Anna Smirnova
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The Great Dawn
1938-11-06
The Great Dawn
Overview: In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ka
Release Date: 1938-11-06
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
2010-12-11
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
Overview: Family jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the court of King Phillip II. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where a number of heretics are to be burnt at the stake.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-12-11
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No Greater Love
1943-05-20
No Greater Love
Overview: The first day of the war brings tragedy to a peasant woman, Pasha. Her husband and her toddler son die before her eyes. She and the other villagers leave to go into the woods. Pasha leads the villagers to fight some German troops. Coming out victories, the partisans become a feared opponent of the Germans, with the leadership of Comrade P.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1943-05-20
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Verdi Requiem
2007-12-01
Verdi Requiem
Overview: The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in November 2007, it highlights the cathedral's splendor, the reverent audience, the soloists, orchestra and chorus with near-perfect cinematography. The soundtrack is also acceptable, which may have been quite a task to achieve, given the Basilica's over-reverberant acoustics. Alas, the performance itself does not rise to the occasion. Despite the occasional minor insecurity in ensemble and a visible lack of joy, the Symphonica Toscanini musicians play well, the Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino members sing equally well, and the soloists are more than adequate, almost tangibly trying to excel.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-01
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Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève
2019-10-11
Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève
Overview: British director Phelim McDermott offers the audience a new take on the culture of the people of Ancient Egypt in Aida, one that allows us also to question the world in which we live. This new perspective entails a number of bold creative choices that do not make use of the traditional staging imagery associated with Aida. Aida’s command to Radames — “Ritorna vincitor!” — comes at a price. The triumphal march of the victorious Egyptians is a procession for the coffins of the heroes fallen in battle, the chorus are their grieving kinsfolk. McDermott’s staging resonates keenly with the images of so many civilian and military funerals that crowd our newsfeeds. Here is a triumphal march that does not seek to hide the true, lethal and disastrous nature of war, whatever side you are on.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-10-11
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Have You Forgotten What We Used to Play?
2010-09-24
Have You Forgotten What We Used to Play?
Overview: This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers that both he and the place have changed. Yet, he soon finds himself immersed in his memories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Nabucco
Overview: A staging of Verdi's opera "Nabucco" by Andreas Homoki. Recorded at Opernhaus Zürich.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
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