Category: Adventure

  • Yug

    Yug

    is a 2024 Russian series directed by Ivan Sosnin. 14-year-old Yug Kipen embarks on a life-changing journey across Russia to find the father he never knew. Raised by his grandmother after his mother’s death, Yug has always been quiet and sheltered, burdened by numerous phobias. But when he stumbles upon a stash of money from…

  • Raiders of the Lost Library

    Raiders of the Lost Library

    is a 2022 Russian action-adventure film directed by Gleb Orlov. The film centers around Alexei, a cunning linguist, and historian, who stumbles upon an ancient map hidden within the pages of a rare manuscript in the state library. Teaming up with a skeptical but resourceful librarian, Marina, and a tech-savvy conspiracy theorist, Dmitri, the trio…

  • The Shield and the Sword

    The Shield and the Sword

    is a 1968 Soviet spy series in four parts directed by Vladimir Basov. “The Shield and the Sword” (1969), directed by Vladimir Basov, is a captivating Soviet-era spy drama that masterfully blends suspense and historical context. Set during World War II, the series follows the daring exploits of Soviet intelligence officer Alexei Kozhemyakin, played with…

  • Fandorin. Azazel

    Fandorin. Azazel

    is a 2023 Russian tv series directed by Nurbek Egen. “Fandorin: Azazel” is a riveting 2023 Russian series that presents an alternate history where the October Revolution never occurred and the Bolsheviks never came to power. In this reimagined 2023, the Russian Empire is co-ruled by Tsar Nikolai III and a progressive Prime Minister, Dmitry…

  • Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest

    Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest

    is a 2020 Russian fantasy horror film based on the Slavic tale of Baba Yaga. The film was directed by Svyatoslav Podgayevsky. The young family who moved to a new apartment on the outskirts of the city. The nanny hired by them for the newborn daughter quickly gained confidence. However, the older boy, Egor, talks…

  • Arabella, the Pirate’s Daughter

    Arabella, the Pirate’s Daughter

    is a 1982 Soviet (Estonian SSR) movie directed by Peeter Simm. Arabella is a daughter of the world’s most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also dreams about a life of a usual girl. One day a weird stranger is saved from the sea who will be the only friend of Arabella. At…

  • Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

    is a 1974 Soviet-Italian comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and Franco Prosperi. In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying…

  • The Little Brother

    The Little Brother

    is a 1991 Tajik SSR movie directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov. Farukh, 17 wants to go away. He takes a train with his little brother Azamat to visit their father. Farukh intends to leave Azamat at his father’s before leaving. This is the story of their journey.

  • White Sun of the Desert

    White Sun of the Desert

    is a 1970 classic Eastern film directed by Vladimir Motyl. The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today’s Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join…

  • The Man Who Surprised Everyone

    The Man Who Surprised Everyone

    is a Russian film-drama directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova. Egor Korshunov is a Siberian forest guard who works in a local environmental company, fighting fearlessly against poachers in taiga. Egor is a great family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. Unexpectedly, Egor finds…

  • Silver Skates

    Silver Skates

    is a 2020 Russian epic period romantic adventure film directed by Michael Lockshin. 1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of…

  • The City of Masters

    The City of Masters

    is a 1965 Soviet movies based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale, directed by Vladimir Bychkov. After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy.

  • Striped Trip

    Striped Trip

    is a 1961 Soviet comedy film, directed by Vladimir Fetin. A Soviet cruise ship “Evgeni Onegin” is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of…

  • The Ninth

    The Ninth

    is a 2019 Russian horror film directed by Nikolay Khomeriki. Petersburg at the end of the 19th century was embraced by a massive enthusiasm for the occult sciences and esotericism. British medium Olivia Reed arrives in the capital of the Russian Empire on tour and gathers crowds of people at her public spiritualistic sessions. At…

  • Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

    Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

    is a 1966 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. A young boy finds a magic lantern that contains a genie, and when he frees the genie he’s granted three wishes. He uses the wishes to help the princess of Baghdad and her father…

  • Name Me

    Name Me

    is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Nigina Sayfullaeva. A practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya’s long lost father who lives in Crimea, when they decide to switch places and pretend to be the other person…

  • Coma

    Coma

    is a 2020 Russian science fiction action film directed by Nikita Argunov. A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is…

  • Vertical Races 

    Vertical Races 

    is a 1982 Soviet three-part crime miniseries directed by Aleksander Muratov based on the story of the same name by the Vayner Brothers. A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal.