Esfir Shub Movies

A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.

This SovKino production was a major early experiment in Soviet historical film about the oprichnina period of Muscovite history, combining the...

A bold study on the dangers of prostitution in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It's sort of dramatic fiction that tells the story of Lyuba, which...

In this pioneering documentary, one of the earliest Soviet sound films, Shub shot a contemporary chronicle of the progress of establishing...

A commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution, Native Land praises the early years of the Soviet Union.

Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II is a 1928 Soviet silent documentary film directed by Esfir Shub. The film is considered lost. Lev Tolstoy...

A feature-length documentary based on film reports from the Spanish civil war.

In the early years of cinema, editors were usually women. This short documentary looks at how they wielded power, and how their work was made...

A visual composition of the world.

The Great Road is a 1927 Soviet silent documentary film directed by Esfir Shub. It is the second in Esfir Shub's trilogy of films that began with The...

The dashing mountaineer Zaur (B. Bestaev) kills a Russian "imperialist" thereby becoming an abrek, member of a roving band of outlaws.

A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is...

А Soviet documentary film about Turkey.

Propaganda film presenting the Soviet side of the Iran crisis of 1946 and the short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government.