LONDON — Russian box office is expected to more than double to $867 million by 2011, according to a report by movie biz analysts Dodona. Annual cinemagoing is expected to reach 1.2 visits per person, ...
Pavel Chukhrai's period adaptation of Gogol's 1843 comedy "The Gamblers" reps a rather radical departure from the somber sweep of the helmer's "The Thief" and "A Driver for Vera." Pavel Chukhrai’s ...
The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a sprawling empire governed by the Romanov family, combined with the devastating ...
As Russian troops roll into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has reminded us that Russians have been some of our greatest movie villains. Whether the characters have been agents of the Soviet Union or criminal ...
Italian gambler who is well-skilled in the card trade owes people in authority, and leaves his country to win the money. Arriving in a small Russian town, he tries to show off his tricks to the local ...