Vsevolod Pudovkin Movies

  • 1958
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    7.31958HD

    This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
  • 1944
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    7.31944HD

    Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I
  • 1926
    Mother

    Mother

    Mother

    7.11926HD

    A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

    Mother
  • 1928
    Storm Over Asia

    Storm Over Asia

    Storm Over Asia

    6.51928HD

    In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the...

    Storm Over Asia
  • 1929
    The New Babylon

    The New Babylon

    The New Babylon

    61929HD

    In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman. As the army cracks down on the revolutionaries,...

    The New Babylon
  • 1924
    The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

    The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

    The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

    5.81924HD

    An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his...

    The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
  • 1925
    Chess Fever

    Chess Fever

    Chess Fever

    6.31925HD

    A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.

    Chess Fever
  • 1930
    Birth of Life

    Birth of Life

    Birth of Life

    01930HD

    A film by Vsevolod Pudovkin. Experimental reel later worked into "A Simple Case (1930)"

    Birth of Life
  • 1927
    The End of St. Petersburg

    The End of St. Petersburg

    The End of St. Petersburg

    6.71927HD

    Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

    The End of St. Petersburg
  • 1925
    The Death Ray

    The Death Ray

    The Death Ray

    4.91925HD

    In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

    The Death Ray
  • 1930
    A Simple Case

    A Simple Case

    A Simple Case

    5.21930HD

    As a response to criticism for the allegedly excessive “mass appeal” of his earlier epic STORM OVER ASIA (1928), Vsevolod Pudovkin...

    A Simple Case
  • 1943
    In the Name of the Motherland

    In the Name of the Motherland

    In the Name of the Motherland

    3.71943HD

    The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.

    In the Name of the Motherland
  • 1950
    Zhukovsky

    Zhukovsky

    Zhukovsky

    71950HD

    A biographical film about the fate of the great Russian mechanic and creator of aerodynamics Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky.

    Zhukovsky
  • 1939
    Minin and Pozharsky

    Minin and Pozharsky

    Minin and Pozharsky

    4.81939HD

    Minin and Pozharsky
  • 1929
    The Living Corpse

    The Living Corpse

    The Living Corpse

    5.21929HD

    The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more...

    The Living Corpse
  • 1949
    Tri vstrechi

    Tri vstrechi

    Tri vstrechi

    01949HD

    Tri vstrechi
  • 1947
    Admiral Nakhimov

    Admiral Nakhimov

    Admiral Nakhimov

    3.81947HD

    A biography of a famous Russian Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov.

    Admiral Nakhimov
  • 1921
    Sickle and Hammer

    Sickle and Hammer

    Sickle and Hammer

    01921HD

    A down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero

    Sickle and Hammer
  • 1941
    General Suvorov

    General Suvorov

    General Suvorov

    5.51941HD

    Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the...

    General Suvorov
  • 1953
    The Return of Vasili Bortnikov

    The Return of Vasili Bortnikov

    The Return of Vasili Bortnikov

    4.21953HD

    A veteran of World War II returns to civil life and the collective farm he once led, only to find his wife has re-married. Based on the novel "The...

    The Return of Vasili Bortnikov