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ALEXANDER BLOK
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The greatest of the Russian Symbolists, poet and dramatist Alexander Blok was responsible for works like Verses About the Lady (1904) and The Twelve (1918).
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ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
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Pushkin, Romantic poet and founder of modern Russian literature, is known for works like The Captive of the Caucasus and The Contemporary.
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ANTON CHEKOV
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Anton Chekhov's most celebrated plays include Uncle Vanya (1899) and Three Sisters (1901).
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BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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This historic, Soviet government-backed documentary includes captured German footage not seen in any other film produced by the Allied nations. The film presents the Soviet view of the pivotal battle that changed the course of the war. English narration. USSR---1960---90 mins.
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BORIS PASTERNAK
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Doctor Zhivago (1957) was his masterpiece, banned by Soviet officials for critiquing the revolution.
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BOYS OF BESLAN
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A moving documentary about the Beslan school hostage crisis. For three days in September 2004, pro-Chechen rebels held the school's students and faculty hostage, until gunfire between the militants and Russian security forces broke out and a bomb accidentally detonated. The Boys of Beslan closely follows twin brothers who survived the horrific ordeal. As witnesses, their accounts are invaluable, seeing as though details of the hostage takeover scenario and the government's response are still under debate. As survivors, their inspiring story is one of resilience and hope. In Russian with English Andrey Ivanov---Ukraine---2005---47 mins.
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COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM: THE UNTOLD STORY (BLU-RAY), THE
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The Collapse of Communism demonstrates that political change does not necessarily mean a changing of the guard. Director Robert Buchar’s central thesis is that the threat Russia posed to the U.S. during the Cold War has not abated since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The same people who opposed the U.S. remain in power today, and they have since gained the higher ground. Beginning with perestroika, Buchar weaves a series of interviews with notable dissidents, defectors, government agents, journalists, and professors into a compelling account of how economic turmoil in the former Soviet Union led top officials to re-strategize its conflict with the West. Using the binary of communism vs. democracy as an ideological smokescreen, Russia was able to goad the U.S. into believing the Cold War had been “won.” Buchar contends that Russia is now uniquely able to project an agreeable image of its internal politics to the West while using its Cold War espionage networks and connections to organized crime to press its strategic advantage. The film will likely raise eyebrows among more skeptical viewers, but Buchar’s case is enlivened by the inclusion of a news ticker, vignettes, special effects, and a soundtrack befitting a spy thriller. Whether you’re sold on all the film’s claims, you can’t deny this oft-repeated notion: the most effective form of deception is telling someone what they want to hear and letting them write the story. Featuring former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Tennent H. Bagley, former chief of counterintelligence for the CIA’s Soviet division.
Robert Buchar---USA/Belgium/Czech Republic---2012---107 mins.
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COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM: THE UNTOLD STORY (DVD), THE
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The Collapse of Communism demonstrates that political change does not necessarily mean a changing of the guard. Director Robert Buchar’s central thesis is that the threat Russia posed to the U.S. during the Cold War has not abated since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The same people who opposed the U.S. remain in power today, and they have since gained the higher ground. Beginning with perestroika, Buchar weaves a series of interviews with notable dissidents, defectors, government agents, journalists, and professors into a compelling account of how economic turmoil in the former Soviet Union led top officials to re-strategize its conflict with the West. Using the binary of communism vs. democracy as an ideological smokescreen, Russia was able to goad the U.S. into believing the Cold War had been “won.” Buchar contends that Russia is now uniquely able to project an agreeable image of its internal politics to the West while using its Cold War espionage networks and connections to organized crime to press its strategic advantage. The film will likely raise eyebrows among more skeptical viewers, but Buchar’s case is enlivened by the inclusion of a news ticker, vignettes, special effects, and a soundtrack befitting a spy thriller. Whether you’re sold on all the film’s claims, you can’t deny this oft-repeated notion: the most effective form of deception is telling someone what they want to hear and letting them write the story. Featuring former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Tennent H. Bagley, former chief of counterintelligence for the CIA’s Soviet division.
Robert Buchar---USA/Belgium/Czech Republic---2012---107 mins.
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FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
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Dostoevsky's immense influence on literature stems from his works like The House of the Dead and Crime and Punishment.
