Vladimir Samoylov

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.

An epic chronicling 6 decades of 20th century Russia, SIBERIADE is Konchalovsky's (RUNAWAY TRAIN) passionate and ambitious examination of the Soviet spirit. When a rural village is invaded by an oil-drilling crew, a multi-generational conflict develops between ancestral reverence for the earth and government-ordained industrialization. Russian with English subtitles.