在1890年之前，作家契科夫（尼古拉斯·吉劳德 Nicolas Giraud 饰）创作的多为富有喜剧和讽刺色彩的轻松作品，他的作品因为诙谐幽默又浅显易懂，深受民众的喜爱，俄国科学院为了表彰他给世界带来的精神财富，将“普希金奖”颁发给了契科夫。 1890年，契科夫孤身一人跨越了千山万水，来到了库页岛，这里曾经是政治犯的流放地。库页岛上宛如人间地狱一般的景象深深的撼动了契科夫的内心，他开始意识到，在自己熟悉的世界之外，还有这么多人生活在苦难和贫穷之中。从此，契科夫一改文风，以库页岛之行作为素材，开始撰写揭露沙俄专制制度的作品。
Parajanov's diploma film for the VGIK, based on the Moldavian fairy tale by Emilian Bukov. A young shepherd is given a magical instrument from a giant.
巴黎一间默默无闻的小酒馆里，一位忧郁而孤独的钢琴伴奏师查理·科勒（夏尔·阿兹纳夫 Charles Aznavour饰）。他的生活简单而又单调。热情的酒馆女侍莉娜（玛丽·杜布瓦 Marie Dubois饰）为查理的才华所倾倒，爱上了他。原来，查理曾经是显赫一时的著名钢琴师，在妻子自杀身亡后隐姓埋名于此。莉娜鼓励他重新找回自己走上舞台。然而一日，多年未见的弟弟奇科·萨洛扬（阿尔伯特·雷米 Albert Rémy饰）因躲避黑道仇家的追杀而闯进了他的生活中。查理帮助弟弟逃脱了仇家的追杀，却意外卷入这场残酷的生死逃亡之中。幸运之神并没有眷顾与查理生死与共的莉娜，在激战中，莲娜不幸中弹身亡。查理再度回到了往昔的小酒馆中，一切又回归起始，却物是人非。 由法国电影大师弗朗索瓦·特吕弗执导的黑白影片《射杀钢琴师》，根据美国作家大卫·古迪斯的小说改编而成。
Due to some common interests between German and Russian aristocracy ( the Russians even had aristocrats in their past not to mention they had an Empress called Catherine the Great, as great as this German count's heiresses… ), it is not strange that this Teutonic count has understood and even enjoyed Herr S. M. Eisenstein's Staroye I Novoye. It is not very usual that for the aristocracy to enjoy Bolshevist films full of proletarian demands that put private property at risk or as it happens in this case, a film about the Communist Party's policy on the subject of the collectivization of the Soviet agriculture. Normally this would be perfect gibberish for this German count, but thanks to Herr Eisenstein 's greatness and directorial talent, the hardships of the heroine of the film, Dame Marfa ( Dame Marfa Lapkina ) breached even the thick aristocratic Schloss walls. And that's one of the first remarkable aspects of this oeuvre; in spite of the political subject of the film, the powerful images and lyricism ( astonishing and beautiful shot compositions ), especially during the first part of the movie, preserve the artistic merits entirely while serving a propaganda purpose. The second remarkable aspect of the film is the dichotomy between the old and new, the fight to improve the lot of Dame Marfa and her countrymen. There are many discussions because it is not easy even in Russia to change ancient and conservative customs. There are superb metaphors and social criticism ( illiteracy, bureaucracy, religiosity ) which perfectly fit the film, and last but not least, Staroye I Novoye, is a kind of archaic documentary about ancient customs established deeply in old Russia, those ones that our heroine must fight against. And there is also a lot about agriculture ( very enlightening for this German count), especially about harvesting and how to fatten Russian cows or pigs ( literally, no pun here… ). Herr Eisenstein had to bear during the last era of his film career, unbelievable censorship and mutilation of his work, as happens with Staroye I Novoye. The film was reedited and Eisenstein accused of sympathizing with Trostky's policies but fortunately the film was restored and showed by the German-frenchified t.v. channel ARTE, natürlich!, including an evocative music score by Herr Taras Bujewski, that fits superbly Herr Eisenstein primal artistic interests. And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must buy a tractor for one of his Teutonic heiress.
艾米（布里奇特·米拉 Brigitte Mira 饰）是一名60岁的清洁女工，辛苦工作的她拿着微薄的工资，生活很是清贫。机缘巧合之下，她结识了40岁的阿里（El Hedi ben Salem 饰），他们一起跳了一支舞后阿里提出送艾米回家。夜深了，阿里错过了末班车，只得在艾米家留宿。两个孤独寂寞的人相见恨晚，秉烛夜谈，当艾米为此感到深深的疑虑时，阿里只是淡淡的安慰了她。果不其然，艾米留宿男人的事情很快传遍了大街小巷，邻居同事的指指戳戳教她如坐针毡，无奈的她只得编撰了一个谎言，她说阿里是她的未婚夫。这门婚事毫不意外的遭到了所有人的反对，大家尽己所能的排挤、诋毁这对夫妻，这使得他们决定外出旅行避避风头。回来后两人的境遇有所好转，并不是街坊邻居接纳了他们，而是因为他们有了新的排挤对象。没有了外界的压力，艾米和阿里的感情却又因为内部的矛盾而产生了裂痕。 影片用写实的手法展现了一个冷漠、刻薄的社会，探讨了这个社会之中存在的各种歧视以及人性之中孤独又灰暗的一面。
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50EUR he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.
As Moscow is set ablaze by the ret...
赫勒（爱米尔·强宁斯 Emil Jannings 饰）是杂耍班的演员，他和妻子伯特纳（梅丽· 戴尔沙夫特 Maly Delschaft 饰）合作表演的空中飞人项目深受观众们的喜爱。然而，随着时间的推移，伯特纳的身材渐渐走形，已经不再适合表演空中飞人了，无奈之下，赫勒带着她来到了位于德国汉堡的另一间杂耍班谋生。 贝尔特（利亚·德·普提 Lya De Putti 饰）是常常来看演出的观众，在赫勒的见一下，她开始尝试登台表演，谁知道贝尔特的表演大受欢迎，就这样，贝尔特成为了杂耍班的红人。在朝夕相处之中，赫勒喜欢上了年轻貌美的贝尔特，他无情的抛弃了妻子，和贝尔特私奔了。
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont (Romain Duris), traumatised by the horrific trench warfar, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa into the vast territories of Upper Volta in the company of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War. From village to village, Georges uses Diofo's talents as a griot to recruit the villagers as labour for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris where is brother Marcel (Grégory Gadebois), a war invalid, lives with their mother's. After the war in Europe, life went out without him. Georges will desperately try to find his place, with the help of Hélène (Céline Salette), a sign language teacher with whom he will have a tumultuous relationship, and his family, that he selfishly left behind. He will finally attempt to heal their wounds, and his.
