Slavic mythology
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1. Konyok-gorbunok (1941)
76 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Surreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Pyotr Aleynikov, Marina Kovalyova, Veniamin Gut, Georgiy Millyar
Votes: 221
2. The Magic Weaver (1960)
87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who's been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom in a remote Russian lake.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Ninel Myshkova, Viktor Perevalov, Anatoliy Kubatskiy, Olga Khachapuridze
Votes: 529
3. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Votes: 6,029
4. Prince Bajaja (1971)
73 min | Family, Fantasy
The hero of this popular fairy tale is a young prince who, after the death of his parents, goes out into the world. During his travels he meets a magical talking horse and falls in love ... See full synopsis »
Director: Antonín Kachlík | Stars: Ivan Palúch, Magda Vásáryová, Frantisek Velecký, Gustav Opocenský
Votes: 183
5. Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
150 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The valiant Ruslan, who went in search of the kidnapped bride, overcomes cunning, deception, evil sorcery - and, in the end, defeats Chernomor the Wizard in a fierce battle.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Vladimir Fyodorov, Mariya Kapnist
Votes: 484
6. Zolotye roga (1973)
74 min | Family, Fantasy
The mother is looking for the kidnapped children whom Baba Yaga has turned into fallow deer. The last work of director Aleksandr Rou.
Directors: Viktor Makarov, Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Georgiy Millyar, Aleksei Smirnov, Raisa Ryazanova, Volodya Belov
Votes: 447
7. Finist - Yasnyy sokol (1975)
PG | 80 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The film was loosely based on the fairy-tale with the same name by I. Shestakov and was dedicated to the memory of fairy-tale film director Aleksander Rou.
Director: Gennadiy Vasilev | Stars: Vyacheslav Voskresensky, Svetlana Orlova, Mikhail Kononov, Mikhail Pugovkin
Votes: 408
8. The Prince and the Evening Star (1979)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The old King (Vladimír Mensík) is not satisfied with his four children. It is high time for the Princesses to get married and for the Prince to assume the reign. Once the King sets out to ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Juraj Durdiak, Libuse Safránková, Vladimír Mensík, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Votes: 889
9. Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
83 min | Fantasy
Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Lyudmila Efimenko, Viktor Kremlyov, Mayya Bulgakova, Ivan Mikolaychuk
Votes: 246
10. O statecném kovári (1983)
80 min | Fantasy, Adventure, Family
Director: Petr Svéda | Stars: Pavel Kríz, Jirí Knot, Ján Króner Jr., Vlado Müller
Votes: 255
11. The Story of the Voyages (1983)
101 min | Adventure, Family
In a medieval fantasy kingdom, two orphans, May and his sister Martha, live in poverty. A group of robbers kidnap May to use his magic talent: he feels sick when surrounded by gold, therefore he can feel gold from a long distance.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Tatyana Aksyuta, Lev Durov, Kseniya Piryatinskaya
Votes: 1,099
12. Legenda o knyagine Olge (1984)
170 min | Drama, History
The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olga of Kievan Rus at the start of the 11th century.
Director: Yuri Ilyenko | Stars: Lyudmila Efimenko, Les Serdyuk, Ivan Ivanov, Konstantin Stepankov
Votes: 162
13. Boris I (1985)
263 min | Biography, Drama, History
The picture features the life and deeds of Boris I - strong historic personality, which completes his mission to the full and at the end of his life receives holy orders. Prince Boris I is ... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Sharaliev | Stars: Stefan Danailov, Boris Lukanov, Aneta Petrovska, Antony Genov
Votes: 199
14. Jestrábí moudrost (1989)
88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The Kingdom of the hawks is suffering under the rule of a tyrant. A prophecy says that his own son will free the Empire.
Director: Vladimír Drha | Stars: Grzegorz Emanuel, Piotr Rzymyszkiewicz, Markéta Hrubesová, Jirí Pomeje
Votes: 29
15. Morana (1994)
104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of nine friends go to the mountains of Triglav in seek of Morana, goddess of death. And end up being killed one by one.
