Anatoliy Solonitsyn

In this drama with socio-political nuances, a heroic engineer is able to save the passengers on his train from injury or death by sacrificing his own life when his locomotive crashes. An investigator Ermakov and journalist Malinin are both involved in the story of the crash but from two different angles: the investigator wants to find out why it happened, the journalist wants to laud the heroism of the dead engineer. (themoviedb.org)

Twenty-Six Days in the Life of Dostoyevsky was entered on February 16th at the 1981 Berlin Film Festival to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dostoyevsky's death on February 9th, 1881, and won a "Best Actor" award for Anatoly Solonitsyn as Dostoyevsky. Solonitsyn was a favorite actor in Andrei Tarkovsky's films, and this was to be his penultimate role. This brief imaginary period in the famed Russian writer's life encapsulates one of his darker moments in 1866.

Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithful to him. Pavel decides not to return to his native town. But many years later he returns to his fathers funeral and finds out that Nastya died sometime ago. She left three kids orphans and her elder daughter is also a daughter of Pavel. (imdb)

Returning to Moscow from their honeymoon, a young couple strike and kill an elderly pedestrian. The husband must stand trial, but is it fair, he thinks. She was old and negligent and poor. Why should his life be ruined? (imdb)

In a bleak, industrial future, a guide known as a Stalker leads a writer and a scientist through a mysterious, hazardous region called the Zone. Their goal is to reach the Room, a place rumored to fulfill a person's deepest desires. As the trio navigates the treacherous landscape, they confront their own inner fears, philosophical conflicts, and existential anxieties.

Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls. (imdb)

A dying man in his forties recalls his past, weaving together personal memories from childhood with archival footage of major twentieth-century events. Through reflections on his mother, his estranged wife, and his rural upbringing, the film crafts a poetic stream of consciousness exploring memory, time, family trauma, and collective history.

Set during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites that followed the 1917 revolution in Russia (imdb)

Early summer 1944 during WW2 people fled into the mines in Bjorvatn. The Nazi had decided to obliterate all of Northern Norway, and the people should be sent south. That didn't happen, and a rumor said the Nazi would blow up the mountain.

Psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to a neglected space station orbiting the oceanic planet Solaris to investigate the crew's mental breakdown. Upon arrival, he encounters the physical manifestation of his late wife, created by the sentient ocean from his memories. This meditative masterpiece explores the limits of human knowledge, the nature of grief, and the mystery of the subconscious.

Film is set in the winter of 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia in WWII. Partisan guerrillas, headed by Ivan Lokotkov, are testing the POW Lazarev, who briefly collaborated with the Nazis for survival. Lazarev is not executed, but instead he is given a chance to prove his loyalty. He has to go back to the Nazi controlled railway station, where everyone knows him, and to hijack a train with food supplies. Lazarev proves himself a hero. (imdb)

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation. (imdb)

A 15th-century icon painter wanders through medieval Russia, experiencing social unrest, foreign invasions, and deep spiritual hardship. Confronted with violence and human suffering, he undergoes a silent crisis of faith, questioning the purpose of his creative devotion until a young bell-maker rekindles his artistic calling.