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The Daughter

Drama · World Cinema

Adapted from The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, a man returns to his hometown and unearths a long-buried family secret. As he tries to right the wrongs of the past, his actions threaten to shatter the lives of those he left behind years before.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 10: The End of an Era

Drama · Silent · Romance

Three short films (The Revolutionary, For Luck and Behind the Screen) from the end of Tsarist Russia round out this collection of cinematic history.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 3: Starewicz’s Fantasies

Fantasy · Drama · Silent

Featuring 3 surviving films from director Ladislas Starevich, including The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913), Christmas Eve (1913), and The Lily of Belgium (1915).  

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 5: Petr Chardynin & Pushkin

Drama · Comedy · Silent

This volume features two brilliant adaptions from the great Alexander Pushkin's work, including The Queen of Spades (1910) and The Little House in Kolomna (1913).

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 6: Class Distinctions

Drama · Silent

The Peasants' Lot (1912) and Silent Witnesses (1914) present two different touchstones of early Russian cinema and views at late-Tsarist economic struggles.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 8: Iakov Protazanov

Fantasy · Drama · Silent

Two films from esteemed Russian director Yakov Protazanov come together in this collection of cinematic history.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 1 and 2: Beginnings/Folklore and Legend

Drama · Silent · Short Films

This two-volume set features a half-dozen selection of some of Russia’s earliest cinematic productions.

Early Russian Cinema: A Unique Anthology in 10 Volumes

Drama · Comedy · Silent

Banned by the Soviet government and unseen for more than seventy years, these 26 pieces of cinematic history reveal the underappreciated excellence of filmmaking in Czarist Russia.

Possession

Horror · Drama

Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that …