1944 historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as the "stone prison" of the mind wherein Hamlet must confine himself in order to avenge his father's death. Hamlet himself is portrayed (by Innokenti Smoktunovsky) as the sole sensitive intellectual in a world made up of debauchers and revellers. Several of Kozintsev directorial choices seem deliberately calculated to inflame the purists: Hamlet's delivers his "To be or not to be" soliloquy with his back to the camera, allowing the audience to fill in its own interpretations.

1975 film by Andrei Tarkovsky

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

苏联1980年版《牛虻》是一部用电影胶片拍摄的电视电影，分为3集，每集70分钟，有较大的时间空间来展示故事情节，因此比1955年的电影版本更接近于小说原作。此外，新版《牛虻》注重心理刻画，加强了人性和感情的渲染，使得人物形象更加有血有肉。

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

2015年度诺贝尔文学奖得主阿列克谢耶维奇最具分量的作品 发表后荣获德国书业和平奖（2013）、法国美第契散文奖（2013）、俄罗斯「大书奖」读者票选最佳文学作品（2014）、波兰卡普钦斯基报告文学奖（2015） 本书是白俄罗斯著名作家阿列克谢耶维奇最新作品，通过口述采访的形式，展现身处关键历史时刻的普通人的生活。本书讲述了苏联解体后，1991年到2012年二十年间的痛苦的社会转型中，俄罗斯普通人的生活，为梦想破碎付出的代价。在书中，从学者到清洁工，每个人都在重新寻找生活的意义。他们的真实讲述同时从宏观和微观上呈现出一个重大的时代，一个社会的变动，为这一段影响深远的历史赋予了人性的面孔。苏联解体已逾二十年，俄罗斯人重新发现了世界，世界也重新认识了俄罗斯。新一代已经成长起来，他们的梦想已不再关乎梦想，不再像90年代他们的父辈，关心信仰。二十年来，人们看了崭新的俄罗斯，但她却早已不是任何人曾经梦想过的俄罗斯了。作者追溯了苏联和苏联解体之后的历史过程，让普通的小人物讲述他们自己的故事，从而展现出身处历史的转折，以及人们如何追寻信仰、梦想，如何诉说秘密和恐惧，让人们重新思考什么是“俄罗斯”和“俄罗斯人”，为什么他们无法适应急剧的现代化，为什么再近两百年之后，依然与欧洲相隔。本书分为上下两部分，采访了生长于理想之下的俄罗斯人和今天的俄罗斯人，以及阿塞拜疆等前苏联国家的普通人，呈现他们的生活细节，所感所想。德国媒体盛赞该书撷取的是最为细小的马赛克，却拼出了一幅完整的后苏联时代图景。“一部20世纪后半叶的微观俄国史，笔力直抵普京时代。”

1962 film by Andrei Tarkovsky

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.