿠로프
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Aleksandr Sokurov Movies

  • 1981
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    You Should Survive

    You Should Survive

    1 1981 HD

    1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In...

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  • 1998
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    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    1 1998 HD

    A documentary film about the Russian director Sergei Kosintsev.

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  • 1987
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    And Nothing More

    And Nothing More

    5.7 1987 HD

    The picture is about the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, England and America, which developed as a counterweight to the aggressive policy of Nazi...

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  • 2002
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    Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

    7.3 2002 HD

    A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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  • 1989
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    Petersburg Elegy

    Petersburg Elegy

    5.2 1989 HD

    The story about the life of Shaliapin’s family, and an emotional generalization of the life of people in modern Leningrad.

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  • 1989
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    Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

    4.9 1989 HD

    In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting...

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  • 2012
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    Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

    Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

    1 2012 HD

    The film is dedicated to the life and work of the Russian director, who deservedly received worldwide recognition due to his incredible talent

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  • 2006
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    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    7.1 2006 HD

    A documentary about the famous musician Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya.

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  • 1997
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    Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

    Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

    1 1997 HD

    Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov talks with the young director of independent experimental cinema Edward Shelganov.

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  • 2014
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    Voice of Sokurov

    Voice of Sokurov

    6.5 2014 HD

    Five years in the making, based on six lengthy interviews filmed on six different locations in Saint Petersburg, we meet an outspoken artist who...

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  • 2003
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    In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

    In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

    6.7 2003 HD

    Making of Russian Ark, with on camera personal views by members of the cast and crew of the major film.

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  • 2023
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    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    7.4 2023 HD

    The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....

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  • 2010
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    We Need Happiness

    We Need Happiness

    1 2010 HD

    The life stories of two elderly women living in a remote region of Kurdish Iraq.

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  • 1991
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    An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

    8 1991 HD

    The second film by Sokurov featuring Boris Yeltsin as the principal character. Now he is the President of Russia, invested with power, bearing the...

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  • 2008
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    Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

    Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

    5 2008 HD

    An encounter with the great Russian film director Alexander Sokurov, which gives rise to a lot of questions about his artistic stand and the problems...

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  • 1997
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    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    6.2 1997 HD

    Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the...

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  • 1970
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    Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева

    Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2015
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    Francofonia

    Francofonia

    6.6 2015 HD

    Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection...

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  • 2003
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    Kira

    Kira

    1 2003 HD

    Film about the work of Ukrainian film director Kira Muratova.

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  • 2013
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    Film about the film

    Film about the film

    1 2013 HD

    Documentary film from the set of Igor Olshansky’s debut short film “Easter”. Igor Olshansky is a participant of Alexander...

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  • 1998
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    The Knot

    The Knot

    6.8 1998 HD

    The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn is a two-part Russian television documentary by Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The...

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  • 2001
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    Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

    7.3 2001 HD

    This intimately narrated journey from Russia to Rotterdam, via rail, road and Finnish ferry, is a melancholy meditation on divinity, time and place...

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  • 2006
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    Sokurov

    Sokurov

    1 2006 HD

    Poetic portrait of a filmmaker. The famous director reflects on creativity and love. His friends and associates take part in the film: artist...

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  • 1996
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    Oriental Elegy

    Oriental Elegy

    6.2 1996 HD

    A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era...

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  • 1990
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    Leningrad Retrospective

    Leningrad Retrospective

    5.5 1990 HD

    A montage of Leningrad newsreel becomes a composite collage made up of documents-shots, divided in 16 parts, presenting the author's point of view on...

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  • 1997
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    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    1 1997 HD

    Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky

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  • 2013
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    The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

    The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

    6.2 2013 HD

    Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event...

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  • 1990
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    Simple Elegy

    Simple Elegy

    5 1990 HD

    The office of the President of Lithuania, 1990. Inside, silence reigns, contrasting to the shouting of the crowds outside the windows of the...

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  • 1987
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    Moscow Elegy

    Moscow Elegy

    6.2 1987 HD

    A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was...

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  • 1995
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    A Soldier's Dream

    A Soldier's Dream

    4.5 1995 HD

    This small film came out of the material edited for Sokurov's five-hour documentary Spiritual Voices.

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  • 2011
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    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    8.2 2011 HD

    Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.

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  • 2009
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    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    1 2009 HD

    Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...

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  • 2008
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    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

    1 2008 HD

    The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

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  • 1997
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    Mother and Son

    Mother and Son

    6.7 1997 HD

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  • 2003
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    Father and Son

    Father and Son

    5.8 2003 HD

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  • 2002
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    Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

    7.3 2002 HD

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  • 1988
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    Days of Eclipse

    Days of Eclipse

    5.9 1988 HD

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  • 2001
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    Taurus

    Taurus

    5.8 2001 HD

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  • 2007
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    Alexandra

    Alexandra

    6.2 2007 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Alexandra

    Alexandra

    6.2 2007 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    A Humble Life

    A Humble Life

    6.5 1997 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Fairytale

    Fairytale

    7 2022 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Moloch

    Moloch

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Faust

    Faust

    6.6 2011 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Faust

    Faust

    6.6 2011 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Sun

    The Sun

    6.7 2005 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Second Circle

    The Second Circle

    6.5 1990 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Reading Book of Blockade

    Reading Book of Blockade

    4.5 2009 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

    6.2 1995 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

    6.2 1995 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    6.2 1997 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

    4.9 1989 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Whispering Pages

    Whispering Pages

    6.2 1994 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Whispering Pages

    Whispering Pages

    6.2 1994 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Save and Protect

    Save and Protect

    5 1990 HD

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  • 1992
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    Stone

