Movie List for "french"

Nad ozerom: Above the Lake (1995)

This is an attempt to penetrate info poetic world of russian poet Alexander Blok (1880-1921) using cinematographic means of that time. A film was shot at Ozerki (near St.Petersburg)-his … Year 1995.

Generes: Short, Drama
Director: Dmitri Frolov
Writer: Dmitri Frolov
Actors: Peter Kremis, Romil Rachev, Natalya Surkova

Russia from Above (2018)

Russia as you have never seen before: from the bird’s eye view. From Kaliningrad, to the Bering Strait, from the Icebreakers on the Polar Sea to the antelopes in the Kalmykia steppes, from the Caucasus peaks to the volcanoes of Kamchatka. Year 2018.

Generes: N/A
Director: Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus
Writer: Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus
Actors: Timothy Birkett, Benjamin Völz

Burnt by the Sun (1994)

In the Soviet Union in 1936, shadow of Stalin’s repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. An accusations of being him a foreign spy are nonsense, and all known that, but a slow process of his life’s downfall is already running. Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov (dialogue), Rustam Ibragimbekov (dialogue), Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay), Nikita Mikhalkov (screenplay), Nikita Mikhalkov (story)
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Russian Ark (2002)

A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Boris Khaimsky (dialogue), Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky

Bolshoy (2017)

A Russian ballerina struggling for one play in Bolshoy theatre. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama
Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy
Writer: Anastasiya Palchikova, Anastasiya Palchikova, Ilya Tilkin (story), Valeriy Todorovskiy (story)
Actors: Alisa Freyndlikh, Valentina Telichkina, Ekaterina Samuilina, Aleksandr Domogarov

The Barber of Siberia (1998)

At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives. Year 1998.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov (story), Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay), Nikita Mikhalkov (screenplay), Rospo Pallenberg (in cooperation with)
Actors: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko, Richard Harris

Flight Crew (2016)

Aircraft crew members must put off their differences when a natural disaster threatens to death hundreds of tourists. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Nikolay Lebedev
Writer: Tikhon Kornev, Yuriy Korotkov, Nikolay Kulikov, Nikolay Lebedev, Aleksey Onishchenko
Actors: Vladimir Mashkov, Egor Morozov, Agne Grudyte, Sergey Shakurov

Minimum-Maximum (2005)

The first-ever official concert film of the electronic band Kraftwerk, taped on its 2004 world tour, supporting its first album of new material in 17 years, “Tour de France Soundtracks.” Year 2005.

Generes: Documentary, Music
Director: Kraftwerk
Writer: N/A
Actors: Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz

Admiral (2008)

The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution. Year 2008.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Writer: Zoya Kudrya, Vladimir Valutskiy
Actors: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov

The Old Man and the Sea (1999)

An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Year 1999.

Generes: Animation, Short, Adventure, Drama
Director: Aleksandr Petrov
Writer: Ernest Hemingway (based on the novel by), Aleksandr Petrov (screenplay adaptation)
Actors: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni

The State Counsellor (2005)

Third film based on Boris Akunin’s “Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina” series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but … Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, Crime
Director: Filipp Yankovskiy
Writer: Boris Akunin (novel), Boris Akunin (screenplay)
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov

Chichinette – How I Accidentally Became a Spy (2019)

Marthe Cohn, a 98-year-old French-Jewish outstanding lady who was a spy in Nazi Germany in WW2 never spoke about her experience after the war, now travels the globe to share her story. Year 2019.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Nicola Hens
Writer: N/A
Actors: Major Cohn, Marthe Cohn

X:enius (2009–)

N/A Year 2009–.

Generes: Documentary
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Dörthe Eickelberg, Pierre Girard, Carolin Matzko, Gunnar Mergner

East/West (1999)

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It’s a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or … Year 1999.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Régis Wargnier
Writer: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov, Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Sergey Bodrov