Viktor Sukhorukov

Funny and disturbing, stylish and compelling, this romp through Russian mob culture sees Danila wanting to follow in the footsteps of his adored brother after leaving the army. Trouble is his brother is a contract killer - cue brutal violence in the PULP FICTION vein.

When Miron's beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merja culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. The two men set out on a road trip thousands of miles across the boundless land, with them, two small birds in a cage. Along the way, as is custom for the Merjans, Miron shares intimate memories of his conjugal life. But as they reach the banks of the sacred lake where they will forever part with the body, he realizes he wasn't the only one in love with Tanya...

Olga is a Russian countess and member of the French Resistance; Jules is a Nazi collaborator assigned to investigate her case; and Helmut is a German SS officer who once fell in love with Olga and meets her again when she is shipped to a concentration camp. Victim, bystander, or monster – director Andrei Konchalovsky collapses these identities, offering a new perspective on the Holocaust.

An ex-soldier must contend with ruthless foes when he embarks on a daring mission to rescue his captured former commander deep in Syria.

Hearing rumors of his wife’s infidelity, legendary Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is driven to vengeance and vigilante justice in his final days.

This dramatic series explores the life of enigmatic Russian Czar Ivan IV, and his descent into tyranny that led him to be known as Ivan the Terrible.