We’re back. Here’s a little Soviet era Scifi for Halloween.

It’s in 8 parts. If you run into trouble with one, here’s a link to the entire playlist

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Samoyed Boy (1928), English Subtitles

Soviet Toys

Interplanetary Revolution

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The summer of 1936. The legendary Division Commander Kotov, a famous military leader and Stalins personal favorite, is vacationing with his family at his dacha. The idyll of the house with an attic is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Mitya, a former student of Kotovs wife Marousias father. Mitya and Marousia were lovers once, dreaming of the future together Today, Mitya is collaborating with the NKVD, and he came to take revenge The film is closing the theme of the 1930s in Soviet history, capturing the atmosphere of a long happy day in the life of a girl, which will end with her father being taken away. Awards * Winner of the Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film in 1994. © Nikita Mikhalkov’s ThreeTe Studio, Russia, 1994. © Camera One, France, 1994. ( birubirFilms)

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Mitten A very well done puppet cartoon from the Soviet era.

Ballerina on a Boat directed by russian animation master Lev Atamanov, and the score by Alfred Schnittke.

There Once Was a Dog - from a Ukrainian folk tale.

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The film is set in Russia during the Time of Troubles, a period of civil disorder, famine and foreign invasion that followed the fall of the Rurik dynasty, which had ruled Russia in various capacities from 862 to 1598. The protagonist, Andrey, had been a servant at Tsar Boris Godunov’s court while he was a boy, where he became the sole witness to the murder of the tsar’s family by the order of plotting boyars. Now, ten years later, he travels across Russia with a Spanish nobleman, Alvaro Borja. (Birubir Films)

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A melodramatic love story with three main heroes: Vera, a waitress; Platon, a pianist; and a train station where these two, already not young, people met. The differences in the heroes characters and professions, the plight that Platon found himself in (he is to be arrested and undergo trial) trigger a host of both amusing and sad situations which serve as a backdrop for their unfolding love. Platon is innocent of the crime he is being accused of. He simply took the blame for his wifes driving over a pedestrian. But this is known only to Platons wife and Vera in whom he confided. However, after the verdict has been passed, Platons life is of no interest to his wife, although Vera is ready to wait for his release © MOSFILM, 1982. (thanks to birubirfilms)

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Film is set in the future. Humans on spaceship named “Tantra” are exploring the unknown part of the Universe. The spaceship gets trapped by the mysterious Iron Star. The Iron Star’s powerful force of gravity is to hold the spaceship for 20 years. The humans are facing a very tough survival challenge, being surrounded by the invisible predators. The predators can eat human flesh right through heavy spacesuits, and some crew-members disappear. Only the light from “Tantra” can scare the predators away.

The film was originally intended to be the first episode of a series of films however the remaining parts were never made. De facto name - The Andromeda Nebula: Episode I. Prisoners of the Iron Star. Writer Efremov was banned by the KGB. Next episodes were never filmed.

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