Dovzhenko’s representative if propagandistic work of the Soviet silent era is visually poetic even if in retrospect its pro-Stalinist call for collectivism remains controversial.
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Earth (1930)
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Tag / Soviet Union
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Dawns Here Are Quiet, The (1972)
An unusual and at times powerful Soviet WWII movie about a male sergeant leading a group of inexperienced women soldiers into a skirmish with marauding Nazis.
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Andrei Rublev (1966)
Tarkovsky’s vignette-style medieval epic is possibly the greatest ideological film about a psychologically-conflicted artist trying to understand the epoch he lives in.
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Mirror, The (1975)
Tarkovsky’s purest cinematic poem pulls you into its complex if nebulous form, in a work that continues to astonish time and time again.
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
A poetic war film, if there ever was one, about the loss of childhood innocence shot in a dreamy style by the legendary Tarkovsky.
Stalker (1979)
This bold existentialist work from Russian master Tarkovsky compels and frustrates with equal measure.
Solaris (1972)
Tarkovsky’s sci-fi mystery is indescribably profound and no doubt one of his very, very best.
Wings (1966)
Shepitko shows why she was such a promising filmmaker in this charming character study that brings social reality and flights of fancy together through artful naturalism.
Ascent, The (1977)
One of the most haunting and harrowing of works centering on WWII, this chilling Soviet masterpiece will knock you cold both emotionally and psychologically.
