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Eastern European Videos: A Filmography

The documentaries and feature films listed below are primarily from the former Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, and are available in the Video Viewing Area, in the basement of Hunt Library. The material can be viewed in the Viewing Area, for educational purposes, by any holder of a current CMU photo I.D. or can be scheduled for classroom use by a faculty member. Further information on each item is available through Cameo, the on-line library catalog.

(The) 12 Chairs SEE: Dvenadtsat Stulev

60 Minutes: Facts of Life in Russia
1996 14 min. Color
United States. In English. TV segment focusing on life in Russia after Communism.
914.7 F142 VHS

Adam's Rib SEE: Rebro Adama

Adonis XIV
Sadykov
1977 9 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
947.084 G548 v. 10 VHS

Akropolis
Grotowsky
1968 60 min. B&W
Stage play by Stanislaw Wyspibanski. Preceded by a brief interview with Peter Brook. Starring Zygmunt Molik, Rena Mirecka, Antoni Jaholkowski, Ryszard Cieslak, Zbigniew Cynkutis, Stanislaw Scierski, and Andrzej Paluchiewicz. In Polish with English narration.
792 A315 VHS

Alexander Nevsky
Eisenstein
1938 107 min B&W
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 A374 VHS

Alice (English dubbed)
Svankmajer
1988 85 min. Color
Czech. Contains stop-motion animation. Dubbed in English.
791.45 A3985 VHS

Alter Ego
Shorina
1989 9 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa
Paradjanov
1984 100 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 L511 VHS

Andrei Rublev
Tarkovsky
1966 205 min. B&W
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 R853a DISC/LBX

Angi Vera
Gabor
1979 96 min. Color
Hungary. Hungarian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 A588 VHS

Angry Harvest SEE: Bittere Ernte

Anton Chekhov: A Writer's Life
Mantell
1974 37 min. Color
USSR. Presents a portrait of the Russian writer, including contemporary photographs and archival footage. Includes scenes from his plays and stories performed by artists from the Moscow Art Theatre and Mosfilm Studios. In English.
891.72 C51 VHS

Armoire
Khrjanovsky
3 min.
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

Arsenal
Dovzhenko
1928 75 min. B&W
Russia. Full orchestral score.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Ashes and Diamonds SEE: Popiol i Diament

Ashik Kerib
Paradjanov
1988 75 min. Color
Georgia. In Russian.
791.45 A8252 VHS

Auguszta Dagaszt
Varda
1986 4 min. Color
Hungary.
791.45 B5614 DISC

Ball of Wool
Serebryakov
1968 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

Ball of Yarn
Serebryakov
10 min.
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

Ballad of a Soldier SEE: Ballada o Soldate

Ballada o Soldate
Chukhrai
1960 89 min. B&W
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 B1882 VHS

Ballerina on the Boat
Atamanov
1970 16 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

(The) Baltic Style... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

Battle at Kerzhenets
Norstein / Ivanov-Vano
1972 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 5 VHS

(The) Battle of Kharkov
1942 27 min. B&W
Germany. In German. World War II battle between German and Soviet forces at Kharkov, Russia in May 1942. Original German newsreel.
940.542 B336 VHS

Battleship Potemkin SEE: Bronenosets Potemkin

Bed and Sofa SEE: Tret'ya Meschanskaya

Before Gorbachev: From Stalin to Brezhnev
1977 50 min. Color
USSR. In English. A documentary telling the Communist-approved version of the history of the USSR.
947.084 B415 VHS

Before the Rain SEE: Pred dozhdot

Behind Kremlin Walls
1990 80 min. Color
United States. In English. A guided tour of the palaces and cathedrals within the Kremlin, led by Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson. An ABC News Presentation.
708.7 B419 VHS

(The) Berlin Wall
1991 30 min. Color
United States. In English. The history of the Berlin Wall from its erection to its destruction.
943.15 R595 VHS

(The) Berlin Wall: 1961
1988 20 min. B&W
United States. In English. History of post-war Berlin, contrasting differences between East and West.
943.15 B5154 VHS

Bezhin lug
Eisenstein
1935-37 31 min. B&W
Russia. Full orchestral score from the music of Sergei Porkofiev.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Bezhin Meadow SEE: Bezhin lug

Big Underground Ball
Sokolov
1987 21 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Bila jednom jedna zemlja
Kusturica
1995 167 min. Color
Serbia. In Serbia-Croatian with English subtitles.
791.45 U553 VHS

