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In 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov made a feature film “Remembering Chekhov”. After the footage was edited, he realized that the film went wrong. thus he made a difficult decision – not to show it to a wide audience. almost 30 years later, in his documentary “the film that went wrong”, the director tries to understand and analyze the reason for that failure. for the first time he will also show scenes from “remembering chekhov” to the audience.
Начинающий кинорежиссер снял короткометражку по мало известному автобиографическому рассказу русского писателя-эмигранта Алексея Зыкова, покинувшего родину с первой эмигрантской волной. Приехав в Париж, режиссер решает показать фильм писателю в расчете на его поддержку в съемках полнометражной картины по новелле писателя. Однако Алексей Зыков, уничтоживший этот рассказ перед отъездом из России, не проявил никакого энтузиазма по поводу увиденного на экране, да и сам режиссер понял, что он прикоснулся к личной драме писателя...
"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikhailova at the studio "AnimaFilm" of the Moscow Children's Fund with the support of Goskino in 1997.
XVI century. In France, there is a fierce struggle between Catholics and Huguenots. The reign of the Valois dynasty is nearing its end. Conspiracies, the elimination of rivals, the creation of secret and explicit coalitions are part of the daily life of the royal family and close associates. Love stories are woven into the canvas of palace intrigues that will affect the history of the world.
Philippe meets the beautiful Oksana during a long layover in Moscow. Unfortunately, Oksana is the granddaughter of a murderous mafia don looking to trap a French speaking man to pull off a massive con.
When a secretary at the Danish embassy in Russia dies in suspicious circumstances, the local police seem determined to close the case. But diplomat Jack Anderson, who has been brought in to observe, falls for a beautiful singer with ties to the murder and begins his own investigation.
Anastasia Dmitrievna Vyaltseva, who performed on the opera stage, was called "incomparable" during her lifetime. Obsessed with the desire to sing, the young provincial woman arrived in St. Petersburg, joined the troupe of the musical theater of the entrepreneur Arkady Palma, married the patron of the arts Nikolai Kholev, and soon gave her first concerts. The first success, the first triumphant tour of Russia and the first losses. Her husband dies, the Russo-Japanese war begins, she goes to the front and will do everything that is the responsibility of a sister of mercy.
The eternal tragic conflict of a genius and a tyrant in power. The heroes of the film are the inventor of the aircraft and the Chinese emperor, who ordered his execution. The emperor was afraid of the possibility of using the aircraft for military purposes and ordered the courtiers to keep this secret.
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
