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51. Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina (1994)
106 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Gennadiy Nazarov, Zoya Buryak, Aleksey Zharkov, Vladimir Ilin
Votes: 602
52. Pierscionek z orlem w koronie (1992)
104 min | Drama, War
A young resistance fighter tries to deal with the harsh reality of post-war Poland, where Communists have come to power.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Rafal Królikowski, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Cezary Pazura, Jerzy Kamas
Votes: 328
53. Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020 TV Movie)
97 min | Documentary, History
The Soviet Union commanded the killing of 22 000 Polish prisoners in 1940. 4500 of them were killed in the Katyn forest, in Russia. This sheds light on the paranoid and cruel Soviet top ranks that made it happen.
Director: Cédric Tourbe | Stars: Lavrenti Beria, Wassili Michailowitsch Blochin, Winston Churchill, Józef Czapski
Votes: 116
54. Konec stalinismu v Cechách (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,320
55. Deti Arbata (2004– )
705 min | Drama, Romance, War
Based on the trilogy of books by Anatoly Rybakov: "Deti Arbata", "Strakh", and "Prach I Pepel". The events circle the 1930's to 1940's. The film leads the viewer into the Kremlin offices, ... See full summary »
Stars: Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Evgeniya Simonova, Maksim Sukhanov
Votes: 260
56. The Trial (IV) (2018)
125 min | Documentary, History
In 1930 in Moscow, USSR. the Soviet government puts a group of top rank economists and engineers on trial, accusing them of plotting a coup d'état. The charges are fabricated and the punishment, if convicted, is death.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Aleksandr Aleksandrovitch Fedotov, Ivan Andreevitch Kalinnikow, Nikolai Krylenko, Sergey Viktorovitch Kupriyanov
Votes: 406
57. The Unburied Man (2004)
127 min | Drama, History
The life story of Imre Nagy is one of the defining stories of 20th century Hungarian history. He was the first communist leader to become the symbol of a national revolution, who, in ... See full summary »
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Jan Nowicki, György Cserhalmi, Marianna Moór, Lili Horváth
Votes: 405
58. Brigands-Chapter VII (1996)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
King Vano rides bravely off into battle, but only after ensuring his passionate Queen is safely locked in her chastity belt.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Amiran Amiranashvili, Davit Gogibedashvili, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Nino Orjonikidze
Votes: 362
59. The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary on how composer Dmitri Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.
Director: Larry Weinstein | Stars: Valery Gergiev, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Flora Litvinova, Graham Haley
Votes: 135
60. Clear Skies (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Romance, War, Drama
During the 1950s Sasha Lvova reminisces about the WW2 years when she fell in love with Soviet fighter pilot Aleksei Astakhov.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Nina Drobysheva, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Natalya Kuzmina, Vitaliy Konyaev
Votes: 473
61. Encore, Once More Encore! (1992)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a distant garrison, officers and soldiers are influenced by their love affairs.
Director: Pyotr Todorovskiy | Stars: Valentin Gaft, Irina Rozanova, Evgeniy Mironov, Elena Yakovleva
Votes: 340
62. Stalin: Man of Steel (2003 TV Movie)
Documentary
Directors: Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel, Stefan Brauburger, Oliver Halmburger, Ralf Piechowiak | Stars: Edward Herrmann, David Brandenberger, Jonathan Brent, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 7
63. Solovky Power (1988)
93 min | Documentary
A documentary about the first Soviet labor camp created by Lenin in 1923, that became the "mother of the GULAG" prison system according to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Director: Marina Goldovskaya | Star: Dmitriy Likhachyov
Votes: 40
64. A Trial in Prague (2000)
84 min | Documentary
The documentary film "A Trial in Prague" is about the Slansky trials which took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1952. During the last five years of Stalin's rule, as Israel turned more ... See full summary »
Director: Zuzana Justman | Stars: Vladimír Clementis, Otto Fischl, Josef Frank, Ludvík Frejka
Votes: 14
65. Holodomor: Ukraine's Genocide of 1932-33 (2008)
93 min | Documentary, Short
In 1932-33, Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, had bountiful crops of grain, yet its people were dying of starvation. In order to crush the will of the independent-minded Ukrainian ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Leigh | Stars: Jim Henderson, Bobby Leigh, Jonny Lewis, Greg Halek
Votes: 54
66. Inches from the Ground (2016)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A border post in Bulgaria, 1954. The mind of little Michael is full of kaleidoscopic panoramas of naïve Socialism, Balkan Stalinism and the Cold War. His father is a strong lieutenant ... See full summary »
Director: Maxim Genchev | Stars: Simeon Filipov, Tsuki Angel, Desislava Chuturkova, Ivaylo Asparuhov
Votes: 48
67. General Nil (2009)
125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak
Votes: 885
68. Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiaca (2000)
103 min | Drama
Director: Teresa Kotlarczyk | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maja Ostaszewska, Grzegorz Sikora
Votes: 254
69. Stalin (1990– )
Biography, History
The story of Stalin's life and terrible career, told mainly in interviews with survivors of his terror.
