Boris Barnet Movies

In a remote Russian village during World War I, colourful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire,...

A Moscow hat shop girl chances upon a penniless young man who has arrived from the countryside for university and takes pity on him.

The war is over. The Red Army soldier Pyotr tries to find himself in a peaceful life. He takes the place of an accountant, and long-time friend...

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

A story about the boys and their life during the WWII. Based on Lev Kassil book.

One of Boris Barnet's contributions to the "films for the armed forces" series, about the suffering of Poles under Nazi occupation.

Soviet musical film-concert directed by Boris Barnet. Filmed in 1952 at the Kyiv Film Studio.

Film deals with Stakhanovite movement. Old miners try to sabotage young man's plan to renew methods of getting coal.

About the life and work of Boris Vasilyevich Barnet.

October reflects a general attempt in Russia to sustain the frenzy and dynamism of revolutionary fervour. This attempt increased in scale and...

One Kuleshov film that might be of great interest to scholars is The Breakthrough (Proryv, 1930). It was made in 48 hours. Naturally, such an unusual...

A girl, working in a German commandant's office, saves two wounded Russian pilots sacrificing her own life.