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War. Remain Human

2018 Movie Drama History

4 short stories about war. A collection of debut works by Belarusian stage directors.

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Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

Persian Lessons

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Border guard officer Anton Pekarsky, after serving for ten years on the border in Central Asia, decides to return to his native Belarus. He is repelled by the attitudes that began to prevail at his former place of service after the collapse of the Soviet Union — corruption and complicity with illegal border violators. Therefore, at first, he turns down an offer to head one of the border outposts on the Belarusian‑Lithuanian border. However, when he arrives at his native border town with his daughter, Anton Pekarsky realizes that his integrity and experience in border affairs are very much needed there...

State Border: Vol 9. Couriers of Fear

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Major of the border service Konstantin Kudin serves at the outpost where his father died. A devoted, perceptive, and honest commander, he regularly refuses promotions, which displeases his wife. During a border patrol, Kudin discovers a stone containing spy equipment and thwarts the plans of several groups of criminals: the local businessman Tyurin, who is engaged in drug smuggling; his patron among the border guards; and a group of terrorists planning a terrorist attack in Minsk. In fulfilling his duty, Kudin not only risks his own life but also puts his family members at risk.

State Border: Vol. 12. The False Target

2016 Drama
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Valentina, a youthful and attractive woman, works as a lecturer at a prestigious university. Her daughter Olga is only sixteen, yet she is already a student there. Mother and daughter live in perfect harmony despite having completely different personalities. But one day, discord enters their peaceful life and soon turns into open hostility. The reason is a young graduate student named Pavel. Valentina falls in love with him and believes that his romantic talks about first love are meant for her. However, Pavel’s true beloved is not Valentina at all — but her daughter Olga.

My Mom Is Against It

2015 Drama
Winter Journey poster
3.5 FILM

The film portraits a complicated journey thru life, love and hate of a homosexual in Russia. Before an important audition, the opera teacher recommends sleep, walks and Schubert. Feeling lost, desperate and rebellious, Erik does the exact opposite (except for the Schubert bit), spending his nights with a disillusioned older colleague and excessive amounts of vodka. Erik has a boyfriend but a chance encounter with the semi-criminal Lyokha awakens passion of a whole new caliber in him.

Winter Journey

2012 Drama
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Parents of thirteen years old Lena just got divorced. Lena wants to prove that they live nicely even with her mother alone and that she is independent. The girl goes to work at post office utilizing there her resourcefulness and charm. At work everyone talks about a serial killer who keeps the entire region in terror. One night a stranger defends Lena from some hooligans and as Lena thinks, he continues assisting her incognito. The girl is ready to believe and convince others that her protector is that horrible maniac. At first, these relationships with her odd admirer seem as a gamble for Lena, but then she gets convinced that this game became deadly dangerous...

The Admirer

1999 Drama
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Based on true events, this tale follows the extraordinary bond between a boy and his dog in besieged Leningrad. In 1939, young Mitya finds joy in the companionship of his loyal dog, Karuza. Their idyllic life is shattered when World War II erupts, plunging Leningrad into a brutal siege where starvation looms over its residents. As despair grips the city, Karuza with her keen instincts and unwavering courage ventures into the perilous streets to scavenge for food. Inspired by Karuza’s remarkable bravery, Mitya decides to join her. Together, they are forging a path through despair and hopelessness. However, their efforts take a dangerous turn when they are discovered by German soldiers during one fateful outing.

Karuza

2025 Drama
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The movie tells about the fates of doctors in Belarus, their difficult profession, relationships in the profession and in the family. In the center of attention is the socially active position of modern doctors, who put the health of patients first, not their personal benefits. And make their choice, guided by civic position and the desire to develop domestic medicine not only at its own level, but also at the international level - sharing their successes and professional achievements with colleagues from other countries. In the center of the story, a doctor Oleg Korzun works in one of the medical institutions of Belarus and is going to go to work in Germany. However, Oleg's plans change when he receives a patient who needs a heart and lung transplant at the same time.

Waiting List...

2023 Drama

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In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia

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★ 6.0 2009 Drama

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The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.

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★ 6.6 2020 War

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A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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