Stars: Ian Holm, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stephen Cohen, Aleksandr Avdeyenko
Votes: 32
70. Zhena Stalina (2006 TV Movie)
176 min | Drama, History
Directors: Oleg Massarygin, Mira Todorovskaya | Stars: Olga Budina, Irina Chipizhenko, Ekaterina Galakhova, Tamara Gverdtsiteli
Votes: 52
71. Pokuszenie (1995)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
Poland under Stalinist rule, 1953. A young nun Anna is brought to a prison where an influential priest is kept in. She discovers the priest is the man she loved a few years before. Communist authorities try to make her spy on him now.
Director: Barbara Sass | Stars: Magdalena Cielecka, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Christoph Pieczynski, Maria Ciunelis
Votes: 59
72. Äratus (1989)
109 min | Drama, History
A first film made of the 1949 March deportation of Estonian people to Siberia by Soviet Secret Police NKVD. During couple of days and nights nearly 21 thousand people, mostly women and ... See full summary »
Director: Jüri Sillart | Stars: Tõnu Kark, Sulev Luik, Kaljo Kiisk, Maria Klenskaja
Votes: 51
73. Monster: A Portrait of Stalin in Blood (1992)
270 min | Documentary
Stalin was born Joseph Dzhugashvili in the Georgian town of Gori in 1879. He was an early activist in the Bolshevik movement, where he first assumed the pseudonym Stalin (which means "man of steel").
Stars: Carl Hixon, Leonid Raikhman, Kamil Artuzov, Tamaa Kosiolevskaya
Votes: 17
74. Cwal (1996)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the early 1950s, a 10-year-old boy moves to Warsaw to stay with his bourgeois aunt. In spite of harsh Stalinist times, they are both fascinated by horses.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda, Piotr Adamczyk
Votes: 359
75. Pokhorony Stalina (1990)
109 min | Drama, Romance
This is the day of Stalin's funeral. Huge crowds gather in Moscow to attend it. One of the attendees is Zhenya. His life is about to change.
Director: Yevgeniy Yevtushenko | Stars: Denis Konstantinov, Yevgeny Platokhin, Vanessa Redgrave, Albert Todd
Votes: 210
76. Ticket to Taj Mahal (1991)
88 min | Drama
Director: Algimantas Puipa | Stars: Ilona Balsyte, Nijole Narmontaite, Saulius Kizas, Povilas Stankus
Votes: 28
77. Inimene, keda polnud (1990)
84 min | Drama, History, War
A young Estonian voice actress' life from the turbulent 1930's to the devastating March deportation of 1949.
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Katri Horma, Mari Simm, Tõnu Kilgas, Jüri Krjukov
Votes: 72
78. Stalin, the Red Tyrant (2007 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary, History, War
Through colorized archive material rich in previously unseen footage, and many accounts from the period including some from Stalin himself, this documentary tells the story of a man who turned a dream into a nightmare.
Directors: Serge de Sampigny, Mathieu Schwartz, Yvan Demeulandre | Stars: Serge de Sampigny, Tom Morton, Jacques Albaret, Max André
Votes: 96
79. Disparus (1998)
100 min | Drama
In Paris, a woman is making enquiries: Why did leftist Alfred Katz simply disappear in 1938? In that year, Alfred, worker and poet, is politically active in a Parisian Trotskyite cell. ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Bourdos | Stars: Anouk Grinberg, Grégoire Colin, Xavier Beauvois, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 36
80. E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974)
120 min | Drama, War
Director: Toni de Gregorio | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gastone Moschin, Sergio Fantoni, Franca Nuti
Votes: 24
81. The Dancing Hawk (1977)
98 min | Drama
Michal Toporny is a poor country boy whose determination and hard work help him climb the social ladder and become the head of a large factory in the city. But at what cost?
Director: Grzegorz Królikiewicz | Stars: Franciszek Trzeciak, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Beata Tumkiewicz, Czeslaw Przybyla
Votes: 120
82. Across the Lake (1997)
102 min | Drama, Romance
A true story about tragic love of the couple who found themselves at the different sides of the border in 1948.
Director: Antonio Mitrikeski | Stars: Agnieszka Wagner, Nikola Ristanovski, Marija Atanasovska, Ekrem Ahmeti
Votes: 373
83. Moy luchshiy drug, general Vasiliy, syn Iosifa (1991)
102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The film is based on a true story of a sport star Bobrov, who happened to become befriended by Vasili, the son of Stalin.