    Stone

    5.4 1992 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Mournful Unconcern

    Mournful Unconcern

    4.6 1987 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Petersburg Elegy

    Petersburg Elegy

    5.2 1989 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Oriental Elegy

    Oriental Elegy

    6.2 1996 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Oriental Elegy

    Oriental Elegy

    6.2 1996 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

    7.3 2001 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Moscow Elegy

    Moscow Elegy

    6.2 1987 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Elegy

    Elegy

    5.7 1986 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    A Soldier's Dream

    A Soldier's Dream

    4.5 1995 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    The Lonely Voice of Man

    The Lonely Voice of Man

    5.7 1987 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Empire

    Empire

    4.7 1987 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Go. Go. Go

    Go. Go. Go

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Knot

    The Knot

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 2006
    imgMovies

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    7.1 2006 HD

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  • 2006
    imgMovies

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    7.1 2006 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Fairytale

    Fairytale

    7 2022 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

    7.3 2002 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Sonata for Hitler

    Sonata for Hitler

    4.9 1989 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Sonata for Hitler

    Sonata for Hitler

    4.9 1989 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Francofonia

    Francofonia

    6.6 2015 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Francofonia

    Francofonia

    6.6 2015 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Leningrad Retrospective

    Leningrad Retrospective

    5.5 1990 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

    5.3 1981 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Degraded

    The Degraded

    5.7 1980 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Degraded

    The Degraded

    5.7 1980 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Maria

    Maria

    5.6 1988 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Confession

    Confession

    7.2 1998 HD

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  • 2000
    imgMovies

    Dolce

    Dolce

    6.2 2000 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    We Need Happiness

    We Need Happiness

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Patience Labour

    Patience Labour

    3.9 1985 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

    8 1991 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Earthliest of Concerns

    The Earthliest of Concerns

    6.5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Automobile Gains in Reliability

    The Automobile Gains in Reliability

    6 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Earthliest of Concerns

    The Earthliest of Concerns

    6.5 1974 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Callsign R1NN

    Callsign R1NN

    4.5 1975 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Last Day of a Rainy Summer

    Last Day of a Rainy Summer

    3 1979 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Last Day of a Rainy Summer

    Last Day of a Rainy Summer

    3 1979 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Celebrate Cinema 101

    Celebrate Cinema 101

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Documenta X - Die Filme

    Documenta X - Die Filme

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Automobile Gains in Reliability

    The Automobile Gains in Reliability

    6 1974 HD

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    The Sun

    The Sun

    6.7 2005 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    The Evening Sacrifice

    The Evening Sacrifice

    4.2 1987 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Empire

    Empire

    4.7 1987 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    A Humble Life

    A Humble Life

    6.5 1997 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin

    Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

    4.9 1989 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky

    Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Summer of Maria Voynova

    Summer of Maria Voynova

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Confession

    Confession

    7.2 1998 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    A Soldier's Dream

    A Soldier's Dream

    4.5 1995 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Go. Go. Go

    Go. Go. Go

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Yuri Schmidt

    Intonation. Yuri Schmidt

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    To the Events in Transcaucasia

    To the Events in Transcaucasia

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Valery Zorkin

    Intonation. Valery Zorkin

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Boris Godounov

    Boris Godounov

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Arsen Kanokov

    Intonation. Arsen Kanokov

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Intonation. Boris Averin

    Intonation. Boris Averin

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

    7.3 2001 HD

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  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Vad'd'a. Ordeal

    Vad'd'a. Ordeal

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Elegy from Russia

    Elegy from Russia

    5.8 1993 HD

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  • 1993
    imgMovies

    Elegy from Russia

    Elegy from Russia

    5.8 1993 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    The Evening Sacrifice

    The Evening Sacrifice

    4.2 1987 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    And Nothing More

    And Nothing More

    5.7 1987 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

    6.2 1997 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

    7.3 2002 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

    7.3 2001 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem

    8.5 2004 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov

    Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    To the Events in Transcaucasia

    To the Events in Transcaucasia

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Simple Elegy

    Simple Elegy

    5 1990 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Gjirokastra

    Gjirokastra

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Russian Dreams

    Russian Dreams

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Life Of My Friend

    The Life Of My Friend

    5 2017 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева

    Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Closeness

    Closeness

    6.9 2017 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    I Love You All Very Much...

    I Love You All Very Much...

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Maria

    Maria

    5.6 1988 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion

    The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Simple Elegy

    Simple Elegy

    5 1990 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Taurus

    Taurus

    5.8 2001 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    A Russian Youth

    A Russian Youth

    5.7 2019 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Moscow Elegy

    Moscow Elegy

    6.2 1987 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

    8 1991 HD

    img
  • 2011
    imgS1 E15

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.6 2011 HD

    A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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  • 2011
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    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    6.4 2011 HD

    Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels the globe—from Stockholm to St. Petersburg, Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro,...

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  • 2010
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    Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1970
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    Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft

    1 1970 HD

    Five part Russian television Series that tells the story of a Russian naval commander in charge of an Arctic-based ship. The five part series reveals...

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  • 1970
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    Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft

    1 1970 HD

    Five part Russian television Series that tells the story of a Russian naval commander in charge of an Arctic-based ship. The five part series reveals...

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  • 1970
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    Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft

    1 1970 HD

    Five part Russian television Series that tells the story of a Russian naval commander in charge of an Arctic-based ship. The five part series reveals...

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