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The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
This film marks the birth of the Red Western. Made by Lev Kuleshov, teacher of the Moscow film school and pioneer of Soviet montage, the…Published on: -
Meeting at the Old Mosque
This Central Asian Red Western is a superb blend of classic cowboy traits and Soviet cinema of the twenties. Taking place in a small Tajik…Published on: -
The Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul
Based on the novella The Smugglers of the Tian Shan, this popular Kyrgyz film takes place in the 1920s and uses the basic formula of…Published on: -
The Seventh Bullet
One of the many Red Westerns directly inspired – even in the title – by the hugely popular American classic The Magnificent Seven (1960). Made…Published on: -
The Thirteen
The only Red Western from the 1930s, the darkest period of Stalin’s years of terror, with a fascinating influence of silent cinema from the 1920s,…Published on: -
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger at Home
The directorial debut of the popular actor Nikita Mikhalkov, who became an icon of Russian cinema. In his first film Mikhalkov quotes from Sergio LeonPublished on: -
Dwadsiat dnei bez voiny
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Bumazhnye glaza Prishvina
Politically-tinted film about the pioneers of Soviet television shows Kovalov as an actor.Published on: -
Dom na Trubnoi
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Miss End
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