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The Patriot (1928) is Ernst Lubitsch’s last silent film, though an alternative version added music, sound effects and a few lines of dialogue. But only pieces of this film are left, including the trailers. The […]
Director Abraham Polonsky’s 1971 adventure Romance of a Horsethief [Romansa konjokradice] [Le Roman d’un Voleur de Chevaux] is a little-seen, virtually ignored box-office flop. Based on a story by Joseph Opatoshu, it is a Jewish […]
In the sequel to Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1944), director Sergei M Eisenstein reconstructs the palace intrigues of the 1547-84 reign of Tsar Ivan IV (Nikolay Cherkasov), focusing on Ivan’s fight to consolidate the Russian Empire and his […]
The last work of Russia’s most acclaimed revolutionary director Sergei M Eisenstein was intended as a trilogy but only two parts were completed. Filming stopped after Part II was banned, but Part III’s concept is […]
Tsars in their eyes Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman grab their chances to shine as the Russian royal pair Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra in Franklin J Schaffner’s sumptuous double Oscar-winning 1971 film […]
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