Viktor Rakov

Sonia, a girl from St Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany. But she is suddenly kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. She will be dragged from country to country and resistance will only bring her misery and humiliation.

The film takes place between 1894 and 1902. By relating certain pages of Russian History, it throws light on today's events and reveals the profoundness of Gorky's tragic and contradictory work. (festival-cannes.fr)

The story of the Great Russian empress Catherine the Great in her early years (15-33). 20 years of court intrigues, conspiracies, power struggles and unconditional love to Russia.

An aspiring historian is writing a thesis on the history of the royal security. In order to find the necessary information he searches for living agents or their relatives. Some influential people don't like his activity, but the historian is stubborn in his desire to find the truth unaware of the price he will have to pay. (megogo)