The Brothers Karamazonv - Bratya Karamazovy - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1969)

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.

Directors: Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyrev, (as Ivan Pyryev), Mikhail Ulyanov. AKA The Brothers Karamazov

Writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel), Ivan Pyrev (as Ivan Pyryev).

Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Kirill Lavrov, Lionella Pyryeva, Andrey Myagkov, Mark Prudkin, Svetlana Korkoshko, Valentin Nikulin, Pavel Pavlenko, Andrei Abrikosov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Anatoliy Adoskin, Rada Volshaninova, Tamara Nosova, Nikita Podgorny, Ivan Lapikov, Varvara Popova, Yevdokiya Urusova, Stanislav Chekan, Aleksandra Danilova, Aleksandr Khvylya, Nikolai Ryzhov, Nikolai Prokopovich, Evgeniy Teterin, Mark Pertsovskiy, Lidiya Korneva, Sergei Kalinin, Vladimir Osenev.

1970 Nominee Oscar

Best Foreign Language Film - Soviet Union

Subtitled in English.

Video links:

Part One: https://ok.ru/video/363840235383

Part Two: https://ok.ru/video/3638402615974

Part Three: https://ok.ru/video/3638402812582

Tano da morire (To die for Tano) - 1997

Shot in his butcher shop by a rival clan during the Mafia wars of 1988, the Palermo Mobster Tano Guarrasi is mourned by his wife, four unmarried sisters and his daughter. But in truth, his death represents a kind of liberation for the women.

Directors: Roberta Torre, Vincenzo Navarra.

Writers: Enzo Paglino, Gianluca Sodaro, Roberta Torre.

Stars: Ciccio Guarino, Enzo Paglino, Mimma De Rosalia, Maria Aliota, Adele Aliotta, Annamaria Confalone, Vincenzo di Lorenzo, Lorenzo La Rosa, Giacomo D’Ignoto, Francesca Di Cesare, Filippo Teriaca, Eleonora Teriaca, Concetta Alfano, Maurizio Testa.

Subtitled in English.

Video Link: https://ok.ru/video/6803188812454

Captive of the Desert (La Captive du Desert) - 1990

Sandrine Bonnaire plays a European researcher who is abducted by some ill-educated rebels in a North African country. They have no clear reason for holding her hostage, and after a considerable period of time (and an escape attempt by their captive), they simply let her go. The story is based on a similar situation that the director Raymond Depardon covered when he was a reporter.

Director: Raymond Depardon. 

Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Dobi Koré, Fadi Taha, Dobi Wachinké, Badei Barka, Atchi Wahi-Li, Daki Koré, Isai Koré, Mohamed Ixa, Brahim Barkaï, Hadji Azouma, Barkama Hadji, Sidi Hadji Maman.

Subtitles: English,

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Angels of Sin (Les Anges du Péché) - Robert Bresson - 1943

Anne-Marie, a well–off young woman, decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime for which she was convicted. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the man she feels is responsible for her imprisonment and comes to seek sanctuary from the law in the convent. Anne-Marie clashes with her sisters and elders over her zealousness to reform Thérèse, who manipulates and antagonizes her.

Director: Robert Bresson. 

Stars: Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Yolande Laffon, Paula Dehelly, Mila Parély, Silvia Monfort, Louis Seigner, Gilberte Terbois, Georges Colin, Geneviève Morel, Christiane Barry, Jean Morel.

Subtitled in English.

Courtesy of Rarefilmm.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/3901175237286