The Definitive Watchlist For Devotees of Anita Jo: Cult Guide

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Through the influence of Ivan Kusmin, a powerful Russian banker, an American girl, under the name of Olga Balashova, advances from the ranks of the Imperial Russian Ballet to prima ballerina.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Passion Play perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A depiction of Jesus Christ's life centered on the treason and the trial.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Peter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country to establish a navy, and to be able to use the navy, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating that country at the battle of Poltava. This battle marks a turning point with Peter and with Russia, his only son proves a coward, he meets a girl refugee and finally makes her his empress, he alienates the church and many nobles. All these factors finally lead to a conspiracy which, while it is crushed, ends in Peter finding out how he is hated by his people, and in his killing of his son, the remorse for which hastens his own death.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Peter the Great perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

An innocent young librarian, Lily, catches the eye of several officers in a German garrison, and although one of the, Lieutenant Prell, is particularly attracted to her, she marries Colonel Mertzbach, the aristocratic regimental commander. When Lieutenant Prell persists in his pursuit of Lily, tragedy pursues the trio.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

The true story of the conflict between Danton and Robespierre, the leaders of the French Revolution.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Lily of the Dust perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A man is employed to tutor the children of an aristocratic family and has an affair with the daughter of the house.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Danton perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Blanche Benton is out on her morning ride with horse and carriage, when an automobile shows up and scares the horse. The driver in the car manages to intervene and takes Blanche to her home.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

Richard De La Croix has a brother, Andreas, who has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A man-about-town named Teddy takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets Richard, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas insane.