(The) Birth of the Soviet Cinema
1972 49 min. Color
United States. In English. An anthology of Soviet films made in the 1920's.
791.43 B619 VHS

Bittere Ernte
Holland
1986 102 min. Color
Poland / Germany. German dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 B624 VHS

Black and White
Frumin
1991 96 min. Color
United States. In English.
791.45 B6276 VHS

Boy Is a Boy
Golovanova
1986 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Bronenosets Potemkin
Eisenstein
1925 75 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English subtitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 B3362aa DISC

Bronenosets Potemkin
Eisenstein
1925 75 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English subtitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 B3362aaa DVD

Burnt by the Sun SEE: Utomlyonnye Solnstem

By the Law SEE: Po zakonu

Cat and Clown
Golovanova
1988 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Cat and Company
Guriev
1990 9 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 3 VHS

Cat and Company
Guriev
1990 9 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Chajka
Karassik
1971 99 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Stage play by Anton Chekhov. Screenplay by Yuli Karassik; starring A. Demidova, V. Chetverikov, N. Plotnikov, L. Savelyeva, A. Jagarkhonyan, and S. Pavlova.
791.45 S438 VHS

Chastna i a zhizn (Private Life)
Raizman
1982 103 min. Color
791.45 C491 VHS

Cheloveks Kinoapparatom
Vertov
1929 68 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra, based on musical instructions written by the director. Audio essay by Yuri Tsivian.
791.45 C614 DISC

Cheloveks Kinoapparatom
Vertov
1929 68 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra, based on musical instructions written by the director. Audio essay by Yuri Tsivian.
914.7 C516 DVD

(Le) Chene
Pintilie
1992 105 min. Color
Romania. Romanian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 C518 VHS

Chuchelo
Karasik
1983 130 min. Color
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 S2853 VHS

(The) Cigarette Girl of... SEE: Papirosnitsa ot...

Citizen X
Gerolmo
1995 102 min. Color
USA. In English.
791.45 C5816 VHS

Closely Watched Trains SEE: Ostre Sledovane Vlaky

Collective Farm... SEE: Soviet Union

Come and See SEE: Idi i Smotri

Comfortable Lies... SEE: Inside Gorbachev's USSR

Coming Apart... SEE: Inside Gorbachev's USSR

Conspirators of Pleasure SEE: Spiklenci slasti

Contact
Tarasov
1979 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 3 VHS

Country of... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

(The) Cranes Are Flying SEE: Letjat zhuravli

Credo: The Greek Orthodox Church
1993 30 min. Color
United States. In English. History of the Greek Orthodox Church, including interviews with worshippers.
281.9 G793 VHS

Credo: The Russian Orthodox Church
1993 30 min. Color
United States. In English. History of the Greek Orthodox Church, including interviews with worshippers.
281.9 R969 VHS

Croak x Croak
Fedorova
1990 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Csillagosok, katon‡k
Jansco
1968 92 min. B&W
Hungary. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
791.45 C958 VHS

Darkness Light Darkness SEE: Tma Svetlo Tma

Dersu Uzala
Kurosawa
1975 140 min. Color
Japan / USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 D438 DISC/LBX

Deserter SEE: Dezertir

Devushka s Korobkoi
Barnet
1927 67 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 G5253 VHS

Dezertir
Pudovkin
1933 100 min. B&W
Russia. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Dialog
Vanuk
1 min. Color
Yugoslavia.
791.45 O945 v. 2 DISC

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Leszczylowski
1988 101 min. Color
Sweden. In Russian and Swedish with English subtitles.
791.45 S123 DVD

Do You Hear Us? - Soviets, the True Story of Perestroika
Podnieks
1991 52 min. Color
United States. In English.
947.085 D631 VHS

Doctor Zhivago
Lean
1963 200 min. Color
USA. In English.
791.45 D637 (2v) VHS

Door
Shorina
1986 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

(The) Double Life of Veronique SEE: Double vie...

(La) Double vie de Veronique
Kieslowski
1991 92 min. Color
Poland. Polish and French with subtitles.
791.45 D7273 DISC

Dream
Shorina
1988 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Dvenadtsat Stulev
Gaidai
1971 103 min. Color
USSR. In Russian without subtitles.
791.45 T9713 VHS

Earth SEE: Zemyla

East Side Story
Ranga
1997 78 min. Color
782.140267 E13 VHS

Eastern Europe: Breaking with the Past
1990 663 min. Color
United States. In English. Thirteen part series exploring the transformation of Eastern Europe since World War II. Each program is 51 minutes long.
947 E132 (13v) VHS

(The) End of All... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

(The) End of St. Petersburg SEE: Konyets Sankt-Peterburga

Eroica
Munk
1957 80 min. B&W
Poland. In Polish with English subtitles.
791.45 E712 VHS

Errors of Youth SEE: Oshibki i Unosti

(Un) Ete inoubliable
Pintilie
1994 82 min. Color
791.45 E832 VHS

Eugene Onegin
Tikhomirov
1958 106 min. Color
Film version of the Tchaikovsky opera. Sung in Russian with English subtitles. Accompanied by the soloists, corps de ballet, and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre.
782.10267 T249ea VHS

(The) Extraordinary Adventures... SEE: Neobychainiye...

Face of Russia
Gill / Grigor
1998 180 min. Color
USA. In English. Three-part cultural history of Russia. Part I focuses on icon painting and the restoration of churches and monasteries. Part II examines Russian architecture of churches and palaces, and discusses the writings of Gogol and Russia's "Facade of Power". Part III examines Russian music and cinema, focusing on the composer Musorgsky and filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
709.47 F138 VHS

(The) Facts of Life in Russia SEE: 60 Minutes: Facts...

(The) Fall of Communism
1990 80 min. Color
United States. In English. An ABC presentation covering the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the independence movements in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.
320.947 F194 VHS

(The) Fall of the Romanov Dynasty SEE: Padeniye Dinastii Romanovikh

Far From Poland
1984 106 min. Color
Poland. In English. Portrays the Polish Solidarity movement. Produced by Living Archives.
322.2 F219 VHS

Faust (Svankmajer)
Svankmajer
1994 97 min. Color
Czech. Contains stop-motion animation. In English.
791.45 F2672 VHS

(The) Fiery Angel
Gergiev
1993 120 min. Color
Opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev. Directed by David Freeman; acted and sung by Sergei Lefierkus, Galina Gorchakova, and Konstantin Pluzhnikov. Kirov chorus and orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. In Russian with English subtitles.
792.10267 P964f DISC

Film Film Film
Khitruk
1968 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 1 VHS

Film Film Film
Khitruk
1968 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

From Czar to Stalin
1980 93 min. B&W
United States. In English. Relates events in Russia during the first half of this century. Produced by Raphael Nussbaum.
947.084 F931 VHS

(A) Generation SEE: Pokolenie

(The) Girl With the Hat Box SEE: Devushka s korobkoi

Girlfriend
Gavrilko
1989 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Girlfriend
Gavrilko
1989 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

(The) Glasnost Film Festival
1988 134 min. B&W
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles. First Soviet documentaries released during the Glasnost era. Includes "Marshal Blucher: A Portrait Against the Background of an Epoch", "The Trial, Part 2", and "Adonis XIV". Produced by The Project.
947.084 G548 (2v) VHS

Glass Harmonica
Khrjanovsky
1968 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

Glass Harmonica
Khrjanovsky
1968 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

(The) Golden Road... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

Gorod Zero
Shakhnazarov
1987 109 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 G672 VHS

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood
Bardin
1990 22 min. Color
USSR.
791.45 B5615 DISC

Happiness SEE: Styazhateli

Hedgehog in the Fog
Norstein
1977 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 5 VHS

(The) Hermitage, a Russian Odyssey
1994 162 min. Color
United States. In English. Three volume series on the history of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, originally the palace of the czars. Produced by The Christian Science Monitor.
708.7 H5542 (3v) VHS

Heron and Crane
Norstein
1975 12 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 5 VHS

Holocaust: Liberation of Auschwitz
1990 18 min. Color
United States. In English. Alexander Woronzow, a Polish cameraman, films the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
940.53138 H7542 VHS

Hong ying tao
Ying
1995 120 min. Color
791.45 R31224 VHS

How Good Is Soviet Science?
1987 58 min. Color
United States. In English. Discusses Soviet technology. Produced by Martin Smith Productions.
509.47 H847 VHS

(The) Hungarian Uprising: 1956
1991 30 min. Color
United States. In English. Program showing aftermath of Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact.
943.9 H936 VHS

Hunt
Nazarov
1979 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

I Am Cuba SEE: Soy Cuba

Idi i Smotri
Klimov
1985 142 min Color
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 C732 VHS

(The) Inner Circle
Konchalovsky
1991 122 min. Color
Russia. In English.
791.45 I582 DISC

