Vladimir Zamansky

Near a gray and unnamed city is The Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers.

The central conflict of this four-reeler is that the little boy's mother prefers him to maintain interest in his violin, but his new friend encourages him to be more interested in a steamroller. Its the old conflict between high pursuits and simple pleasures, or art vs working function. The little boy, of course, would like to have his cake and eat it too... (IMDB Comments)

This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov (Alexei Ananishov), a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia, which is on the Caspian Sea. Here he runs into a hodge-podge of people of differing ethnicities, all of them victims of the government's earlier mania. (MSN Movies)

Film is set in the winter of 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia in WWII. Partisan guerrillas, headed by Ivan Lokotkov, are testing the POW Lazarev, who briefly collaborated with the Nazis for survival. Lazarev is not executed, but instead he is given a chance to prove his loyalty. He has to go back to the Nazi controlled railway station, where everyone knows him, and to hijack a train with food supplies. Lazarev proves himself a hero. (imdb)

The action in this lavishly produced film takes place at an oddly ark-shaped mansion during World War I. A large group of family and friends have gathered at this country house to dance, drink, and converse. Their conversation, in particular, is adorned with erudite literary references and quotations. Despite their apparent refinement, their preoccupations are simple: sex and violence. Disquieting images break the tranquility of the vacationers' inappropriate idyll. (allmovie.com)

Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. (imdb)

During an experiment in the scientific laboratory, an emergency occurs. To prevent the spread of deadly virus, five employees are quarantined, and such extreme situation forces them to reveal their true nature (Imdb).