Nikolay Grabbe

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.

A carefree plumber spends his days drinking and chasing women, but the emptiness of his life starts catching up to him.

A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that sh...