Aleksei Ivanov

n 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. (Warsaw Film Festival)

Victor Sluzhkin has had to take a job in a school as a geography teacher. There are many problems in his life: no money, quarrels with his wife, affairs on the side, conflicts with the students and the assistant headmaster in his new job ... and a feeling of constant loneliness ... However, life must go on: he continues to take his daughter to the nursery, organizes a trip on the river with the ninth-graders, and falls in love with one of his students ... (en.wikipedia.org)

The 15th century. Sent to remote Parma by the Grand Prince of Moscow, prince Yermolay tells his son Mikhail about his dream: to create a grand princedom that would unite the peoples inhabiting these lands. Soon Yermolay is killed in the battle against the rebellious local tribes, the Voguls. His heir Mikhail finds himself in the middle of two worlds - the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the ancient lands of Perm populated by pagans. (imdb)