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Mongol
Sergei Bodrov

$14.95 – Digital video disc / Hopscotch Entertainment

Mongol is made by an award winning Russian film maker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains). Here Sergei illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in this stunning historical epic. Based on leading scholarly ac... Buy or find out more 


The Cherry Orchard
Michael Cacoyannis

$29.95 – Digital video disc / Madman

Set in Russia during the Nineteenth Century, The Cherry Orchard is based on the play by Anton Chekhov and is concerned with the effects of industrialisation and social change in Russia. In the film, aristocratic Madame R... Buy or find out more 



Ballad Of A Soldier (Region 1)
Grigori Chukhrai

$19.95 – Digital video disc / Criterion Collection

Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he singlehandedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers ... Buy or find out more 


Satantango (Region 2)
Bela Tarr

$109.95 – Digital video disc /

Sátántangó is named after the six-step back-and-forth movement of the tango dance, and one reason for its length is the way in which it doubles back on itself and reframes events from multiple perspectives. Residents on ... Buy or find out more 



 

Thief
Pavel Chukhrai

$24.95$12.99 – Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme

Sanya is a six-year-old boy in Stalinist Russia who longs for a father figure. The surrogate dad is the roguish Tolyan, who sweeps Sanya's naïve mother off her feet, only to make her and her son unwilling accomplices in ... Buy or find out more 


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