Boris Tamarin

Directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky.

Tsar Nicholas I is enamoured by Natalia, the wife of Alexander Pushkin. To cover his tracks, the tsar encourages the suit of Georges d'Anthès, a French officer, with the help of Count Alexander von Benckendorff. Pushkin hears rumours of D’Anthès’s love for his wife and challenges him to a duel. The officer attempts to save his life by marrying Natalia’s sister Ekaterina. Returning from his country estate, Pushkin receives anonymous letters and insists on a duel with D’Anthès.

Simeon Vyrine, un maître de poste, gère son relais de poste avec sa fille Dounia à la beauté remarquée par nombre de voyageurs. De passage, le capitaine de cavalerie Minski feint un mal soudain afin de rester quelques jours au relais en sa compagnie. En repartant, il enlève la jeune fille au désespoir de son père. Celui-ci, décidé à retrouver sa fille, suit leur traces jusqu'à Saint-Pétersbourg et confronte Minski Le Maître de poste (nouvelle). (2024, avril 23). Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre

An adaptation of Pushkin's historical novel about the Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773–1774.

Directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky.

The eve of the 1905 Russian revolution was unquiet at the Skrobotova and Bardin factory. In response to the fair demand of the workers to dismiss the cruel and rude master, the masters close the factory and call in the troops. They shoot of one of the workers, who failed to restrain a rush of hatred towards the owners, ending Skrobotov's life. Gendarmes arrive at the factory. They succeed in uncovering the social democratic organization in the factory. The arrested workers oppose hysterical cruelty of gendarmes with calm, confident courage.

The film tells the story of Judas and Satan wandering the world in search of a virgin who could become the mother of the new Evil.