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Dir: Vladimir Gardin

The early years of NEP. Soviet pilot Dmitry Gai is working on an invention of military importance. His friends, James and Natasha, vigilantly monitor the progress of work and do not allow information leakage. However, members of the mysterious five spies, Nellie and her accomplice manage to break into the laboratory and steal the blueprints. The inventor rushes in pursuit of the kidnappers.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

A Russian silent film based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

The film takes place during the pre-revolutionary years and the initial period of the Soviet regime. At a monastery shelter in one of Russia's western towns, orphan Yulka gives birth to a son from the shepherd Jerome.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

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

Set in an imaginary land where the threat of revolution spurs the Emperor to seek exile in one of the most distant parts of his realm. There he meets Elka, the daughter of a revolutionary who has been banished here due to his confrontational activities. The two fall in love but meet a violent end when the revolutionaries, led by Elka's father, destroy the palace.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

About the struggle of the Bolshevik underground and red partisans in the rear of the Kolchak troops, which culminated in an attack on the enemy train, the capture of Kolchak and the discovery of a carefully guarded gold reserve.

Dir: Vladimir Gardin

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.