Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into despair, leaves the theater, turns to friends. After a while he digests what happened and realizes that it is time to leave the stage with dignity.

The Empty King created a mythical figure and a whole world from grotesque, archetypal images. The dr...
Docu-drama surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, to give it its full title, by Christopher Marlowe, was first...

An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Un...

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When ...

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attrac...

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 p...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death ...

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater...

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath...

Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Dra...

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huse...

Mid 20th century. Industry is developing rapidly and the need for workers in factories is growing. A...

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and de...

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, an...

The love story in the remote village. Lyuba has a child, Nikolai has a wife. Nikolay, having become ...

A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks a...