Directors
11 films in this collection
Collection no. #690111 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
In postwar Moscow, engineer Los becomes absorbed in a mysterious transmission and the possibility of travel to Mars. His fascination mixes with…
Collection no. #74578 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Kasatsky abandons his military and social ambitions after discovering that his fiancée has been involved with the emperor he admires. Becoming…
Collection no. #74762 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A young officer hears that an elderly countess knows three cards that can guarantee a fortune. His desire for the secret leads him to court her ward…
Collection no. #75958 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A modest tailor buys a lottery ticket while considering a gift for the widow who employs him and hopes to marry him. Winning a large prize makes an…
Collection no. #77052 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A Red Army marksman is assigned to guard a captured White officer during a desperate journey across Central Asia. A storm leaves the two isolated…
Collection no. #78463 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A banker leaves a fortune in his home, and news of the money reaches people with different reasons to steal it. An elegant criminal and a much less…
Collection no. #79369 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A widowed waiter, grieving the loss of his son in the war, takes in a young lodger. The new tenant and the waiter's daughter fall in love, offering…
Collection no. #86067 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A governor who considers himself liberal tries to end a workers' strike in 1905. When persuasion fails, he authorizes gunfire that kills people in…
Collection no. #87658 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
A stationmaster absorbed in heroic adventure stories becomes the object of local women's laughter. Embarrassed, he asserts his authority by enforcing…
Collection no. #88170 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
Three stories reveal people adjusting their behavior to rank and authority. A young wife's social success separates her from her struggling family; a…
Collection no. #90731 minYakov Protazanov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
An elderly Tolstoy receives peasants seeking help while conflict within his own household deepens his distress. The dramatization presents his final…