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An epic story of shattered lives of the Don Cossacks through chaos of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War.

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

The wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominate her, she considered murdering him, but found herself unable to do it.

A vengeful veterinarian and a grieving widow join forces to track down a trio of violent bikers after they commit heinous acts against their loved ones.

Set in 13th-century central Europe, a young boy joins the Teutonic Knights. Years later, he leaves the Crusaders, pursued by a fanatical comrade. He faces repercussions for rejecting the Holy Order.

Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland.

A salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for a different reason and fighting demons.

Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.

A suicidal, has-been rock star tells an amnesiac woman they are longtime lovers after he witnesses her crash her motorcycle.

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.

In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty.

A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the boy. Together they take care of it bringing it back to recovery.

Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.

A shorter version of Out 1 (1971), however some of the omitted scenes of the long version are included.

Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler created an opera-film hybrid based on Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings." It combines live performances and filmed scenes, following reincarnations through rivers of waste and car transformations.

A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.

Resisting the character-driven narrative adhered to by the rest of the world's filmmakers, Victor Turin formulated a grand, elemental drama centered around the struggle for survival in Asia, from the arid plains of Turkestan to the icy Siberian mountains. This unique film tells the story of the creation of a monumental Soviet construction project - a railway that connected Central Asia and Siberia.

A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Upon receiving a shocking telegram from his cousin, a man recounts his early life, as a member of a broad family full of dark secrets that slowly reveal themselves through the clan ceremonies.