Anna 1993  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Documentary
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Anna Mikhalkov, Nikita Mikhalkov
In order to make this political documentary, the Academy Award-winning Russian director, Nikita Mikhaldov, spent 12 years making movies of his daughter answering his questions. Her answers evolved, and Anna's growing maturity contrasts with the demise of the Soviet Union.
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At Home Among Strangers 1974  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Yuri Bogatyryov, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Sergei Shakurov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Konstantin Rajkin, Nikolai Zasukhin, Aleksandr Adabashyan
Trying to clear his name, Shilov (Yuri Bogatyryov) attempts to recover a gold shipment that he is suspected of stealing. Much like an American Western, this story follows Shilov's adventures in his quest. Director Mikhalkov went on to receive an Oscar for "Burnt by the Sun" 20 years later.
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Burnt by the Sun 1994 R, 152 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Oleg Menshikov, Andre Oumansky, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Vladimir Ilyin, Alla A. Kazanskaya, Nina Arkhipova, Avangard Leontyev, Inna Ulyanova
This movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in 1936 Russia, the story revolves around Stalin's Communism and the rise of terrorism through his purges. Serguei (Nikita Mikhalkov) is the husband of Marorissia (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) and father of Nadia (Nadezhda Mikhalkova). Serguei is an army colonel who passionately believes in the hopes and dreams of the Russian Revolution. In the end, he becomes disillusioned with the product of his dreams.
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A Nest of Gentry 1969  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: A Nest of Gentlefolk
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Irina Kupchenko, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tamara Chernova, Vasili Merkuryev, Viktor Sergachyov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Kostomolotsky, Mariya Dursova, Vladimir Kochurikhin
Based on an Ivan Turgenev novel, this is the story of a man (Leonid Kulagin), his unfaithful wife (Beata Tyszkiewicz), and the young woman (Irina Kupchenko) he grows to love.
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Oblomov 1980 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov, Yelena Solovey, Avangard Leontyev, Andrei Razumovsky, Oleg Kozlov, Yelena Kleshchevskaya, Galina Shostko, Gleb Strizhenov, Nikolai Pastukhov, Ruslan Akhmetov
Set in 19th-century St. Petersberg, this story revolves around Oblomov (Oleg Tabakov) who spends most of his time lazing around, dreaming of the past. His life changes after his friend Stoltz (Yuri Bogatyrov) introduces him to the lovely Olga (Yelena Solovey) who determines to change Oblomov into an action-oriented individual. In the process, they fall in love. But, where does Stoltz fit into this new picture?
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A Slave of Love 1976 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Yelena Solovey, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Rodion Nakhapetov, Oleg Basilashvili, Konstantin Grigoryev, Nikolai Pastukhov, Vera Kuznetsova, Gotlib Roninson, Inna Ulyanova, Yevgeni Steblov
During the Bolshivik Revolution, a film crew, trying to quickly finish its job, becomes involved shooting illegal activities of counterintelligence forces, and the self-centered film star acting in the movie becomes involved in the political movements around her.
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An Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano 1977 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Aleksandr Kalyagin, Yelena Solovey, Yevgeniya Glushenko, Kseniya Minina, Sergei Nikonenko, Yuri Bogatyryov, Antonina Shuranova, Sergei Guryev, Oleg Tabakov, Nikolai Pastukhov
Around the beginning of the 20th century, guests gather at a country estate for a reunion of friends and family. Among the guests are former lovers (Aleksandr Kalyagin and Yelena Solovey) who are now married to others. They remember the past, think about reliving it, and then reason takes over as they go on with their present-day lives.
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| 1. Anna (1993)
2. At Home Among Strangers (1974)
3. Burnt by the Sun (1994)
4. A Nest of Gentry (1969)
aka: A Nest of Gentlefolk
5. Oblomov (1980)
6. The Red Tent (1971)
7. A Slave of Love (1976)
8. An Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano (1977)
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