Peter the Great: The Testament (2011)

Actors: Vladimir Dashkevich (composer), Vladimir Bortko (producer), Anton Zlatopolskiy (producer), Alexander Baluyev (actor), Elizabeth Boyar (actress), Irina Rozanov (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Peter in Paradise (2003)

Actors: Natalie Press (actress), Chris Patterson (miscellaneous crew), Ronan Vibert (actor), Crispin Bonham-Carter (actor), Rory McCann (actor), Mary McMurray (producer), Mary McMurray (director), Nick Ames (editor), Gwyneth Hughes (writer), Sally Hurst (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Russkiy kovcheg (2002)

Actors: Aleksandr Sokurov (director), Aleksandr Sokurov (miscellaneous crew), Jens Meurer (producer), Aleksandr Sokurov (writer), Aleksandr Sokurov (actor), Aleksandr Sokurov (writer), Leda Semyonova (miscellaneous crew), Leda Semyonova (miscellaneous crew), Viktor Mikhaylov (actor), Valentin Bukin (actor), Valery Gergiev (actor), Sergey Losev (actor), Svetlana Smirnova (actress), Boris Sokolov (actor), Karsten Stöter (producer),

Plot: An unseen man regains consciousness, not knowing who or where he is. No one seems to be able to see him, except the mysterious man dressed in black. He eventually learns through their discussions that this man is a 19th century French aristocrat, who he coins the "European". This turn of events is unusual as the unseen man has a knowledge of the present day. The two quickly learn that they are in the Winter Palace of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the European who has a comprehensive knowledge of Russian history to his time. As the two travel through the palace and its grounds, they interact with people from various eras of Russian history, either through events that have happened at the palace or through the viewing of artifacts housed in the museum. Ultimately, the unseen man's desired journey is to move forward, with or without his European companion.

Keywords: 1700s, 1800s, 18th-century, 1900s, 19th-century, 20th-century, 300-year-time-span, alexander-pushkin, anastasia, andrei-doronikhin
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery,
Taglines: 2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE 2000 Actors. 300 years of Russian History. 33 Rooms at the Hermitage Museum. 3 Live Orchestras. 1 Single Continuous Shot.

Peter the Great (1986)

Actors: Omar Sharif (actor), Boris Shcherbakov (actor), Maximilian Schell (actor), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Vsevolod Larionov (actor), Jan Malmsjö (actor), Laurence Olivier (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Roman Filippov (actor), Helmut Griem (actor), Carl Duering (actor), Günther Maria Halmer (actor), Walter Buschhoff (actor), Heinz Weiss (actor), Trevor Howard (actor),

Plot: This is the story of Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia and the Streltsy, an important Russian military corp. The story depicts the efforts of Peter in transforming Russia in an "all European" country, importing scientists, costumes, technology and military tactics.

Keywords: 18th-century, arms-tied-overhead, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, character-name-in-title, costume, costume-drama, czar, dungeon
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War,

Russia (1986)

Actors: Winston Churchill (actor), Lev Durov (actor), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Kaiser Wilhelm II (actor), V.I. Lenin (actor), Franklin D. Roosevelt (actor), Joseph Stalin (actor), Andrei Tolubeyev (actor), Tsar Nicholas II (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Peter Ustinov (writer), Vyacheslav Molotov (actor), Yuriy Orlov (actor), Tsarina Alexandra (actress),

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Sport, War,

Quotes:

Himself - Host: Mister Dostoyevsky, a short time ago you made a speech at the unveiling of the monument to Pushkin. It was a wonderful speech, it was of evident sincerity and colossal power and you said the Russia's destiny was to revitalize the world by the example of it's selflessness and the brotherly love expressed in the Orthodox Church, and people acclaimed you as a prophet, as a saint.::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: What is sincere one moment may be suspect the next. There are times when rational people become wildly enthusiastic, and a day later they'll forget all about it.::Himself - Host: Well, at the risk of shocking you I might say the same about Jesus Christ or his followers like Peter, Doubting Thomas?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: People are the same today as they were then - they hailed all sorts of insignificant hotheads as prophets. Jesus Christ is the only sure thing in an inconsistent world. We believe that because we must believe in something. It's a human need. It's a human need to be sure about at least one thing. And what better example than Jesus Christ.::Himself - Host: [smiles] And on his own level?.. Dostoyevsky?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [angry] Now you shock me!... I'm a believer, at least at this moment, as I reply to you that only the Russian people understand that suffering is the only way to future happiness. Suffering purifies everything. Every moment of happiness must be paid for in the coin of misery.::Himself - Host: [disagrees] Well, I don't think that is entirely true.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [firmly] Nothing is always true. A few things are always untrue.::Himself - Host: Mr. Dostoyevsky, when you were younger you were led out into a public square in order to be shot as a revolutionary. In the last moment there was a reprieve and you were sentenced to four years in Siberia and eight further years in the army. Don't you sometimes resent those 12 wasted years of your life?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [passionately] No! They gave me everything. My literature, my characters, my understanding, my compassion. Why should I resent a superficial injustice? So, I am grateful, even thankful to the fools, the idiots who sentenced me to be shot.::Himself - Host: [conciliatory] Well, I must say... your speech at the Pushkin memorial was quite something. It was. But I think in light of his opinions about Pushkin, I don't think our friend Tolstoy would even have accepted the invitation to speak there.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Poor Lev Nikolaevich - so aristocratic, so balanced. He tries so hard to pretend to be insane - at times quite without success... While I... who have traces of insanity... try desperately to look normal - to be understood... There's Russia for you, my friend.

Yunost Petra (1981)

Actors: Rolf Hoppe (actor), Sergei Gerasimov (writer), Sergei Gerasimov (director), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Hannjo Hasse (actor), Vladimir Kashpur (actor), Roman Filippov (actor), Yuriy Moroz (actor), Nikolay Grinko (actor), Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina (actress), Peter Reusse (actor), Helmut Schreiber (actor), Marina Levtova (actress), Nikolai Yeryomenko Ml. (actor), Pyotr Glebov (actor),

Genres: Biography, Drama,

'Sweet Punkin' I Love You.... (1976)

Actors: C.J. Laing (actress), Eric Edwards (actor), Roberta Findlay (editor), John Holmes (actor), Jeffrey Hurst (actor), Jeffrey Hurst (actor), Roberta Findlay (director), Roberta Findlay (writer), Marlene Willoughby (actress), Crystal Sync (actress), Jennifer Jordan (actress), Robert Michaels (producer), David Davidson (actor), Marlow Ferguson (actor), Slim Pickins (actor),

Genres: Adult, Comedy,

David Bek (1944)

Actors: Ivane Perestiani (actor), Lev Sverdlin (actor), Amo Bek-Nazaryan (writer), Amo Bek-Nazaryan (director), Yevgeni Samojlov (actor), Hrachia Nersisyan (actor), Avet Avetisyan (actor), Frunze Dovlatyan (actor), Vaghinak Marguni (actor), David Malyan (actor), Murad Kostanyan (actor), Hasmik Agopyan (actress), Ashot Satyan (composer), Vladimir Yershov (actor), Arman Kotikyan (actor),

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War,

The Battle of Russia (1943)

Actors: Anatole Litvak (writer), Anthony Veiller (writer), Nikolai Cherkasov (actor), Frank Capra (producer), Julius J. Epstein (writer), Adolf Hitler (writer), Anthony Veiller (actor), Hermann Göring (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Benito Mussolini (actor), Tsar Nicholas II (actor), Kaiser Wilhelm II (actor), Joseph Stalin (actor), Frank Capra (director), Dimitri Tiomkin (composer),

Plot: In this installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, we learn about the events on the Russian front of World War II. We learn about Russia's heroic resistance to invasion in the past and how those qualities were called upon in the current war. We also learn about Russian tenacity and their determination to win against the seemingly invincible forces of Nazi Germany in the bloodiest fighting of the war.

Keywords: based-on-book, country-name-in-title, great-patriotic-war, propaganda, red-army, russian-soldier, sequel, soviet-troops, stalingrad, uniform
Genres: Documentary, History, War,

The Gunmaker of Moscow (1913)

Actors: George Lessey (director), Bigelow Cooper (actor), Ben F. Wilson (actor), May Abbey (actress), Yale Benner (actor), Barry O'Moore (actor), Charles Ogle (actor), Harry Gripp (actor), Edna Hammel (actress), Sylvanus Cobb Jr. (writer),

Genres: Drama, Short,