Ballad Of A Soldier (Criterion Collection) (1959)

Robots Of Ripley (1935)

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Vladimir Gardin, Sergei Vecheslov, Maria Volgina

This rare early sci-fi allegory from the Soviet Union, set in an unnamed "capitalist land," shows what happens when an army of robots is built to replace human assembly line workers. The displaced proletariat ... more

Regularly $19.99 $18.99

Cosmic Journey (Kosmicheskiy Reys: Fantasticheskaya Novella) (1936)

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Sergei Komarov, Vassili Gaponenko, Nikolai Feoktistov

How did Soviet filmmakers of the '30s imagine a trip to the moon? This intriguing Russian silent details just such a historic journey through the story of a brilliant scientist (Sergei Komarov) in 1946 ... more

Regularly $19.99 $16.99

The Fall Of Berlin (Padeniye Berlina) (1949)

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Boris Andreyev

See World War II through the eyes of Joseph Stalin! The Soviet dictator reportedly worked on the script for this lavishly mounted blockbuster, which depicts Stalin as a hero, Hitler as a surreal buffoon, ... more

Regularly $34.99 $31.49

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Category: Foreign | Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Tatyana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov, Vasili Merkuriev

Moving Russian drama that garnered several international film awards. Tatyana Samojlova stars as a young woman whose fiance goes off to fight in World War II and is killed in battle. Alexi Batalov, ... more

Regularly $29.99 $26.99

Quiet Flows The Don (Tikhiy Don) (1957)

Category: Foreign | Director: Sergei Gerasimov | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Igor Dmitriyev, Vadim Zakharchenko, Yelena Maksimova

Dubbed "a Soviet 'Gone with the Wind'" by foreign critics, director Sergei Gerasimov's sweeping drama depicts the tumult of 20th-century Russia's first two decades, from World War I to the Communist ... more

Regularly $39.99 $35.99

Letter Never Sent (1960)

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov

Groundbreaking Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov presents this striking tale--that's considered to be a socialist propaganda film--with the aid of stunning cinematography. Four Soviet geologists sent ... more

Regularly $19.99 $15.99

The Lady With The Dog (Dama S Sobachkoy) (1960)

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Iya Savvina, Aleksey Batalov, Nina Alisova

Based on the wistful story by Chekhov, this Russian drama details the affair between a banker in early 1900s Yalta and the beautiful woman he spies in the park walking her dog. Because both are already ... more

Regularly $29.99 $26.99

4 Films By Otar Iosseliani

Category: Foreign | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format:

A frequent target of Soviet censors, Georgian filmmaker Otar Iosseliani displays his talent for whimsical pessimism in a quartet of rare, early short works. In "April" (1961), a couple's new apartment ... more

Regularly $59.99 $53.99

Brigands, Chapter VII (1996)

Category: Foreign | Director: Otar Iosseliani | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Narda Blanchet, Amiran Amiranashvili

In this time-jumping political satire, Georgian filmmaker Otar Iosseliani ("Chasing Butterflies") studies several characters throughout history whose abuse of power and wealth lead to tragic results. ... more

Regularly $29.99 $26.99