Inside Gorbachev's USSR
1990 240 min. Color
United States. In English. A look at Glasnost and Perestroika from inside the USSR. Produced by WGBH/Boston and Martin Smith Productions.
947.085 I59 (4v) VHS

Inside the Soviet Circus
1988 60 min. Color
United States. In English. Detailed look at the Soviet Circus. Produced by National Geographic Society and WQED/Pittsburgh.
791.3 I59 VHS

Interdevochka
Todorovsky
1990 143 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 I612 VHS

Interrogation SEE: Przesluchanie

Island
Khitruk
1974 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Ivan Grozny Pt. 1
Eisenstein
1943 96 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 I93a DISC

Ivan Grozny Pt. 2
Eisenstein
1946 88 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 I93a DISC

Ivanovo Destovo
Tarkovsky
1962 84 min. B&W
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 M9958 VHS

Ja Cuba SEE: Soy Cuba

Jan Svankmajer: The Animator of Prague
Marsh
27 min. Color
Documentary on Czechoslovakian animator Svankmajer. In English and Czech with English subtitles.
791.45 S2892 VHS

Joseph Brodsky: A Maddening Space
1991 60 min. Color
United States. In English. An examination of the life and work of the poet.
891.71 B864 VHS

Kanal
Wajda
1957 96 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 K16 VHS

Kanal
Wajda
1957 96 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 K16a VHS

Kandinsky
1986 60 min. Color
Great Britain. In English. A look at artist Wassily Kandinsky's work. Produced by RM Arts, TF1, Centre Georges Pompidou, and Bayerischer Runfunk.
759.7 K16kae VHS

Kavkazskimi Pluiyennik
Bodrov
1997 99 min. Color
Russia. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 K21 DISC

Kele
Aldashin / Pedmanson
1988 7 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Kindergarten
Yevtushenko
1984 143 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 K512 VHS

King's Sandwich
Khrjanovsky
10 min.
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

Knife in the Water SEE: Noz w Wodzie

Konyets Sankt-Peterburga
Pudovkin
1927 89 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 C614 DISC

(The) Koppel Report: Sex in the Soviet Union
1990 60 min. Color
United States. In English. Ted Koppel reports on sexual practices, problems of birth control and sexually transmitted disease in the USSR. Produced by ABC News.
306.0947 S518 VHS

Korol Lir
Pastenka
1971 140 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Based on Shakespeare's King Lear. Cast includes E. Radizaa, G. Voichek, V. Shendrikova, and R. Adomeilis.
791.45 K532 VHS

(The) Kremlin: V.I.P. Tour of Historic Moscow
1991 30 min. Color
United States. In English. An ABC News documentary covering the buildings and grounds of the Kremlin.
708.7 K92 DISC

Krug Vtoroy
Sokurov
1990 90 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 K94 VHS

L‡sky JednŽ Plavovl‡sky
Forman
1966 89 min. B&W
Czechoslovakia. In Czech with subtitles.
791.45 L9113 VHS

Last Hunt
Karavayev
1984 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Latcho Drom
Gatlif
1993 103 min. Color
France. Features gypsy dancers and musicians from India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
791.45 L351 VHS

(The) Legend of Suram Fortress SEE: Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa

Lenin's Funeral
1993 52 min. Color
United States. In English. Program on the political life, death, and subsequent preservation of Lenin. Produced by Films for the Humanities.
947.084 L566 VHS

Let's Get Acquainted
1981 600 min. Color
USSR. In Russian. Instructional series on conversational Russian. A production of Soviet TV.
491.7 L649 (10v) VHS

Letjat zhuravli
Kalatozov
1957 94 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 C891 VHS

Liberated Don Quixote
Kurchevsky
1987 19 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Liberated Don Quixote
Kurchevsky
1987 19 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

(The) Lift
1989 9 min. Color
USSR.
791.45 B5615 DISC

Lion and Ox
Khitruk
1984 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 6 VHS

Little Vera SEE: Malenkaya Vera

Looking For Perestroika... SEE: Inside Gorbachev's USSR

Love SEE: Szerelem

Lumieres avant l'aube
Bekesi
1984 4 min. Color
Hungary.
791.45 B5614 DISC

Luna Park
Lounguine
1992 107 min. Color
Russia. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 L961 VHS

Malenkaya Vera
Pichul
1988 110 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 L777 VHS

Man in the Frame
Khitruk
1966 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

Man With the Movie Camera SEE: Cheloveks...

