Movies: Marianna Tavrog

The fascinating and tumultuous lives of Mikhail, Boris and Denis Kaufman (better known as Dziga Vertov) are the focus of this powerful documentary. Using rare archival footage from Russian state film archives and private collections, the brothers' li...

A documentary on the life and works of artist Marc Chagall....

A film about outstanding actors of the Soviet stage: Angelina Stepanova, Mark Prudkin, Igor Ilyinsky, Faina Ranevskaya, Veriko Andzhaparidze and others....

At his dacha in Peredelkino, children's author Korney Chukovsky showcases a handwritten album containing myriad autographs from famous and not-so-famous Soviet writers, artists, theater figures, and other celebrities....