Directed by Tengiz Abuladze • 1968 • USSR/Georgia

Based on the works of the Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela, this influential classic follows a Christian soldier in the Caucasus at the turn of the twentieth century. When he refuses to cut off his enemy’s hand, he is ostracised by his fellow village...

Directed by Lev Atamanov • 1952 • USSR/Russia

The Scarlet Flower is a 1952 Soviet adaptation of fairy tale classic Beauty and the Beast from master animator Lev Atamanov. Before embarking on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back fo...

Directed by Igor Maslennikov • 1979 • USSR/Russia

Super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his partner Doctor Watson return to tackle the mysterious death of an American in London in the second installment of the classic Soviet adaptation. A series of murders unfolds, each marked by a macabre clue: the ...

Directed by Igor Maslennikov • 1979 • USSR/Russia

A sparkling Soviet rendering of the beginnings of the unlikely partnership between super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes and decent-minded Doctor Watson. When John Watson rents a room at 221b Baker Street, he quickly becomes convinced that there is someth...