Manly Games SEE: Muzne hry

Marshal Blucher: A Portrait Against the Background of an Epoch
Eisner
1988 70 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
947.084 G548 v. 9 VHS

Martinko
Nazarov
1987 11 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a DVD

Master i Margarita
Wojtyszko
1990 373 min. Color
Poland. Polish with English subtitles.
791.45 M67826 (4v) VHS

Masters of Animation
1986 369 min. Color
Documentary featuring animation from around the world: Volume 1: USA, Canada; Volume 2: Great Britain, Italy, France; Volume 3: USSR,Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary; Volume 4: Japan, Computer Animation.
791.45 M4233 (4v) VHS

Masters of Animation, Volume 3: USSR, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary
Halas
1986 113 min. Color
USSR: Excerpts the work of Ivanov-Vano, Atamanov, Vinokurov, Shvartzman, Kurchevsky, and Norstein.Yugoslavia: Interviews with Vukotic, Stalter, Dragic, and Dovnikovic, and excerpts from works by Majdak and Gasparovic.Poland: Excerpts works by Giersz, Kijowicz, Kucia, Dumala, and Szczechura.Hungary: Excerpts Macskassy, Dargay, Nepp, Varga, Rofusz, Reisenbuchler, Jankovics, and Gemes.
791.45 M4233 v. 3 VHS

Masters of Russian Animation
1969-95 412 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Seven-volume compilation of animated short films produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 (7v) VHS

Mein Krieg
Eder / Kufus
1989 90 min. Color
German with English subtitles. Documentary footage of the Russian Front during during WWII. Produced by Kanguruh Film and Wor.
943.086 M995 VHS

Mephisto (dubbed version)
Szabo
1981 132 min. Color
Hungary. Dubbed in English.
791.45 M551 VHS

(Les) Mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux
Dzhordzadze
1996 99 min. Color
791.45 C515 VHS

Molitva
Gvozdanovic
1 min. Color
Yugoslavia.
791.45 O945 v. 2 DISC

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears SEE: Moskva slezam...

Moskva slezam ne verit
Menshov
1980 160 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 M896 VHS

Mother
Pudovkin
1926 87 min. B&W
Russia. Orchestral score.
791.45 M9182 DVD

Mother Russia... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

Mountain of Dinosaurs
Strautmane
1967 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

My Green Crocodile
Kurchevksy
1966 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

My Green Crocodile
Kurchevsky
1966 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

My Name is Ivan SEE: Ivanovo Detstvo

My Private War SEE: Mein Krieg

Nebesa Obetovannye
Riazanov
1991 125 min. Color
USSR. In Russian.
791.45 N361 VHS

Neobychainiye Priklucheniya Mistera Vesta y Stranye Bolshvikov
Kuleshov
1924 78 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Piano score.
791.45 E965 VHS

(The) New Russian Revolution
1991 47 min. Color
United States. In English. Examination of the 1991 coup in Russia. Produced by CNN.
947.0854 N532 VHS

Nicholas and Alexandra
Schaffner
1971 172 min. Color
United States. In English.
791.45 N597 DISC/LBX

Nicholas and Alexandra
1994 100 min. Color
United States. In English. The story of Nicholas II and his family. Produced by Granite Film/Granada Television and A&E Network.
947.08 N597 VHS

No Greater Love SEE: Ona zashchishchayet rodinu

Nostalghia
Tarkovsky
1983 126 min. Color
USSR / Italy. In Russian and Italian.
791.45 N898 DISC/LBX

Noz w Wodzie
Polanski
1962 94 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 K69 DISC

(The) Oak SEE: Le Chene

Obchod na Korze
Kadar
1965 126 min. B&W
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 S5595 DISC

October 1917 Revolution
1991 26 min. Color
United States. In English. A brief look at Soviet history from 1917 until 1991. Produced by Visnews.
947.084 O21 VHS

October Harvest
1985 60 min. Color
Great Britain. In English. Focus on Soviet life. Produced by BBC and WGBH/Boston.
947.085 C738 VHS

October SEE: Oktyabr

Oktyabr
Eisenstein
1927 104 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 O212 VHS

Oktyabr
Eisenstein
1927 104 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 T289 VHS

Old Stair
Gorlenko
1995 7 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Ona zashchishchayet rodinu
Ermler
1943 74 min. B&W
U.S.S.R. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 N7394 VHS