Director: Viktor Sadovsky | Stars: Boris Shcherbakov, Vladimir Steklov, Andrei Boltnev, Irina Malysheva
Votes: 206
84. Tsenzuru k pamyati ne dopuskayu (1992)
127 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Director: Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov | Stars: Galina Porokhovshchikova, Elena Melnikova, A. Andreev, O. Antonov
Votes: 40
85. The Big Race (1981 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
Set in 1952, the story follows events around the "Peace Run", a propaganda 3-day marathon for peace. The winner is to be presented with a new motorcycle by the country's president. Chief ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Domaradzki | Stars: Tadeusz Bradecki, Jaroslaw Kopaczewski, Leon Niemczyk, Christoph Pieczynski
Votes: 98
86. Podnyataya tselina (1960)
278 min | Drama
Historical drama, based on the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov. It depicts the events in Cossack region on Dov river in early 1930s.
Director: Aleksandr Ivanov | Stars: Pyotr Chernov, Evgeniy Matveev, Fyodor Shmakov, Vladimir Dorofeyev
Votes: 93
87. Amkhanag Stalinis mogzauroba aprikashi (1991)
80 min | Comedy
This mock documentary mixes actual private footage of Stalin with reconstructed dramatic sequences with doubles.
Director: Irakli Kvirikadze | Stars: Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Janri Lolashvili, Zura Kipshidze, Soso Lagidze
Votes: 22
88. W zawieszeniu (1987)
93 min | Drama
Marcel is a Polish resistance fighter sentenced to death by communist authorities. When he escapes from prison, the only person he can stay at is Anna, his wartime lover.
Director: Waldemar Krzystek | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Slawa Kwasniewska, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 67
89. Holodomor: Voices of Survivors - Ukrainian Famine/Genocide (2015 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, History
The Richest Soil. The Best Harvest. The Biggest Lie. The Best Kept Secret. Millions Perished.
Director: Ariadna Ochrymovych
Votes: 15
90. Vikhri vrazhdebnye (1953)
103 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Mikhail Kondratev, Vladimir Emelyanov, Leonid Lyubashevsky, Vladimir Solovyov
Votes: 78
91. Defilada (1989)
60 min | Documentary
North Korea, late 1980s. The communist authorities hold enormous parades celebrating the 40th anniversary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea and worshipping its leader, Kim Ir Sen. ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Fidyk | Stars: Wojciech Gassowski, Il-Sung Kim, Jong-Il Kim
Votes: 313
92. Wehner - Die unerzählte Geschichte (1993 TV Movie)
207 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Heinz Baumann, Helmut Ahner, Wibke Bruhns
Votes: 50
93. Vrag naroda - Bukharin (1991)
102 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Leonid Maryagin | Stars: Aleksandr Romantsov, Sergey Shakurov, Evgeniy Lazarev, Gennady Sayfulin
Votes: 35
94. Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym (1989)
88 min | Drama, History
A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.
Director: Yuriy Kara | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandr Feklistov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Sergey Nikonenko
Votes: 216
95. Khachaturian (2003)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life of Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. Among other events, the film covers Khachaturyan's difficulties working as a creative artist during the Stalin era.
Director: Peter Rosen | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Aram Khachaturyan
Votes: 46
96. Soviets (1991– )
Documentary
A series of documentaries exploring life in the Soviet Union during the glasnost era of the late 1980s.
Votes: 25
97. Stealing the Superfortress (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
How the Soviet Union was able to copy the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, and the influence of the resulting Tupolev TU-4 on the Cold War.
Director: Arthur Drooker | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 25
98. The Great Force (1951)
106 min | Drama
Director: Fridrikh Ermler | Stars: Boris Babochkin, Viktor Khokhryakov, Galina Inyutina, Yuriy Tolubeev
Votes: 32
99. Mausoleum (2016)
26 min | Short, Comedy, History
Pathologist Abrikosov gets a phone call that a fly has taken a refuge inside Lenin's sarcophagus. No one knows how to get rid of it. Its Mayday 1936 and Stalin himself is about to come to inspect the body prior to Mayday festivities.
Director: Lauri Randla | Stars: Victor Lanberg, Aleksander Okunev, Matti Onnismaa, Eduard Toman
Votes: 51
100. Ya sluzhil v okhrane Stalina, ili Opyt dokumentalnoy mifologii (1989)
90 min | Documentary
This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal... See full summary »
Director: Semyon Aranovich | Stars: Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Fyodor Fedorovsky, Alexey Rybin
Votes: 62