The Inner Circle (1991) ***

Great film about Stalin's reign of terror.

Grey Wolf And Little Red Riding Hood (1991) ****

A superb musical cartoon about Little Red Riding Hood travelling to Paris to meet her grandma and encountering a vicious wolf on the way. This is Garri Bardin's masterpiece, an incredibly inventive piece of animated magic.

Freeze - Die - Come To Life (1990) ****

Adam's Rib (1990) ***

A Soviet film, clearly inspired by "Moscow Doesn't Believe In Tears".

Hen His Wife (1990) ***

Ashik Kerib (1989) ***

Korova (1989) ***

Animated film about a cow.

Little Vera (1988) ***

Dark Eyes (1987) ***

Original and surprising film adapted from several stories by Anton Chekhov.

Breakfast On The Grass (1987) ***

Letters From A Dead Man (1986) ***

Come And See (1985) ****

Repentance (1984) ***

Recollections Of Pavlovsk (1984) ***

Oscar-nominated Soviet documentary about the Siege of Leningrad and the rebuilding of Pavlovsk.

Hopla Badigeonneurs (1984) ***

A claymation film about two painters (one tall, one short, just like Laurel and Hardy). There are plenty of great gags as they try to paint a wooden fence, but things really get hectic when they move on to a smokestack.

Patsany (1983) ***

Conflict (1983) ***

A border conflict between two different sets of matches ignites into a full scale war, whose flames spread everywhere. Excellent film about the dangers of ethnic hatred. It bears some similarities to Canadian film "Neighbours" (1953).

Private Life (1982) ***

A factory manager re-examines his life after loosing his job. Interesting film about life in the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev.

Once We Were Birds (1982) ***

A flock of wild Gypsy birds discovers a golden cage, where a life of luxury and opulence awaits them. Beautiful Gypsy music enchances this tender, metaphorical tale.

Love And Lies (1981) ***

A superb theme song, "The Last Poem".