Oratorio for Prague
Nemec
1968 26 min. B&W
Czechoslovakia/France. English narration. Documentary on the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
943.7 O63 VHS

Oshibki i Unosti
Frumin
1989 87 min. Color
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 O82 VHS

Ostre Sledovane Vlaky
Menzel
1966 92 min. B&W
Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 C6452 VHS

Our Friend Angela
1969 25 min. B&W
In English. Documents the controversial visit of Angela Davis and her friends Kendra and Franklin Alexander to the U.S.S.R.
303.375 O93 VHS/OV

Padeniye Dinastii Romanovikh
Shub
1927 90 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English subtitles. Piano score.
791.45 C614 DISC

Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma
Zhelyabuzhsky
1924 78 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 C571 VHS

Pasazerka
Munk
1963 63 min. B&W
Poland. English and Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 P287 VHS

(The) Passenger SEE: Pasazerka

Passion of Spies
Gamburg
1967 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

Personal File of Anna Akhmatova
Aranovich
1991 63 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. A biographical study of the poet.
891.71 A31 VHS

Peter the Great
1990 30 min. Color
United States. In English. A portrait of the czar, the conflict with Sweden, and the Battle of Poltava.
92 P478 VHS

Peter the Great
1999 32 min. Color
United States. In English. Biography focusing on the leader's role in the transformation of Russia from a medieval society to a European power.
947.05 P478 VHS

Pique Dame
Gergiev
1992 180 min. Color
Opera in three acts, with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky. Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg with Kirov opera, orchestra and ballet directed by Valery Gergiev, acted and sung by Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus, Alexander Gergalov and Vladimir Solodovnikov. In Russian with English subtitles.
782.10267 T249p DISC

Po zakonu
Kuleshov
1926 80 min. B&W
Russia. Full orchestral score by Robert Israel.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Pokayaniye
Abdulazze
1987 151 min. Color
USSR. Georgian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 R4252 VHS

Pokolenie
Wajda
1954 85 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 P761 VHS

Popiol i Diament
Wajda
1958 105 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 A825 VHS/PS

Popiol i Diament
Wajda
1958 105 min. B&W
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 A825aa DISC/LBX

Portrait of the Soviet Union
1988 350 min. Color
United States. In English. Chronicles the history of the diverse population of the USSR. Produced by Antelope Films, Ltd.
914.7 P853 (7v) VHS

Potomok Chingis-Khana
Pudovkin
1928 128 min. B&W
USSR. Full orchestral score by Timothy Brock.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Potomok Chingis-Khana
Pudovkin
1928 149 min. B&W
Silent. Organ score.
791.45 S885 VHS

Pred dozhdot
Manchevski
1994 114 min. Color
Macedonia. In Macedonian, Albanian, and English with English subtitles.
791.45 B4153 VHS

Prisoner of the Mountains SEE: Kavkazskimi Pluiyennik

Private Life SEE: Chastna i a zhizn

Promised Heavens SEE: Nebesa Obetovannye

Przesluchanie
Bugajski
1982 118 min. Color
Poland. Polish dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 P973 VHS

Que Viva Mexico
Eisenstein
1931/1979 85 min. B&W
USSR. 1979 reconstruction of Eisenstein's uncompleted 1931 film. In Russian with English subtitles.
972 Q3 VHS

Rebro Adama
Krishtofovich
1991 77 min. Color
Russia. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 A1932 VHS

(The) Red and the White SEE: Csillagosok, katon‡k

Red Cherry SEE: Hong ying tao

Red Empire
1990 376 min. Color
United States. In English, narrated by Sian Phillips, with interviews. Video history of 70 years of Communism in Russia, the USSR and allies. Produced and directed by Gwyneth Hughes, Mike Dormer and Jill Marshall.
947.084 R312 VHS

Red Pomegranate SEE: Sayat Nova

Red Star Rising
1989 60 min. Color
United States. In English. ABC news coverage of the beginning of the Gorbachev era.
947.0854 R312 VHS

Repentance SEE: Pokayaniye

Requiem for Dominic SEE: Requiem fur Dominik

Requiem fur Dominik
Dornhelm
1991 88 min. Color
Romania / Germany.
791.45 R427 VHS

