Battle of Molodinsk

The year is 1572. A year after the burning of Moscow by the army of the Crimean Khanate, the enemy is on the way again. Now the goal of the Crimean Khan is the complete seizure of power in the Moscow state. The Russian army is stuck in battles on the western front, the Terrible Tsar is in Novgorod. Moscow is defended by a small army. To resist enslavement, the oprichniks detachments unite with the regular army. Having cunningly pulled the enemy horde of the Crimean Khan Devlet Giray away from Moscow, the squad, led by the voivodes Vorotynsky and Hvorostinin, takes the blow.

The Chanukiah

Bashi-Achuki

The 17th century rebellion in Kakheti masterminded by Bidzina Cholokashvili gets about the whole Georgia. An Imeretian youth nicknamed as Bashi-Achuk is a real exterminator of the Persians. He attacks the Persian escort and sets free the Georgian women who were supposed to be locked up in the Shah’s harem. Bashi-Achuk’s twin sisters are among the rescued captives. Abdushahil, a Persian warrior who was defeated by Bashi-Achuk in wrestling, falls in love with Mzisa, Bashi-achuk’s sister. Mzisa brings Abdushahil to the camp of the Georgian rebels. Abdushahil learns that he is a Georgian too. As a child he was kidnapped and brought up in Persia. Abdushahil’s army gives up and the Georgians win the battle.

Memory Project

When volunteer subjects participate in a simple Yale University experiment in 1962, the unsettling exercise uncovers disturbing truths deeply embedded in each human being.

Blood Ties

A 19th century tragedy of feuding families and duelling affairs amongst the rugged landscapes of Cornwall

Comrade Abram

One of a series of short Bolshevik films, Comrade Abram focuses on Abram Hersh, a young Jewish pogrom survivor who became a factory worker and organizer in Moscow and eventually rose to leadership in the Red Army. This short film emphasizes Hersh's suffering and heroism as both worker and Jew, and promotes solidarity over anti-semitism.