1000+ Quintessential Movies that were made in Russian Empire, USSR and Russia

A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospective bridegroom's family. Later, as the time of the wedding draws near, the bride is dressed with great formality and prepared for the ceremony, as the guests get ready to celebrate the upcoming wedding.

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.

The story revolves around a Polish-English man who returns to Poland to get married to his prospective bride, who he only knows through the internet. He moves into her family's old family home. Shortly before the wedding, he digs up a skeleton while doing a little work around the property. At their wedding reception, he begins having hallucinations and visions of a woman in a bridal gown--the woman whose remains he just dug up and who soon possesses him. The family tries to distract the wedding guests while ushering Peter down to the cellar where a doctor and priest try to figure out what's happening to him. This gorgeously shot picture reminds us that the past is never really that far, and that when you marry into a family you're also tying yourself to their sins.

Fjodor Protassow wants to divorce his wife, so that she can be happy with another man. But the church won't allow a divorce, so he fakes his own death, becoming a "living corpse".