Aleksandr Sokurov
2) Russian ark
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Russian
Description
Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (THE SUN) broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN ARK. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). RUSSIAN ARK is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses...
3) Tesnota
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Russian
Description
TESNOTA (CLOSENESS, 2017) is the incendiary debut feature from the young and brilliant Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole). 1998, Nalchik, the North Caucasus, Russia. 24-year-old Ilana works in her father’s garage to help him make ends meet. One evening, her extended family and friends gather to celebrate the engagement of her younger brother David. Later that night, the young couple is kidnapped, and a ransom demand delivered. In this close-knit Jewish...
5) Russian ark
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
6) Moloch
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Deutsch
Description
In an ominous fortress perched high above the clouds, everything seems in order for a reposing 24 hours. It is the spring of 1942 in Germany and Eva Braun is the only voice that dares contradict the Fuhrer. Eva is caught up in the complexities of a man incapable of human intimacy, making her as volcanic as her beloved Hitler.
7) Alexandra
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Russian
Description
In a desolate, sun-sorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson. He is a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routines of military life, before making a sudden trip into the outlying countryside.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Russian
Description
In a remote Siberian village, an anonymous young man emerges from a blizzard to claim his late father's body. As he finds himself in his father's lifeless eyes, the reluctant young pilgrim discovers that they have more in common dead than alive.
9) Francofonia
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
Explore the Louvre Museum and the relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history.
10) The sun
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
日本語
Description
Chronicles the events leading up to Emperor Hirohito's momentous speech, the historic renunciation of his divine status, and his meetings with General Douglas MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the occupying American forces, who advises his own president not to declare the Japanese leader a war criminal.
12) Mother and son
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Russian
Description
Within a small cabin cloistered in a netherworld as idyllic as a dream, an ailing mother and her grown son get ready for her passing. As the dutiful son comforts his dying mother in her final hours, heartbreak is inevitable.
13) Faust
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An updated take on the famous play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander Sokurov directs Johannes Zeiler as Faust, a man who sells his soul to the devil.
15) Francofonia
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
Explore the Louvre Museum and the relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history.
16) Father and son
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Russian
Description
A father and son live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world. Sometimes they seem like brothers, at other times they appear to be like lovers. Following in his father's footsteps, the son, Alexei attends military school. He likes sports and has problems with his girlfriend. She is jealous of Alexei's relationship with his father. Alexei's father knows he should maybe accept a better job in another...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Russian
Description
"A deluxe collector's set featuring three early masterworks by visionary Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov in newly translated and restored director's cuts: "Whispering pages, a brooding beautiful film inspired by nineteenth century Russian literature, primarily Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment. Stone, a mysterious tale about a young night watchman's encounter with the ghost of Chekhov, and Save and protect, a visually sumptuous adaptation of Flaubert's...
19) Dni zatmenii︠a︡
Publisher
Distributed in the US and Canada by Close-Up International Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Russian
Description
An apocalyptic film in which a young doctor is possessed by an unearthly force that suppresses his personality. His internal life, however, remains normal and everyday.
20) Faust
Publisher
OOO "Arėnbi"
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Faust needs money in order to continue with his scientific explorations. After being shooed away by his perverse father, who loves his profession when it comes to gynecology, he finds the moneylender Mauricio, who takes a keen interest in him, despite refusing everything Faust offers to pawn. The adventures these two have together comprise most of the film, that in the second half concentrates on Faust's obsession with Margarite, a peasant beauty...
