Thiemann & Reinhardt

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

A group of peasants comes to see Leo Tolstoy and his wife, the Countess, to request some land. Tolstoy must explain to them that it is his wife who has authority over their land-holdings, and she will not help them. Stung by their negative reaction to him, Tolstoy becomes increasingly preoccupied with the problems of the poor. This leads to a number of conflicts with his wife, and then to a deep despondency, as the noted writer continues vainly to search for answers to the sufferings he sees around him.

An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold.

A fortune teller helps a woman gain the affections her beloved, with deathly consequences.

Short film about Russian soldiers during World War I.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Based on the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg.

Lost film.

Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the time and smashed box office records. It is now considered lost, with only a 4 minute clip surviving.

A Jewish family grapples with issues of identity as local prejudice turns to violence. Adaptation of Yevgeny Chirikov's 1904 play The Jews.

Based on Aleksey Tolstoy's piece of the same name.