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GOGOL: DIARY OF MADMAN 1964
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An adaptation of the off-Broadway production of the celebrated story by Nicolai Gogol (1809-1852), about a clerk's disintegration into complete madness. Performed by actor and drama teacher William Hickey in a one-man tour-de-force. 1964, 27 mins.
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I WAS STALIN'S BODYGUARD
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This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Josef Stalin, who began working for the dictator in the 1930s. I Was Stalin's Bodyguard weaves together unprecedented, first-hand testimony with rare footage, including Stalin's home movies. What emerges is a singular portrait of a violent and complex era during which Stalin consolidated his power through brutal repressions, yet led the Soviet Union to victory in World War II. "Aranovish has a nice sense of irony" (David Robinson, London Times). In Russian with English Subtitles. Semyon Aranovich---USSR---1989---73 mins.
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LEO TOLSTOY
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The literary giant behind War and Peace (1865-69) and Anna Karenina (1877-78), Tolstoy is possibly Russia's most widely read novelist
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MARK OF CAIN ( ALIX LAMBERT )
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Alix Lambert's documentary on Russian prison tattoos, which were formally introduced into pop culture with Eastern Promises. Incisive interview with prisoners reveal the secret language, codes, and hierarchies of the vory v zakone. Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2002. In Russian with English subtitles. Alix Lambert---Russia/USA---2000---73 mins.
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MAXIM GORKY
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In the history of Russian literature and theater, Maxim Gorky is considered a giant for Foma Gordeyev (1902), The Counterfeit Coin (1926), and Na Dne (1902).
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OLGA- DEN SIDSTE STORFYRSTINDE
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A Danish documentary portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Russia's last Grand Duchess. Born in 1882, Olga was the daughter of Czar Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna. Due to her pedigree, she was eventually forced to flee to Denmark after the fall of the House of Romanov. In 1948, she moved with her family to Ontario, where she lived until her death in 1960. Sonja Vesterholt's film combines archival footage and interviews with descendents and historians in order to tell this tale. In Danish with optional English subtitles. Sonja Vesterholt---Denmark---2003---52 mins.
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PALMS (LADONI)
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Artur Aristakisyan’s visionary documentary, Palms (or Hands), is an poetic exercise in cinematic flagellation. Silent film footage of social outcasts in Moldova is accompanied by classical music and Aristakisyan’s narration addressed to his unborn son. “...a manifesto, a desperate poetic paen to these invisible people...” (Sight & Sound). Winner of the Wolfgang Staudte Award at the 1994 Berlin Film Festival. In Russian with optional English subtitles.
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POISONED BY POLONIUM
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Here, Russian documentarian Andrei Nekrasov charges President Putin with the 2006 poisoning death of exiled former KGB operative Alexander Litvinenko. Many, including the British government, speculate that the Kremlin orchestrated the attack in retaliation for Litvinenko's open criticism of Putin's regime. The "impressive array of film clips and extended interviews" (New York Times) conducted while Litvinenko was on his deathbed makes the case all the more compelling. Also known as Bunt. Delo Litvinenko. In English and Russian with English subtitles. Andrei Nekrasov---Russia---2007---105 mins.
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RUSSIA: LAND OF THE TSARS-SET
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A definitive look into Russia's imperial past produced by The History Channel. Shot on film throughout Russia and featuring interviews with preeminent scholars, studied portraits and re-enactments, and footage from important sites and museums, this exhaustive documentary covers Russian history from the migration of the Russe Vikings in the 10th Century through the murder of Tsar Nicholas and his family in 1918. USA, 2003, 200 mins.
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN COLOR
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One of the defining moments of the 20th century, the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War that followed not only shaped roughly seven decades of Russian politics, but it spread communism to the far corners of the world and ushered in almost 50 years of conflict with the United States. The dramatic, bloody events of the revolution are told through new-found archival footage, expert commentaries, and colorized footage from pivotal speeches, strikes, and battles. 120 mins.
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SACRED STAGE
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Throughout Russia's tumultuous history, the Mariinsky Theater (also known as the Kirov) has survived as the home to the world's best opera and ballet productions. Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas narrates an illustrative tour of the St. Petersburg theatre that has withstood war, revolution, and the collapse of Communism. Features interviews with director/conductor Valery Gergiev, singer Yevgeny Nikitin, dancer Yulia Makhalina, and more. Josh Waletzky---USA---2005---60 mins.
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