Russia's War
1995 600 min. Color
Five-volume documentary on Russia during the time of World War II. There are two one-hour episodes on each cassette.Episode 1: The Darkness Descends: The death of Lenin, Stalin's rise to power, and the purging of the Red Army.Episode 2: The Hour Before Midnight: Relations with Germany, more purges in the USSR, Stalin's alliance with Hitler, and the invasion and partition of Poland.Episode 3: The Goths Ride East: Germany's invasion of the USSR, the fall of Minsk, Kiev, and Smolensk, and Order 270.Episode 4: Between Life and Death: The Germans reach Moscow, winter sets in.Episode 5: The Fight from Within: The resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Russia.Episode 6: The Cauldron Boils: Stalin prohibits retreat, the Penal Battalions, the battle for Stalingrad.Episode 7: The Citadel: Increase in Soviet war production and the battle on the plains of Kursk.Episode 8: False Dawn: Liberation of Leningrad and other territory occupied by German troops.Episode 9: The Fall of the Swastika: The Red Army approaches Berlin, Stalin concentrates again on the control of his own people.Episode 10: The Cult of Personality: Stalin claims victory, continues persecution. The Cold War prevails. Stalin's death.
947.084 R955 VHS

Russian Front
1998 210 min. Color
940.542 B655 (4v) VHS

Sakharov
Gold
1984 120 min. Color
United States. In English. A docudrama about the physicist who became a social outcast.
791.45 S158 VHS

Salt for Svanetia SEE: Sol Svanetij

Sayat Nova
Paradjanov
1969 88 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 C7194 VHS

Scarecrow SEE: Chuchelo

Scenes from the Surreal
Svankmajer
58 min. Color
Czechoslovakia. Compilation of Jan Svankmajer short films; includes "Darkness Light Darkness", "Manly Games", "Death of Stalinism in Bohemia", and a documentary, "Jan Svankmajer: The Animator of Prague".
791.45 S2892 VHS

(The) Seagull SEE: Chajka

Second Circle SEE: Krug Vtoroy

September 1939
1961 60 min. B&W
Poland. In English. Documentary on Nazi attack of Poland, the Polish surrender and start of World War II. Produced by Fedrick Gavsie.
940.5421 S479 VHS

Sergei Eisenstein: An Autobiography
Kovalov
1996 92 min. Color
Russia. In Russian with English subtitles. Documentary on Russian filmmaker Eisenstein, based on his memoirs.
791.43 E36 DVD

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors SEE: Tini Zabutykh Predkiv

Shoah
1985 570 min. Color
France. French, German, and Polish dialog with English subtitles. Interviews with death camp survivors. Shows present day pictures of Nazi concentration camps. Produced by Les Films Aleph and Historia Films.
940.5315 S559 (5v) VHS

Shop on Main Street SEE: Obchod na Korze

Siberia: Ice... SEE: Portrait of the Soviet Union

Siberian Riches... SEE: Soviet Union

Singing Teacher
Atamonov
1968 3 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 2 VHS

Singing Teacher
Petrov
1968 3 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

Socialist City... SEE: Soviet Union

Sol Svanetij
Kalatozov
1930 53 min. B&W
Russia. Full orchestral score by Zoran Borisavljevic.
791.45 C6142 DISC

Solaris
Tarkovsky
1972 165 min. Color
USSR. Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 S6843 VHS

Solovky Power SEE: Vlast Solovetskaia

Soviet Disunion
1997 55 min. Color
United States. In English. A ten-year history of contemporary Russia since glasnost and perestroika, focusing on economic, social, and political issues facing the country. Includes discussion of Gorbachev's election, the Chernobyl incident, the creation of the stock exchange, and decay of the military.
947.0854 S729 VHS

Soviet Union
1989 120 min. Color
Great Britain. In English. Five part series examining Soviet life. Produced by BBC and Coronet/ MTI.
947.085 S7296 (5v) VHS

Soy Cuba
Kalatozov
1964 141 min. B&W
USSR. Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.
791.45 I116 DISC

Spiklenci slasti
Svankmajer
1996 83 min. Color
Czech Republic. Features "live-action" animation by Jan Svankmajer.
791.45 S7552 VHS

Stachya
Dovzhenko
1925 82 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Orchestral score.
791.45 C614 DISC

Stachya
Eisenstein
1925 82 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 S917 VHS

Stalin
Passer
1996 170 min. Color
791.45 S7823 DISC

Stalker
Tarkovsky
1979 160 min. Color
USSR. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 S782 VHS

Steel Town... SEE: Soviet Union

Storm Over Asia SEE: Potomok Chingis-Khana

Story of One Crime
Khitruk
1962 20 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

Strike SEE: Stachya

(The) Struggles for Poland
1988 106 min. Color
Great Britain. In English. Documentary on Communist control of Poland in the years 1945-1956.
943.8 S927 VHS