Director: Ales Verbic | Stars: Tanja Dimitrievska, Damjana Grasic, Urska Hlebec, Iztok Jereb
Votes: 125
16. Pták Ohnivák (1997)
86 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The sick King Jorgen worries about the marriage of his daughter Elena. The fairytale-like, dramatic confusion triggers a shimmering golden fire bird with its wondrous song every full moon ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Tina Ruland, Manou Lubowski, Ondrej Brousek, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 154
17.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Terms of Endearment
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pregnant woman's baby is snatched away from her belly by a devil. Agent Spender believes the case is a joke, but Mulder decides to look into it on his own anyway. His investigation focuses on the woman's husband.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Chris Owens, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 3,715
18. Thomas and the Falcon King (2000)
96 min | Family, Fantasy
A historical co-production with fairy tale elements. It concentrates on Tomás (Brano Holicek), a 14-year-old boy who lives beneath the castle of the powerful Lord Balador (Juraj Kukura). ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Brano Holicek, Juraj Kukura, Klára Jandová, Waldemar Kownacki
Votes: 334
19. Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)
103 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the 9th century, a tyrant oppresses pre-Christian Slavic tribes living on the Polish lands. They must unite for the common future.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Michal Zebrowski, Marina Aleksandrova, Malgorzata Foremniak, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 1,389
20. Tajnata kniga (2006)
94 min | Drama
The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown ... See full summary »
Director: Vlado Cvetanovski | Stars: Jean-Claude Carrière, Thierry Frémont, Labina Mitevska, Vlado Jovanovski
Votes: 129
21. Krabat (2008)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: David Kross, Christian Redl, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 6,854
22. The Pagan Queen (2009)
Not Rated | 99 min | Fantasy, History, Romance
Fantasy film based on the medieval legend of the visionary Queen Libuse (Winter Ave Zoli), founder of Prague. When Libuse marries farmer Premysl (Csaba Lucas), he threatens to destroy her new kingdom. New 2018 Director's Cut.
Director: Constantin Werner | Stars: Winter Ave Zoli, Csaba Lucas, Lea Mornar, Vera Graziadei
Votes: 2,208
23. Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg (2012)
125 min | Drama
Adam's first wife Lilith is mentioned in ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve ... See full summary »
Director: Evgeniy Pashkevich | Stars: Ville Haapasalo, Olga Sepicka, Yuriy Tsurilo, Ekaterina Vilkova
Votes: 160
24. Cyril and Methodius: The Apostles of the Slavs (2013)
105 min | Biography, History
The series follows Cyril and Methodius, two Byzantine Greek brothers born in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity and influenced the cultural development of the Great Moravian territory.
Director: Petr Nikolaev | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Milan Bahúl, Petr Borovec, Jirí Böhm
Votes: 103
25. Kresnik: The Lore of Fire (2014)
22 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Peter and his cousins are spending their summer vacations with grandfather. They decide to spend the night camping outside, yet they don't truly expect what kind of ordeals they are about to go through even before the morning sun rises.
Director: David Sipos | Stars: Cene Skrt, Dare Valic, Assija Sultanova, Aljaz Simunic
Votes: 68
26. The Stronghold (2017)
111 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The Stronghold is a Ukrainian adventure/fantasy film based on the same-name book. A present-day schoolboy Vit'ko goes a thousand years into past.
Director: Yuriy Kovalyov | Stars: Danylo Kamenskyi, Eva Koshova, Roman Lutskyi, Oleh Voloschenko
Votes: 3,029
27. The Scythian (2018)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
These are times when one civilization is replacing another. A new era is about to begin in Central Eurasia. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone. The few of their descendants ... See full summary »
Director: Rustam Mosafir | Stars: Aleksey Faddeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yuriy Tsurilo, Vasilisa Izmaylova
Votes: 2,751
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