Aleksandr Antonov – MRQE

Tomorrow Night

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On liberation from prison of a group arrested after the defeat of the 1905 Russian revolution and workers sentenced to death.

Veter

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, a Red cavalry officer is warned by a staffer from headquarters about his dangerous attraction to the female leader of a band of Cossacks, a violent woman who is aroused by killing.

Seeds of Freedom

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand of Odessa Russian guerrilla bands of the 1940’s against German forces with the similar situation of 1905 when Odessa citizens aided in the revolt against the Czar as depicted in Eisenstein’s classic Potemkin (1925).

Suvorov

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine, General Suvorov broke with her successor, Paul I, the Mad Emperor, over questions regarding army policy. He went into retirement and wrote “The Science of Victory,” containing maxims such as “Swiftness of movement accompanies victory,” and “the real general is he who defeats the enemy before reaching him.” The czar recalled Suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of Russia and Austria against Napoleon.

Bronenosets Potyomkin

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

Stachka

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.