Dmitri Shostakovich Movies

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century...

Modest Mussorgsky's final opera, left unfinished at the time of this death in March of 1881.

The Soviet classic based on the biography of one of the main October Revolution leaders - Sergey Kirov.

About the forestry scientist Ivan Vikhrov, who devoted his life to the forest and the fight against the fact that “forestry is turning into...

A biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.

Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.

A picturesque sketch of flowers.

A century ago, the grandparents of film director Peter Entell had to flee Ukraine, a land torn apart by war and massacres. One hundred years later,...

The film is about the monument erected with the participation of M. Anikushin in honor of the heroic 900-day defense of Leningrad.

A mouse sings a lullaby to her baby. Since he doesn't want to fall asleep, she turns to her neighbors for help.

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio...

A short film made by Yuri Norstein for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, The 25th - the First Day recounts that day using art from the...

A movie concert filmed at the Mosfilm studio in 1940 with the participation of leading soloists and musical groups of the Soviet Union.

An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by.

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the...

The documentary tells about the feat of Leningrad residents, the work of architects and mountaineers, the masking of the city and the preservation of...

From afar, the suburban lifestyle may appear as a sort of utopia; but be sure to gaze beyond the veil, for dire horrors and troubled intimacies will...

Soviet film reels were found in an abandoned cinema and decided to be projected onto a white screen like a slide film.

The above narrative, by Simone Weil, the French philosopher and mystic, was written into her last notebook. The places filmed show where she lived...