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The Adoration of the Magi is described in the Book of Matthew. Three kings were led from the east to Bethlehem by a star that stopped over the stable where Jesus was born. The Magi worshipped the Sav...
The Russian iconography of the Nativity of Christ was inherited from the Byzantine Empire before the Mongol invasion and was based on descriptions of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels (Matthew 1:18–2...
The Book of Luke tells of the visit of the angel Gabriel to Mary, in the house of Joseph, the man she is pledged to marry. The angel tells Mary that she will give birth to a son who will save the wor...
The Orthodox festival of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was established in Byzantium in the fifth century. The main literary source was an apocryphal work called the Gospel of St James, which was...
Ever since it took its very first steps over a hundred years ago, Russian cinematography has been an original and exciting phenomenon in the history of movie making. Russian cinema constitutes one of...
Science fiction Mosfilm, 1972 Running time: 80 + 89 minutes, colour Director Andrei Tarkovsky Screenplay: Friedrich Gorenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky Cinematography: Vadim Yusov Composer Eduard Artemiev C...
Detective fiction Mosfilm, 1983 Based on Agatha Christie ’s novel A Pocket Full of Rye Running time: 97 minutes, colour Director: Vadim Derbenev Screenplay: Valentin? Kolodyazhnaya, Elizaveta Smirnov...
An adventure movie Mosfilm Experimental Film Studio/Lenfilm Production Base, 1969 Director: Vladimir Motyl Screenplay: Valentin Yezhov, Rustam Ibragimbekov Text of letters: Mark Zakharov Cinematograp...
Drama Mosfilm, 1973 Director: Vasily Shukshin Screenplay: Vasily Shukshin Cinematography: Anatoly Zabolotsky Composer: Pavel Chekalov Cast: Vasily Shukshin, Lydia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Alexei Vanin, ...
A Western comical musical Mosfilm, 1987 Director: Alla Surikova Screenplay: Eduard Akopov Cinematography: Grigory Belenky Composer: Gennady Gladkov Verses: Yuly Kim Cast: Andrei Mironov, Alexandra Ya...