The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)
• November 1st, 2016 • 2h 4min
Drama, History
Overview
The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Aleksandr, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Cargo 200
Released on: 2007-06-14
Crime, Drama, Thriller
While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he ...
Ballad of Khevsureti
Released on: 1966-12-19
Drama, History
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he...
Olga
Released on: 2004-08-20
Drama, History, War
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís C...
The Leg
Released on: 1991-10-23
War, Drama
The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war ...
Silent Wedding
Released on: 2008-11-21
Comedy, Drama, History
In a small village of Communist-era Romania a young couple wish to marry, but Joseph Stalin dies the...
In Tranzit
Released on: 2008-03-04
Drama, Romance, War
Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female ...
Beyond the White
Released on: 2021-09-24
Documentary, Drama, History
In Northern Russia, a few dozen people still live in their traditional houses surrounded by water, s...
Once in the XX Century
Released on: 2004-08-03
Documentary, Comedy, History, Fantasy
The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the failure of Communism has been symbolically documented...
No Gods No Masters
Released on: 2025-09-03
Drama, Adventure, History
The story unfolds in the winter of the year 1215. A mysterious stranger who has escaped from prison ...
The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History
Released on: 2023-11-24
Documentary, History
The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpi...
Dersu Uzala
Released on: 1975-08-02
Adventure, Drama
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding...
October Days
Released on: 1958-01-01
Action, Drama, History
Historical drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution produced to celebrat...
Train of Life
Released on: 1998-09-16
Drama, Comedy, War
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation tra...
Surviving with Wolves
Released on: 2007-11-21
Drama
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide f...
Ballads of the Exodus
Released on: 2020-06-04
Drama, Music
The life of Moses as told through the Book of Exodus, the imagination of a dying boy, and the ballad...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Released on: 1988-02-05
Drama, Romance
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, an...
The Russia House
Released on: 1990-12-21
Drama, Thriller, Romance
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for ...
Final Assignment
Released on: 1980-10-01
Romance, Drama, Thriller
An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Un...
K-19: The Widowmaker
Released on: 2002-07-19
Drama, History, Thriller, Mystery, War
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Released on: 1970-12-04
Drama, History
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friend...