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Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

During the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, a Red cavalry officer is warned by a staffer from headquarters about his dangerous attraction to the female leader of a band of Cossacks, a violent woman who is aroused by killing.

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.

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

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

On the class struggle of the Donetsk workers and White Guards.

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

Dissatisfied with the profits of his gambling house, the Busy Inn, Bessyne resorts to robbery at night. Eugenia, his wife, who does her share in extorting money from those who visit the Inn, persuades her husband to force Anna, his sister, who has been reluctant up to now, to take part in the scheme. As a result of her participation Anna falls in love with Prince Myloff, one of the frequenters of the Inn, and with whom Eugenia is also fascinated, and in revenge, Eugenia poisons the mind of the prince against Anna. Disheartened, Anna drinks what she believes is poison, and, feeling that she is dying, summons the prince, who has called at the Inn, and assures him that she really loves him. Convinced, the prince has Anna taken to his home for treatment, and declares that their betrothal will be announced at once. But Bessyne relieves the tension by revealing that what Anna drank was only a sleeping potion.

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

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

Colonel Levchenko's family is in trouble: his son is a revolutionary. Having witnessed his father humiliate the lower ranks, the son has turned to the socialists. The father, without hesitation, turns his son over to the gendarmes.

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

An adaptation of novel "The Shooting Party" by Anton Chekhov.

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

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman.

Dir: Cheslav Sabinsky

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.