Styazhateli
Medvedkin
1934 65 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Piano score.
791.45 H252 VHS

Szerelem
Makk
1971 92 min. Color
Hungary. Hungarian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 S997 VHS

Tale of Tales
Norstein
1980 28 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 3 VHS

Taste of Democracy... SEE: Inside Gorbachev's USSR

Ten Days That Shook The World
1987 77 min. B&W
United States. In English. Documentary on the Russian Revolution, using footage from the era. Produced by Granada Video.
947.084 T289 VHS

Ten Days that Shook the World SEE: Oktyabr

There Lived Kozyavin
Khrjanovsky
1966 7 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

There Lived Kozyavin
Khrjanovsky
1966 7 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232a v. 1 DVD

There Once Was a Dog
Nazarov
1983 12 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 6 VHS

Three Songs of Lenin SEE: Tri pesni o Lenine

(A) Time to Live
1968 55 min. Color
Bulgaria. English narration. Anti-American documentary on the 9th annual Communist Youth Festival held in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1968.
303.375 T583 VHS

Tini Zabutykh Predkiv
Paradjanov
1964 99 min. Color
USSR. In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
791.45 T588 VHS

Tma Svetlo Tma
Svankmajer
1989 7 min. Color
Czechoslovakia.
791.45 S2892 VHS

Travels of an Ant
Nazarov
1984 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 3 VHS

Tret'ya Meschanskaya
Room
1926 75 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English subtitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 B399 VHS

Tri Pesni o Lenine
Vertov
1934 62 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Orchestral score.
947.084 T531 VHS

(The) Trial (Part Two)
Belyayev
1988 55 min. B&W
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles.
947.084 G548 v. 10 VHS

Trotsky
1988 58 min. Color
United States. In English. Shows Leon Trotsky's role in the creation of the USSR. Produced by Alain Dugrand and Le Gall.
947.084 T85 (2v) VHS

Turksib
Turin
1929 57 min. B&W
Russia. Full orchestral score by Zoran Borisavljevic.
791.45 C6142 DISC

U.S.S.R.
1993 180 min. Color
United States. Three-part documentary chronicling the history of Russia from 1900 to 1991.Part 1, "The Stolen Revolution": the fall of the tsars, the rise of the Bolsheviks, civil war, Lenin, and Trotsky.Part 2, "Triumph of the Tyrant": Stalin, famine, purges, World War II, and the Cold War.Part 3, "Illusion, Decline, and Fall": Kruschev, Brezhnev, Kosygin, Andropov, affairs in Angola, Egypt, and Afghanistan, Gorbachev, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet state.
947.08 U87 VHS

Underground SEE: Bila jednom jedna zemlja

(An) Unforgettable Summer SEE: Ete inoubliable

Utomlyonnye Solnstem
Mikhalkov
1994 152 min. Color
Russia. Russian with English subtitles.
791.45 B967 DISC/LBX

Villages In Cloud... SEE: Soviet Union

Viva Castro!
Frumin
1993 82 min. Color
Russia. Russian dialog with English subtitles.
791.45 V855 VHS

Vlast Solovetskaia
1989 93 min. Color
USSR. Documentary about the first Soviet prison camp.
940.5472 V867 VHS

War and Peace
Bondarchuk
1966 403 min. Color
USSR. In Russia with English subtitles.
791.45 V895 (3v) VHS/PS

War Without Winners II
1982 29 min. Color
United States. In English. Looks at atomic warfare from Soviet and American perspectives. Produced by Center for Defense Information.
355.0217 W253 VHS

We Don't Want to Live on Our Knees
1984 20 min. Color
Great Britain. In English. Documentary on the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
943.7 W361 VHS

Wolf and Calf
Kamanetsky
1986 10 min. Color
USSR. In Russian with English subtitles. Animated short film produced at the Soyuzmultifilm studio.
791.45 M4232 v. 7 VHS

World War II: Soviet War Stories
1990 115 min. Color
USSR. Narration in English. Documents Soviet perspective during World War II. Produced by Soviet filmmakers under control of Soviet government.
940.5488 W927 VHS

Zemyla
Dovzhenko
1930 69 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with Ukranian and English intertitles. Orchestral score.
791.45 C614 DISC

Zemyla
Dovzhenko
1930 69 min. B&W
USSR. Silent with English intertitles. Full orchestral score.
791.45 Z53 VHS