The Hero (
2016) | IMDb:
4.5
Andrey Kulikov goes to Paris to visit the grave of his great-grandfather, Andrey Dolmatov, who had been an officer in the White Army during the Russian Revolution. On the headstone of the grave next to his great-grandfather's, he notices the face of a young woman. Later, while walking through Paris, Andrey sees a woman, Vera, who looks just like the young woman he had seen on the headstone. And so begins the telling of two love stories, separated by three generations and one hundred years.
Starring:
Dima Bilan
,
Svetlana Ivanova
,
Aleksandr Baluev
,
Tatyana Lyutaeva
,
Yulia Peresild
,
Aleksandr Golovin
Directed by:
Yuriy Vasilev
Sunstroke (
2014) | IMDb:
5.8
In a Crimean filtration camp, after the evacuation of the White Army, an unnamed captain is haunted by memories of a brief romance as he tries to understand how the Russian Empire fell apart and who is to blame.
Starring:
Mārtiņš Kalita
,
Viktoriya Solovyova
,
Anastasiya Imamova
,
Sergey Serov
,
Kseniya Popovich
,
Andrey Popovich
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Ku! Kin-dza-dza (
2013) | IMDb:
6
Beginner DJ Shreds and world-renowned cellist Vladimir Chizhov meet on a noisy street in Moscow barefoot man. Clicking on the strange machine, the characters are moved to the desert planet Plyuk. A remake of the beloved animated film "Kin-dza-dza!" No less fascinating and funny than the original, the adventures of the Shred and Uncle Vova. In this world of sand inhabitants are divided into two categories - patsaks and chatlan, a simple match has incredible value, and the people are met and escorted by the color of his pants.
Starring:
Aleksandr Adabashyan
,
Georgiy Daneliya
,
Nikolai Gubenko
,
Vakhtang Kikabidze
,
Polina Kutepova
,
Igor Kvasha
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (
2010) | IMDb:
4.3
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
Starring:
Nikita Mikhalkov
,
Oleg Menshikov
,
Evgeny Mironov
,
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
,
Artur Smolyaninov
,
Andrey Merzlikin
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov
The Ghost (
2008) | IMDb:
6.9
A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder.
12 (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Starring:
Sergei Makovetsky
,
Nikita Mikhalkov
,
Sergey Garmash
,
Valentin Gaft
,
Aleksey Petrenko
,
Yuriy Stoyanov
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov